Standout design declares the 2020 Volvo S90's place atop the maker's luxury sedan range and sets it apart from the competition. Big family journeys in the Volvo are being foiled left, right and centre. Price £44,920As tested £49,370Engine 1969cc 16v 4-cyl turbo, 247bhp @ 5500rpm, 258lb ft @ 1800rpmTransmission 8-speed auto, front-wheel drive Performance 6.8sec 0-62mph, 140mph, 156g/km CO2Miles this month 158Total miles 744Our mpg 28.1Official mpg 42.2Energy cost 20p per mile. Rather, itâs all nicely restrained and understated, with the metal trim and little touches like the white stitching atop the leather-trimmed dash brightening the cabin. Smooth, responsive, and powerful, the 2021 Volvo S90 is a comfortable sedan with a dignified demeanor. Your email is safe and will only be used for our newsletters. Price £44,920 (£49,370 as tested) Performance 1969cc turbo 4-cyl, 247bhp, 6.8sec 0-62mph, 140mph Efficiency 42.2mpg (official), 34.3mpg (tested), 156g/km CO2 Energy cost 17.1p per mile Miles this month 1288Total miles 4077. Comfort is also a priority, and the S90’s relaxed gait is a world away from some of its sportier competition. Pilot Assist is the cleverest of the lot, and is capable of driving the S90 semi-autonomously in traffic jams and on motorways. R-Design models are some of the most desirable thanks to their sporty looks and big alloy wheels, but even ‘base’ Momentum cars are well-equipped and look smart. 845898). There are two powertrains, both of which are unconventional. Aside from a stop to fill up, it's an easy 200-mile journey home. While the Germans stand tablet-aping screens proud of the dash and up in your eyeline, nothing in the Volvo rises above the stitched dash. Race you? Our destination is Pembrey Circuit, the 'home of Welsh motorsport'. thatâll cost youIce White paint is the only no-cost colour option, while our choice of Bursting Blue is the only adventurous one â the rest are all shades of white, silver or grey. The T6 inline-four is both turbocharged and supercharg⦠But however good it is, you still have to look at it. First up, fuel â I still have to remind myself to put petrol in this big saloon â and collecting a film crew from Heathrow. 19 /20. The quality of materials is of a suitably lofty standard and equipment levels are generous, especially in terms of safety features. It ⦠In R-Design Pro guise it was understated, the ride good, the engine quiet. The S90 was a worthy replacement for the VW Arteon we were up here in 12 months ago: it just swallowed all the pram, cot and other paraphernalia needed; the in-built rear window blinds kept the back seat dark enough that our little one snoozed through both evening journeys to and from the island; and the comfy front seats meant mummy and daddy (and their aching backs) arrived as refreshed as can be expected when youâve a 10-month-old. And while my sleep deprivation has ended, I can still never remember where I've parked â but the Volvo On Call app knows. There's been no sudden vehicle-instigated braking, no emergency tightening of seatbelts, no attempts by the computers to override my inputs. Iâm rather fond of the S90, and if it were the big-booted V90 estate thereâs nowt Iâd change â it could be the Pulman family wagon for the next decade. A host of detail tweaks inside and out including sportier seats, silver mirrors, swathes of metal across the dash and doors, and perforated leather for the steering wheel, gearstick and key. Room for three Originally this was to be ed-in-chief Phil McNamara's car, before he discovered the third addition to his netball team was on the way. 20 /20. The S90 may not be an everyday sight in the UK, but globally it's a big deal, especially in China. Makes me think I should exploit this car's 140mph max while I can, although that's not really in the spirit, is it? As a panicked new father, faced with a mountain of paraphernalia inversely proportional to the baby's size, it's the obvious solution. This month weâve been recreating last summerâs en masse Pulman family holiday to Anglesey â albeit with two new babies now in tow and the spectacular weather of 2018 swapped for rain, rain and more rain. Volvo S90 review "The Volvo S90 marks a stylish return to the executive saloon class, with many of the features of the XC90 SUV" by Carbuyer team. All of which made me wonder why Iâd tried to create a Germanic S90. 16 /20. The data shows you're just as dangerous with a hand-free hook-up as you are with your mobile clamped to your head. The map graphics are a tad dated but Volvo has kept it simple: four big options on the main screen for sat-nav, radio, phone and message, because that's all you ever use. Volvo S90 review. The starting price jumps to $63,200 if you want the S90 plug-in-hybrid model. Verdict - currently reading. Itâs a no-cost deal that works for us: it quickly de-ices the screen on frosty mornings. The Volvo XC60, which also shares parts with the S90, came an impressive 30th out of the top 75 cars on sale, while the smaller Volvo XC40 was rated even higher, finishing in 14th place. H Bauer Publishing are authorised and regulated for credit broking by the FCA (Ref No. This car by far was the best option for me. You are viewing the Parkers beta preview. If only it consumed fuel like a 520dâ¦, Price £44,920 (£49,370 as tested) Performance 1969cc turbo 4-cyl, 247bhp, 6.8sec 0-62mph, 140mph Efficiency 42.2mpg (official), 31.6mpg (tested), 156g/km CO2 Energy cost 18.1p per mile Miles this month 319 Total miles 1063. It’s the largest saloon car Volvo sells, sitting alongside the V90 estate and above the S60, and competes with the likes of the BMW 