V90 Cross Country - a few questions

[yellowbentines]

Hello all, thinking of swapping my current CLS Shooting Brake for a lightly used 2019/2020 V90 Cross Country and was looking for a bit more info from any owners.

Spec - there seems to be basic Cross Country, then trim levels of Pro, or Plus, or Nav Plus with a vast array of option packs. Trying to find out the difference between them is difficult as the Volvo configurator only seems to have the one trim level currently with various packs including . What's the difference, what extras couldn't you life without, what do you wish you had?

Engine - I'll be going for the diesel, D5 is preferable but is the D4 acceptable? Performance on paper of the D4 is comparable to my current car. MPG on both?

Build quality - I've never had a Volvo, traditionally they seem to wear mileage well, are the current Geely Volvos a similar story? My Mercedes is creaking and rattling from various areas after 30k miles and it drives me crazy. Do the diamond cut alloys dissolve like they do on a Merc?

I just want a large wafty car that will take me and stuff long distances in comfort, with the added bonus of being able to handle some tracks when I go hillwalking.

Thanks

[yellowbentines]

Thanks for the comprehensive replies, that's the kind of info I was looking for. Thanks also for the offer of the look round, but I'm in the West of Scotland so a little out of range!

They do seem very well specced as standard, but it looks like I'll need to go for pro/plus then, or one that has one of the packs as I'd like the heated windscreen, and ideally memory seats as there's around a foot in height difference between the Mrs and I and readjusting every couple of days gets tedious.

Interesting comment about the E220d being better engineered as that's what I owned previous to the current car, and I do miss it, but don't like the new range of Mercs at all and it's time for a change - a little used V90CC seems very good value at the moment, just need to find the right spec and colour combo - there's a well specced car locally but it has blue paint and a very orangey looking leather interior which isn't for me

[yellowbentines]

MidnightXR6 said:

I had a Late 2018 V90 CC D4 with Polestar.

A good comfy car but mpg was terrible.

Be careful as I was told my car wasn't part of the recall for Manifold and fire issues.

4 months later it was a burnt out shell when going to the shops.

How terrible is terrible on the mpg front?

Thanks for the heads up on the recall, I'm looking at 2019 cars , ideally less than 12 months old to give me a couple of years of manufacturers warranty, hopefully the problem was addressed by then.

[yellowbentines]

Thanks - one man's terrible is another's acceptable

Ive been driving big auto estate cars for a few years - in my book anything over 35mpg in something that heavy is acceptable, anything over 40mpg is good

[yellowbentines]

Thanks again,

Have pretty much decided it has to be a V90 CC, D4 engine (too many horror stories about the D5), 'Plus' trim level, climate pack with heated windscreen/steering wheel, dark leather, silver/dark grey/blue paint, spare wheel. Anything else is a bonus, they are pretty loaded in that trim level anyway.

They seem to come on the market (and sell quickly) at around £30-£32k for a lightly used version up to 1yr old, just keeping my eyes peeled for the right spec - I've bought too many cars over the years that were 'nearly' the spec I wanted then regretted it.