In dog years, the current Volvo XC90
is approaching retirement age, which makes it positively ancient in the
automotive world. Launched in 2002 as a 2003 model, Volvo’s funky
station-wagon-on-steroids crossover has soldiered on without a significant refresh for nine years.
That makes it overdue for a redesign, but Volvo knows to proceed with
caution. The XC90 was an unexpected hit for the Swedish automaker, which
shattered the 50,000 unit worldwide sales projections for the car
when it sold 86,000 units across the globe in 2005. In fact, the XC90
is now labelled as Sweden’s “most valuable export,” but even we’ll admit
that’s something of a short list.
Volvo’s been showing these design sketches to the automotive media, and they likely show the potential design direction Volvo will
take for the next generation XC90. Unless you look closely, all four
appear to be styled along similar lines.
Courtesy of Motor Authority
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