The wood, with grain you can feel, is accented by a matte aluminum-esque border both add new dimensions to an otherwise familiar interior. The interior mostly looks like an Volvo XC90 but with a new accent panel that runs across the dashboard from door to door and can be appointed with real wood. Compare the XC60 with its competitors here. Leather seating is standard, unlike competitors such asthe Mercedes GLC-Class and Lexus NX, which have leatherette (imitation leather) standard. The Volvo’s optional soft Nappa leather seats, genuine wood trim and all the sunlight streaming in through the standard panoramic moonroof create an airy, pleasant space in which to drive. The Volvo XC60’s greatest strength is its warm, stylish interior, with enough high-quality materials to challenge the best interiors in the class, including the Audi Q5 and pricier Porsche Macan. Drivability isn’t the XC60’s greatest strength, but it will be perfectly respectable to most. (Volvo didn’t provide any standard-suspension SUVs for us to drive.) The Volvo XC60 is a touch sportier than the XC90, with firmer steering and tighter handling that lets it manage mountain roads without feeling out of place, but it doesn’t attack corners like a Porsche Macan S, BMW X4 M40i or Audi SQ5. The Volvo XC60’s ride quality, with its optional air suspension and adjustable firmness, recalls the XC90: firm but not uncomfortable. If you’re on the fence, the T8 plug-in hybrid’s available maximum $5,002 federal tax credit might help seal the deal. The T5 gets an estimated 22/28/24 mpg city/highway/combined, and the T6 is rated 21/27/23 mpg that’s similar to other four-cylinders in the class but with a little more punch from the meatier 2.0-liter. The XC60 T8’s mileage rating also isn’t dramatically better than the non-hybrids’. #New volvo crossover fullWhat the plug-in hybrid gets you is an EPA-estimated 17 miles of electric operation on a full charge, followed by combined gas mileage of 26 mpg both of those numbers are slightly lower than the 2018 XC90 T8. Even though the T8 has a combined 84 more horsepower than the T6, its hybrid innards add more than 500 pounds of curb weight, lifting it to 4,599 pounds versus the T6’s 4,045 pounds. I didn’t observe a huge difference in passing power between the XC60’s 316-hp T6 and 400-hp T8, but from a stop and at lower speeds, the T8 provides instant acceleration and greater punch. The XC60 accelerates to 60 mph quicker than the XC90 in every version, and not by a small measure: Volvo says the XC60 T5, T6 and T8 hit 60 mph in 6.4, 5.6 and 4.9 seconds, respectively, while the XC90’s versions of the same do it in 7.5, 6.1 and 5.3 seconds, respectively. These are the same engines as in the XC90, but the XC60 is around 300 pounds lighter, so the T6 and T8 versions I drove were more responsive and punchier than the XC90. All powertrain options require premium 91-octane-or-above gasoline for optimal performance, according to the XC60’s owner’s manual, which is the norm for luxury SUVs. The Volvo XC60 comes in three flavors: the T5 (250-horsepower, turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder), the T6 (316 hp from a supercharged and turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder) and T8 plug-in hybrid (313-hp, supercharged and turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder paired with an electric motor and battery pack to boost total output to 400 hp). This review covers the regular and plug-in-hybrid versions. I drove multiple versions of the new XC60 at a preview event in Denver (per our ethics policy, pays for its own airfare and lodging). The kicker is that I think the Volvo XC60 is the better buy if you don’t need the third-row seat. The XC60 feels like a mini-XC90, and that’s a good thing considering how gushy we get when we talk about the Best of 2016 winner we owned for a year. It’s amazing how much is shared between the XC60 and XC90: engines, a lot of the chassis, much of the interior and most features. Like its bigger brother - the seven-seat Volvo XC90 that we named our Best of 2016 - the five-seat 2018 Volvo XC60 is a whole new SUV compared with its predecessor. Versus the competition: A full redesign transforms the once semi-nice Volvo XC60 into a full-blown luxury SUV able to go head to head with the Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class, Audi Q5 and Lexus NX. The verdict: The 2018 Volvo XC60 is a new benchmark for small luxury SUVs.
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