Of car sales in Europe will begin in September 2016.
Volvo has started serial production of the new V90 wagon, which replaced the model V70. As the press service of the brand, the Assembly of the model established at the plant in Torslanda (Sweden). At the same enterprise earlier started production of the model S90. In order for the plant to cope with additional load, the staff was increased to 6 300 employees.
“We have invested heavily in the training of the plant in Torslanda for the construction of the cars on the SPA platform. We are pleased to see that this decision brings a positive result,” – said the President and CEO of Volvo Hakan Samuelsson.
Volvo V90 built on the platform SPA. The boot capacity of the wagon with the rear seats folded is 1526 litres. The length of the car equal 4936 mm, width – 2019 mm. The wheelbase is 2941 mm.
The car will be offered with two diesel engine capacity of 190 and 235 horsepower. Will also be available two petrol engines with recoil 254 and 320 horsepower. Later appear and hybrid modification. The structure of the power plant includes a 2.0-liter gasoline engine and an electric motor. The total capacity of the hybrid wagon – 407 HP and 640 Nm of torque. To 100 km/h the car accelerates in 5.2 seconds. Average fuel consumption does not exceed 2.1 l per 100 km. Cruising range on a single electric range is 45 kilometres away.
The machine is equipped with adaptive cruise control, Parktronic system, traffic sign recognition, monitor the health of the driver, Autonomous emergency braking, Parking assistance and control of dead zones. In addition, the novelty has received the same system of control of Congress from the asphalt as the Volvo XC90. Special sensors located in the side of the car, watching the condition of the roadway and convey information to the control unit. If the electronics will notice that V90 left on sandy roadside, universal himself back to the road.
Of car sales in Europe will begin in September 2016. The car will compete with the BMW 5-Series Touring, Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate and Audi A6 Avant. Later, the expected emergence of sports modified V90. The development of the “charged” modification of the unit Polestar. Release date of the new device.
