| Volvo is getting ready to roll the red carpet and | | | | upcoming Volvo vehicles. |
| welcome the newest wagons and crossovers into its | | | | The Volvo XC60 is about the same size as the BMW |
| clan. The new Volvo XC60 crossover is set to arrive | | | | X3 or Acura RDX. It boasts outstanding features like |
| in 2009. By that time, the automaker will be having 5 | | | | the glass roof and a newly styled grille, a new shifting |
| wagons or crossovers. However, Volvo will not be | | | | mechanism, a mechanical tail gate, a much larger |
| stopping there because it intends to make further | | | | Volvo symbol, and 20-inch rims. |
| expansions. | | | | Armstrong said that such a vehicle would be a logical |
| The automaker is contemplating on moving both | | | | move for people who entered the Volvo brand with |
| upscale and downmarket from the existing lineup of | | | | the Volvo C30 hatchback or S40 sedan. As for the |
| the Volvo vehicles V50, V70, XC70, XC90 and XC60. | | | | Volvo V90, Kerssemakers said it is "high on my wish |
| This information was divulged by Volvo's top | | | | list, but we have to be realistic. There's a limit to what |
| executives at the North American International Auto | | | | a small organization can do." |
| Show. "Volvo is well-known for its versatility," said | | | | Though the automaker is expanding into wagons and |
| Steven Armstrong, Volvo Car Corporation's COO. | | | | crossovers, it said that one segment it will not enter is |
| "We were producing crossovers before the term was | | | | minivans. "The XC90 is our seven-seat interpretation," |
| even invented. There are still plenty of opportunities to | | | | Kerssemakers said. "We're happy with it. Our |
| fill in gaps with new things." | | | | customers are happy with it." Kerssemakers also |
| It can be recalled that Volvo has created a luxury | | | | concluded that Volvo needs to ensure that its current |
| wagon concept for the 2003 Geneva auto show | | | | lineup is profitable before it can expand into new |
| called the Versatility Concept Car. Said concept, if | | | | arenas. "All those variants cost a lot of money. But it is |
| produced, will be called the Volvo V90. Volvo also is | | | | easier to cancel or reduce volumes of a vehicle than |
| studying a crossover smaller than the Volvo XC60, | | | | to suddenly have to play catch-up." |
| said Lex Kerssemakers, Volvo Car senior vice | | | | Volvo has built several wagons and crossovers |
| president of brand business and product strategy. "If | | | | before. One of which is the Volvo 850, a compact |
| we were to further expand our model range, likely it | | | | executive car which is available in both sedan and |
| would be in the V or XC range." | | | | station wagon. Volvo 850 parts mated to the very first |
| The Volvo XC60 Concept was revealed at 2007 | | | | front-wheel drive vehicle to be exported to North |
| North American International Auto Show. Said vehicle | | | | America create a fabulous impression on the |
| will share same Ford C1 platform technology with the | | | | automaker. In 1998, the Volvo 850 was modified and |
| Land Rover Freelander. The vehicle should not be | | | | renamed the S70 (sedan version) and V70 (station |
| confused with the Volvo XC50 which was the first | | | | wagon version). These vehicles were replaced by the |
| name used for the vehicle. The Volvo XC60 delivers | | | | Volvo S60 and Volvo V70. |
| brand new styling and design direction that mirrors | | | | |