5 Series, Mercedes E-Class, Audi A6 and Lexus ES. Svelte and conservative, the 2020 Volvo S90 is a stunner on the road. Used Cars; Car Reviews; About Us; Dealers Join Us. It features a high-end and airy cab, excellent safety features, and good fuel economy, but a predictable low reliability rating keeps S90 ⦠0 - 0. Read Full Review . Next for the chopping block is a week in France. The S90 is also packed with advanced driver-assistance features in keeping with Volvo's heritage of safety. Published: 09 March 2020 Ben Pulman mulls over the interior of our Volvo S90 long-term test car . When you have to park nose-in to a space to be able to access the buggy in the boot â and when you're in a saloon and everyone else is in a tall SUV â £500 for the Cross Traffic Alert system (which spots if you're about to reverse into the path of an oncoming vehicle, cyclist or pedestrian) is worth the money. Classified as a midsize car, the S90 is almost as spacious as a full-size sedan, with an expansive rear passenger seat.. Edmunds also has Volvo S90 pricing, MPG, specs, pictures, safety features, consumer reviews ⦠We will sorely miss, too, the standard rear window blinds that block out motorway lights at night. Wonder what Anglesey makes of that? 2. I went from a 2017 S90 T6 to a 2020 S90 R design. Inside, sports seats trimmed in black leather, black headlining, and perforated black leather on the steering wheel, gearstick and key fob. The majority of the S90’s secondary functions are controlled through the centre touchscreen. It joined us just after the arrival of our first child, at a time when steps, buses and just about anything beyond our front door was suddenly fraught and immensely frustrating. We fill the boot and back seat for two nights away with one baby, so the S90 would never have worked for him. Volvo S90 review 2020 Find out more about the Volvo S90 in the latest Motors.co.uk Review. I had no qualms about the S90 per se, but I did start to question the combined effect of all the options Iâd specified. 09 August 2019 by Tom Wiltshire. Not quite, and itâs actually the Porsche that would have a tougher time justifying its place if two cars had to become one. When the digital screen ahead of the driver really tells you all you need to know, thereâs no reason why another should be up in your eyeline. If this all sounds interesting, read on for our full review to see if the Volvo S90 could be the car for you. 5. Driving the 2021 Volvo S90. It seems being a father changes you. Well, since 2020 Volvo has dropped diesel and petrol-only engines from the S90 range, and it's now available exclusively with a 2.0-litre petrol-electric plug-in hybrid system. All are mated to an eight-speed automatic gearbox, and performance ranges from effortless to seriously impressive. The S90 combines it all seamlessly into a package where the exterior styling, interior ambience and badge cachet are now at least on par with the Germans. ⺠Volvo's S90 is on our fleet⺠Not hybrid, not diesel⺠Not very Volvo, then? Company Number: LP003328 Registered Office: Academic House, 24-28 Oval Road, London, NW1 7DT. Fuel Economy. The auto electronic parking brake never suddenly yanks you to a stop if you've paused for a split second in traffic (our previous VW Arteon had that fault). Stylish saloon is packed with advanced safety kit and technology Enlarge 129 photos. It ⦠7 Feb 2019. 0. Volvo has placed its focus for the S90 in slightly different areas to its premium market rivals. 21st Feb 2020. Then a new bar pops up and you press your chosen temperature on that. Green pump! No more notes under the wipersWeâve got a 360º around-view camera system as part of the £1600 Xenium pack, which also comes with a sunroof, plus Volvoâs Park Assist Pilot tech that can do automatic parallel and 90º parking â in case the four cameras arenât enough. I couldn't agree more â and yet they make no mention of the danger of the in-built touchscreen many new cars now have. The S90's elegantly straightforward interior provides tasteful, comfortable and spacious environs equally suited to around-town commutes or long-distance travel. Price £44,920 (£49,370 as tested) Performance 1969cc turbo 4-cyl, 247bhp, 6.8sec 0-62mph, 140mph Efficiency 42.2mpg (official), 23.3mpg (tested), 156g/km CO2 Energy cost 16.9p per mile Miles this month 598Total miles 1764. 09 August 2019. We'll come to the infotainment system in more detail in coming months, but for now, combined with the fact the engine is quiet, the seats supremely comfortable, and the digital dials clear and easy to read, life aboard is serene, quiet and relaxing. Given it's nap time, the rear window blinds go up. After 12 months with the S90, I'm a Volvo convert. The central infotainment screen also randomly rebooted when it couldnât compute an address. CO2. 1. Only the D5 and the T8 hybrid power all four wheels, so drive goes through the front via an eight-speed auto. Drove BMW 5 series and also a Benz E350. Share; Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Email; Get 3 months FREE Breakdown Cover* Plus, get roadside and home rescue as standard. It also lets you lock and unlock the doors and start the engine remotely on cold mornings. It drives really well too. It's a handsome car, all clean Scandipure lines and subtle presence, and in my corner of south-west London it scores bonus points for the novelty of not being another XC90 or XC60. 19 /20. 