SWEDISH HEART, SUV SOUL
Refined strength, designed in Sweden
The new Volvo XC60 has been voted World Car of the Year 2018. This uniquely Scandinavian mid-size SUV crossover delivers innovative, intuitive technology that connects you and your car with the world. Its cabin blends exceptional craftsmanship with everyday versatility and puts you in command at the wheel. A sophisticated chassis balances comfort and control, while our latest safety technology helps protect what’s important to you. This is the dynamic Swedish SUV, evolved.
The Volvo XC60 in 360°
The Volvo XC60 in 360°
Explore the interior and exterior of the Volvo XC60 with our interactive 360° view.
Volvo XC60 Highlights
From €47,950
Buy the XC60 from just €47,950.
Beautifully efficient
With low CO2 emissions and impressive fuel economy, the XC60 combines efficiency and clean running.
Comfort for all
The XC60 has five supportive, thoughtfully designed seats that ensure you and your passengers travel in comfort on every journey.
A practical space
The load compartment volume of the XC60 is 505 litres to the top of the rear backrests. This increases to 1444 litres with the backrests folded.
THE XC60 IN DETAIL
Explore the features
Discover more about the new XC60 – the evolution of the dynamic Swedish SUV. Where bold design meets a beautiful interior. Where technology is natural. Where every drive is a pleasure.
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DESIGN
Refined strength, by design
Exterior design with real strength of character
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The Scandinavian athlete
The XC60, like all good Scandinavian design, projects understated confidence, with an exterior defined by uncluttered lines and dynamic proportions. Large wheels and pronounced wheel arches clearly express its athleticism, while integrated roof rails and tough side mouldings highlight its capable SUV character.
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A distinctive vision
The XC60 has LED headlights for a strong identity and superior vision at night. Two types are available: LED Illumination switches between dipped and full beam to provide the best view while avoiding dazzling other road users. Active High Beam Illumination technology keeps the lights on full beam but masks out the section that could dazzle oncoming traffic, providing optimum full-beam illumination. Active High Beam Illumination also includes Active Bending Lights that turn in the same direction as the steering wheel, to give a better view through corners.
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DESIGN
A drive to inspire
A sophisticated chassis, for confidence and control on every drive
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Dynamic comfort
The XC60 has a chassis that delivers exceptional comfort and control. Sophisticated double wishbone front suspension and integral-link rear suspension use strong, lightweight materials, to help provide agile handling and responsive steering.
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Riding on air
Optional air suspension makes the XC60 even more capable, by keeping the ride height constant and giving you a smoother, more controlled ride over bumps and through corners. The suspension’s responses are adjusted constantly on the move, according to its drive mode and speed. In Comfort or Eco drive mode, the body is lowered 10–20mm at higher speeds to use less fuel. In Dynamic mode the body is lowered by 20mm, for even sportier handling.
A drive adapted to you
The XC60 has a choice of drive modes that allow you to adapt the driving experience to your needs. You can switch between three default settings for the engine, automatic gearbox, steering, brakes, stability control system and engine stop/start function. And you can create your own combination with Individual mode. You simply toggle through the drive settings – which are displayed on the 9-inch centre display – using the roller control between the front seats.
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VERSATILITY
Upgrade your space
Discover a spacious, versatile cabin designed to make life easier
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Space to explore
The XC60 has the space and versatility to help you seek out new adventures. Thoughtfully designed seats maximise rear legroom, while the load compartment is well shaped, with a volume of 505 litres to the top of the backrest and up to 1444 litres when rear backrests are folded (468 litres and 1395 litres for the T8 Twin Engine). Backrests that fold down electrically are an option.
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A helping hand
Loading and unloading is easier with the power-operated tailgate available for the XC60. It allows you to open or close the tailgate by pressing a button on the car’s remote control, tailgate or dashboard. When combined with the keyless entry option it also offers a hands-free function that means you can even open or shut the tailgate by simply moving your foot under the rear bumper.
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DESIGN
An interior to delight
Where Scandinavian design meets modern Swedish luxury
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Beautifully simple
The interior of the XC60 is Scandinavian design at its purest – an effortless blend of form and function. An uncluttered layout creates a calm, inspiring space that means you can enjoy the drive safely and without distraction, while savouring the unique sense of Swedish luxury that surrounds you.
