John loves a big Volvo. Good thing too, because Santa delivered a brace of them 🎁
I hope you all had a great Christmas. I did. It included all the usual overindulgences – turkey with all the trimmings, too much booze – and the good company of family and friends. All very hearty and heart-warming stuff, but what made it even more special this year were the presents. Not the ones from Santa’s sack – I already had plenty of socks and scarfs, thank you – I'm talking very large and very Volvo-shaped presents, in the form of not one but two Volvo V90 estates. Oh, yummy.
The V60’s rump is more abruptly cut off – not quite at a 700 Series right angle, but noticeably more so than the V90’s. And the V90’s sloping rear gives it a really graceful finish, and, as I’ve said before, few mainstream cars these days match Volvos for good looks.
Once the battery was depleted, though, I was getting low to mid-thirties MPG. That’s about what I was getting from the B5 , although a non-Cross Country version might bolster that slightly, going by the WLTP figures. Either way, it does demonstrate to the unaware that there’s no point wasting money on a PHEV if you're not going to charge it up. Unless you’re a company car driver.
There are downsides to the T6, though. Mostly to do with the ride and handling. It’s 2,026kg, and no, that’s not when it’s towing a boat. That's on its own. Even with the Cross Country’s four-wheel-drive adding 100kg to a regular V90 petrol, it still trims 166kg from the T6. That’s not buttons: by my calculations, it’s about 50 bricks, and you can feel it. The T6 has more understeer, leans more and, on a wet road especially, feels a lot more ponderous.
Now it's all been changed, and the good news it the Android system is more responsive. However, I made telephone calls in both cars and the person on the other end couldn’t hear me, so the reliability still isn't quite there. That also came to light when I plugged my phone into the Cross Country and the Apple CarPlay had an immediate hissy fit. It crashed completely and refused to reappear. If this happens to you, I’ve since learned what to do.
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