3. Father of the year! Can be expensive; Larger wheels can cause a firm ride; Other rivals are more involving to drive ; MPG. The 2020 Volvo S90 is a handsome luxury car, especially in this color, which is curiously named "bursting blue metallic." Meanwhile, the range-topping T8 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid is an interesting ownership proposition, theoretically capable of over 100mpg (on short journeys at least) yet with a combined power output of 400hp making for sports car-rivalling straight-line speed. So â while driving along, trying to watch the traffic â you press the temperature read-out. All registered in England and Wales. 0 - 0 g/km. I bring this up because I've had nearly a year with the S90's touchscreen and it's one of the best available. Mercifully the reality is different, as thereâs none of the try-too-hard detailing of the BMW. If all you're doing is talking you have no reason to take your eyes off the road. Worldwide sales were up 22.6 per cent to 57,142 in 2018 â and it outsold the V90 and V90 Cross Country combined. The S90’s range of engines offers something for just about everyone, with two petrols, two diesels and a plug-in hybrid available. Step forward Volvo's On Call app, which has a map to remind you where your car is. Beneath the unassuming skin it's Volvo's Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), the modular platform that underpins all the 90- and 60-series SUVs, saloons and estates that have been built under Geely ownership, while inside it's the same infotainment system Volvo has cleverly rolled out across its range without all its models feeling like a set of matryoshka dolls. First to go was a trip up to Liverpool to visit the great-grandparents, scuppered by the need to have a Macan in nearby north Wales 24 hours later for our posh SUV Giant Test. /volvo/s90/96924/polestar-tweaks-volvo-s90-and-v90-with-performance-package The S90 is ready to rumble against any rival. The new Volvo S90 is a large, luxury, executive saloon which oozes style and class. Loading... Reset. That, I like to think, is a sign that I'm playing my part in ensuring no one comes to harm in this Volvo. After the ageing, slightly anonymous S80 comes the super slick S90. Expert Reviews. A group of MPs have taken a break from squabbling about Brexit to declare that tougher restrictions on driving while using a mobile phone are needed. There are two powertrain⦠After half a year of meandering about, the Volvoâs mileage has been on the climb this month with trips down to the New Forest, up to Coventry, back to the New Forest, around the Isle of Wight, up to Yorkshire, across to Manchester, back to Yorkshire, down to London, out to the Cotswolds, and finally home again. Departing from Southampton will mean our first foray as a family beyond the M25.
View Local Inventory. So good in fact that I never used the Volvo's Park Assist Pilot that can do parallel and 90º parking; I'd recommend spending £525 just on the camera, rather than three times that on the Xenium Pack that bundles it all together. Volvo has declared it doesn't want anyone to die in its vehicles by 2020, and that means far more than just seatbelt and airbags. For our privacy policy go to, The latest independent car advice and reviews, Expert guidance to help you buy or sell at the right price. 2020 Volvo S90: What You Need to Know. It helps that the central portrait touchscreen is set below the parapet, blocking out less light. ⦠Family friendly The baby's seat goes back in (I'm now practised enough that's there's no swearing, and only a little sweating) and the pop-up Isofix flaps mean no need to remove seat cushions or plastic cover panels â neither of which are usually ever seen again. The T5 Momentum and T8 Momentum models have been dropped for 2020, which means you can no longer get an S90 with the T5 powertrain â and that every 2020 S90 comes standard with all-wheel drive. It takes the traditional three-box Volvo shape and brings ⦠But a few days spent in the estate instead of my saloon has put me right. Your email has been successfully submitted! As for our exact car, in retrospect did we spec it correctly? 2022 Volvo S90 Review Interior Exterior. The camera under the passenger-side door mirror went on the blink, the 360° view system dropping to a mere 270° facsimile of its former self, and after heavy rain the driverâs mirror now squeaks when folding in or out. To the track We cruise past Swindon and Bristol, over the now toll-free Severn Bridge, and keep going on past Cardiff and Swansea. on
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It's all trending towards more time with our eyes off the road. But the other car, while being a better all-rounder than ever before, isnât what it once was: this Carrera S just does not sound like a sports car with a flat-six should, doesnât excite me like 911s of old, and the ergonomics, once a Porsche forte, are a bit of a mess. Tom Wiltshire
Itâs Swedenâs latest take on the German executive saloon. And third, while the saloon's boot is sealed off from the cabin, the V90's is not, and thus every rattle, tambourine or boing ball is a ticking timebomb just waiting for you to hit a pothole. So they want harsher penalties, tougher enforcement, and the same social stigma attached to using your phone while behind the wheel (even hands-free) as drink driving. Two of the three havenât happened again, though, and given itâs summer the rain-afflicted mirror fault wonât be rearing its head often. In an older car, you'd just twist a dial to alter the temperature. Price £44,920 (£49,370 as tested) Performance 1969cc turbo 4-cyl, 247bhp, 6.8sec 0-62mph, 140mph Efficiency 42.2mpg (official), 30.4mpg (tested), 156g/km CO2 Energy cost 19.6p per mile Miles this month 656Total miles 5058. 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