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Inspired craftsmanship
The minimalist, considered design inside the XC60 allows you to focus on beautiful details such as the sleek centre display with touch screen and unique air vents with a slender, metal-finished control. Diamond-pattern finishes for the air vents’ control knobs, starter button, driving mode controller and steering wheel controls delight the senses, while carefully chosen materials are another example of an interior defined by contemporary craftsmanship. Inscription trim includes decor in Driftwood – a unique wood treatment that is satisfying to look at and touch, and which references Volvo Cars’ Swedish heritage.Explore Inscription trim Let the light in
The panoramic roof available for the XC60 floods the cabin with light. It’s long enough that those in both front and rear seats can enjoy the view of the sky above them, and it is made from special tinted glass that reduces the transmission of unwanted heat and UV radiation. A power-operated sunshade makes it easy to keep strong light out if necessary, while the front section of the roof can be tilted or opened to provide extra ventilation. The roof can be closed using either the remote control lock button or, for cars with keyless entry, the door handle button.
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TECHNOLOGY
Naturally easy
Advanced technology with a natural, human feel
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Tech with a human touch
A centre display with touch screen is at the heart of the way you interact with the XC60. It combines sleek design with ease of use, reducing distraction with bold, clear graphics and a minimum of buttons. Its portrait format makes reading information and maps especially easy, while the 9-inch screen is so responsive, you can use it wearing gloves.
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A natural connection
We understand that technology is more useful when it’s easy to use, which is why interacting with the XC60 feels like second nature. A digital driver display puts important information right in front of you, and its brightness adjusts to the surroundings so it’s always easy to read.
An advanced voice control function allows you to operate climate control, navigation, media and telephone functions using natural speech patterns – no need to memorise set prompts or commands.
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DRIVING
Enjoy power, responsibly
More power, lower emissions. Discover the XC60 T8 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid
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Electrifying performance
The Volvo XC60 T8 Twin Engine has a plug-in hybrid powertrain that provides responsive performance. The combination of a four-cylinder petrol engine driving the front wheels and an electric motor driving the rear wheels gives performance that's a match for many sports cars. The result is strong, smooth acceleration from standstill. And, if necessary, on-demand all-wheel drive ensures power is transferred as effectively as possible to the road.
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A mode for every journey
A range of drive modes allows you to adapt the XC60 T8 Twin Engine to your needs. Pure mode provides enough electric-only power for the average daily commute. It means you emit zero emissions and travel in near-silent luxury. In Power mode the turbocharged, supercharged petrol engine and powerful electric motor work together to give an instantaneous response when you accelerate. Default Hybrid mode chooses between the petrol engine, electric motor or a combination of the two, to ensure your journey is as smooth and efficient as possible.No compromises
The XC60 was designed from the outset to use a plug-in hybrid powertrain, so the batteries and electric motor of the T8 Twin Engine don’t compromise space, versatility or weight distribution. It plugs into a domestic power socket to top up the battery, and the batteries are recharged automatically on the move, as you slow down. The powerful petrol engine means you can even keep going without an electric top-up.![]()
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INNOVATION
Technology designed around you
Useful technology that connects and entertains
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Connect to a better experience
We understand that you want to be able to listen to your favourite music, stay in touch and remain connected on the move. The XC60 makes all of this possible, and more, thanks to sophisticated audio systems, advanced connectivity and a range of apps that entertain and inform. And, because every Volvo Cars innovation is designed around people, it couldn’t be simpler to use.
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Built for sound
Your music is part of the experience in the XC60. An integrated Spotify app means there’s no need to connect your phone to enjoy it. Support for Apple CarPlay allows you to link an Apple iPhone, while Android Auto is also supported. The Sensus Connect package gives you access to a range of additional apps, allowing you to enjoy internet radio and audiobooks in your XC60.
Harman Kardon Premium Sound gives you precise, powerful sound, while top-of-the-range Bowers & Wilkins audio provides remarkable clarity and power.
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TECHNOLOGY
For an easier ride
Driver support features that help take the strain
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Get a better view
The XC60 is available with a 360˚ Camera that helps to make parking effortless by showing a bird’s-eye view of your car and its immediate surroundings on the large centre display screen. It’s especially useful when negotiating tight spaces, and can help you to avoid costly car park scrapes.
