It might be eight years old, but the evergreen Volvo XC90 continues to flourish. Just as well, as it's gonna continue on sale alongside the new electric EX90 for years to come, as an ICE alternative. We test the new, bigger-batteried T8 plug-in hybrid 🔌
, while the chassis was designed from the outset to package electric powertrains. In the T8 a petrol engine in the nose drives the front wheels via a very smooth-shifting eight-speed auto gearbox. A electric generator sandwiched between the two rapidly cranks the petrol engine into life, boosts torque and charges the larger-for-2023 18.8kWh battery as required.
The obscene three-figure MPG rating is synonymous with the plug-in hybrid car genre. We reckon if you charged religiously, and never drove more than 100 or so miles, the figure might beachievable. But the real hindrance to the XC90 is that when the battery is bereft of charge, you’re realistically looking at a sub-30mpg car.
Conventionally sprung XC90s manage a good impression of the same body control, but lose a good deal of the ride quality, occasionally running out of answers on the kind of weather-beaten roads the UK does so well. Our advice is to budget for the air suspension, which also drops the rear of the car by 50mm on demand for the easy loading of heavy furniture and arthritic dogs. A handy feature.
Fit and finish are exemplary, the design striking in a very pleasing, understated way and the overall sense of light, space and uncluttered calm a thoroughly Swedish ambience. Additional noise, vibration and harshness work has banished much of the background chatter of fans and compressors a combustion engine’s machinations normally mask, leaving an impressive and luxurious absence of noise.
The boot size is deeply impressive . Even with all seven seats up, there is still a decent space for a few squashy bags in the back. Flop the third row of pews away and the boot floor is flat.
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