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Volvo is known for having an advantage in automotive security and continues to level the path that has landed deeply in luxury areas. For 2025, Volvo updates its XC90 3 series crossover and revises the equipment name to avoid confusion because they add additional electrified offers to the list. As a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV plug-in-hybrid electric vehicle), the XC90 in its T8 AWD Ultra TRIC offers a varied and powerful drive train on the top level, which offers the owners the opportunity to drive either fully electrically or as a hybrid with 455 hp and 523 LB-FT torque.
Since PHEVs and even electric vehicles have continued to gain popularity in certain crowds, Volvo has put itself at the top of such offers with this tradition in recent years, and the XC90 has kept with this tradition. After driving the XC90 in his PHEV before, I know that there is a lot to welcome you to greet you in my driveway that gives you the opportunity to drive 32 miles with full electricity. Otherwise you have a 2.0-liter turboch 4-cylinder engine (312 hp), which works with the electric motor, and an 8-speed automatic transmission to do the grunch work that supply all four bikes with electricity. The overall performance feels considerable and the PHEV system sorts out performance management well. Zero up to 60 miles per hour is 5.2 seconds.
If you do not create a dashboard up to 60 miles per hour, the XC90 returns about 27 MPG with the adjustment of the hybrid drive with a stored battery. Charge the 18.8 kWh battery and last about 5 hours to fully charge level 2 with a home charger. They almost correspond to the EPA estimate of 58 MPGE scores in the real world.
The XC90 T8 AWD Ultra with its adaptive dawn and its air frame has a rather plush driving quality that is excellent in the treatment of street defects and gives them a low feeling of stability. With the drive modes that are hidden in the menu set of infotainment systems, you can impose a battery storage mode and a power mode. This is essentially a sports mode that lowers the air suspension, slightly stiffened the dampers and increases the throttle valve. Overall, the XC90 T8 AWD Ultra is a smooth operator adjustment for its luxury segment.
The interior is somewhat wasteful and offers comfort thanks to the perforated leather seats at the front with several power settings, heating, ventilation and massage functions in the back area. Unfortunately, the seat sources of the seating station remain firmly on the spot, which means that a different setting than the rear seats is not permitted so that you can fold the headrests out of the way. The dashboard also fits into the shape of a minimalist approach, in which most vehicle controls interact via the newly updated and larger 11.2-inch portrait touchscreen. The system is easily updated to be more user -friendly, but many will continue to go through a learning curve, since most vehicle futures and interactions are carried out via the screen. The only physical controls are the large volume control, the game/break button, the front/heck -DefroSters, the hazard button and a power glovebox -opener.
I enjoy that Volvo has updated the display for the 360-degree camera system in order to see both the backward camera view and a 360-degree view at the same time, instead of only having one in recent years. A confusing part that can be fixed with an over-the-air software update is that I could never get Apple CarPlay to revise a USB connection, and there is no option for wireless CarPlay-C’Mon Volvo!
On the front of security, Volvo does not leave a stone in any context, where all the expected active security features are included. In addition, Volvo extends the additional distance to enable certain functions in the background, even if they are deactivated on the surface.
While the Volvo XC90 has aged somewhat for its current second generation, refreshment is welcomed, and the price continues to make such a vehicle an attractive purchase self-tested price of $ 88,695.
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