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Semi-autonomous help
Pilot Assist helps make driving in heavy traffic less tiring. This semi-autonomous drive technology keeps a set speed and distance to the vehicle in front of you, and uses steering inputs to keep you in the centre of your lane. Pilot Assist works at speeds up to 130km/h, helping to reduce the effort required when driving on busy highways.
For the EU and US, Pilot Assist uses data from the navigation system – an ‘electronic horizon’ function – that can read the planned route of your drive, so it knows more about the radius of bends or the gradient of the road ahead.
Perfect parking
Park Assist Pilot helps you park perfectly, every time. It uses sensors to gauge the size of available spaces as you drive by them, and lets you know if one is big enough. It can then steer the car into a parallel space just 1.2 times the length of the car, or into a perpendicular space. All you need to do is follow the screen prompts and operate the gears and brakes as the car steers itself into the space.
Please note: the driver is responsible for how the car is controlled at all times.
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SAFETY
Class-leading safety
Safety innovations that help to keep you and your passengers safe
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Designed to protect
Protecting people is at the heart of every Volvo car, and the features that make the XC60 a safe place for you and your passengers are the result of decades of leadership in safety. Ultra high-strength boron steel – one of the strongest types of steel available – forms a rigid safety cell around the car, while crumple zones front and rear dissipate energy in the event of a collision.![]()
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Helping you avoid danger
City Safety is a Volvo Cars innovation that spots potential danger, and helps you avoid it. It uses radar and camera technology to identify other vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians and large animals ahead, day or night. It warns you if it detects an imminent collision and, if you don’t react in time, City Safety can automatically apply the brakes to help avoid or mitigate a collision. In the XC60, City Safety includes Steering Support, which helps you to steer away from danger as effectively and safely as possible.Keeping you on track
Run-off road Mitigation is a standard safety feature for the XC60 that makes it less likely for the car to be steered off the road accidentally. This Volvo Cars innovation detects if the car is about to leave the road unintentionally, at speeds between 65-140km/h, and then uses steering and – if necessary – brake support to guide the car back onto the right path.
If the car does leave the road, Run-off Road Protection reduces the chances of serious injury. It includes an energy-absorbing feature in the front seat frames that cushions vertical impact in the event of a hard landing and, in addition, optional safety belts that tighten electrically.
Please note: the driver is responsible for how the car is controlled at all times
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ACCESSORIES
Your life, your XC60
Create the right XC60 for your life, with a range of beautiful, functional accessories
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More versatility, more style
Increase the inherent versatility of the XC60 with useful, high-quality accessories such as load compartment mats that help you keep the interior as good as new, a strong yet lightweight bicycle holder and a beautifully designed roof box that boosts load space in style.
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Add your own style
Our range of styling accessories allows you to give the XC60 a look that’s all yours. Each one has been created by our designers to complement the athletic look of the XC60. The exterior styling kit includes front and rear skid plates in stainless steel, and unique integrated dual split tail pipes at the rear. Body-coloured wheel arch extensions that give the XC60 an even more purposeful appearance are also available as an accessory.
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Lifestyle
Constructing the future
Heritage
The race to the horizon
The fascinating background and history of the Volvo Ocean Race have turned it into one of the best-known and toughest endurance races in the sporting calendar. For four and a half decades, participants have challenging themselves and each other as they sail its course. In this article, we will trace the race back to its beginning - and beyond, looking at the developments that shaped modern sea travel and made it possible in the first place. We trace the history of the race all the way back to the opening of the Panama and Suez canals, and then how - decades later - Robin Knox-Johnson became the first man to sail single-handedly round the planet. We then describe the foundation of the race in the 70s, and the developments that turned it into the event we know today - with its cutting-edge boats, teams of world champion sailors and non-stop coverage.
Lifestyle
A life at sea
In this article we meet Swedish sailor, Martin Strömberg. Martin is now one of Sweden’s most experienced sailors. He has now competed in the Volvo Ocean Race three times and won it once. We describe how Martin first became interested in the Volvo Ocean Race, his drive to compete in the race and how he came to triumph. We also provide an overview of his sailing career so far, his unique approach to putting racing teams together and what the future holds for this modern Swedish pioneer.
