2019 Volvo V60 Cross Country | Best Crossover We've Driven
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2019
- We're spending some time with the all-new 2019 Volvo V60 T5 Cross Country, a compact executive wagon that doubles as a crossover.
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Volvo's all-new 60-Series vehicles includes this 2019 V60 Cross Country. 21 years ago Volvo launched their first Cross Country, the V70 XC and has since evolved into their entire crossover lineup. The V60 XC features a slightly higher ride height over the regular V60 wagon, unpainted side cladding, a unique front grille, AWD as standard, and hill descent control.
Our Snapshot goes over the mechanical changes and features found on this vehicle over the 2019 V60 T6 Inscription we featured, and why we think the Volvo is the best crossover we've tested to date.
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Your review covers all important and relevant issues on this interesting SUV , 20 minutes is sufficient.
In a way, you set up a standard for a comprehensive and diverting item.
I’m really glad you think so, thank you! I’m still trying to find the sweet spot when it comes to video length, almost everything I publish is significantly shorter than what I end up filming.
But it's not an SUV ! it's a Crossover !
colinf1951 no one is calling it an SUV, And no it’s not a crossover it’s a wagon.
I just purchased a car like this, watched 30+ reviews in the last few weeks, and I can confirm this is the best one. Most realistic, thorough and insightful. Great work!
Glad you enjoy it! Enjoy your new ride!
Very nice video. I think one of the things you indirectly show is that this car is sexy, sporty, and actually makes you take a double take. I just test drove one after trying the new 2020 Audi Q3, 2019 Audi Q5, 2020 Volvo XC40, and the 2020 Volvo V60 Cross Country, and I have to say the CC was the easiest to drive in terms of automatic feeling of connection to the car, and control like I would feel driving my A5 convertible. In an SUV, you just never feel that good center of gravity, and sometimes a sedan can just feel boring. The CC is just a great combo of an SUV like openness, but with the much better car like driving!
Glad you liked it! I always notice these Volvos on the road when I spot them, they've got a great look to them along with the excellent drive & feel on the road. I think it's a serious alternative to these SUV-like crossovers.
very good video. Thank you. I got XC Rdesign T5 AWD and it ROCKS!
Very nice! We like the way the R-Designs look, the S60 we just published is one of our top cars for 2019 so far, and we had the opportunity to try the XC40 R-Design during the winter.
Good man Nile. Thanks for this video
I’m glad you think so, thanks! I had a real blast with this over the week.
Excellent!!
That S60! That S60 in that red looks superb!!
We just published our full episode on it yesterday! We've also got some more content that we've filmed on it coming out later this month.
Exactly what color is that red? Beautiful!
Volvo calls it Fusion Red Metallic
Great review. Thanks to much
I’m really glad you think so, thanks!
Good honest review! I think you hit the points correctly in this review. People are not buying this care to do off roading, I am looking at it because I like a stylish car and I like cargo room. I love the low stance and broad shoulders, the only thing I would add to the one I get is tires that are a little wider, maybe even staggered (a la BMW X5 Sport) to give it a badass look. I also love that you don't see many on the road, so when people see yours it will turn heads! If you look at the Range Rover Velar, that vehicle is lower and longer with bigger tires, so these two cars have the same idea, low and long, the real question is "who wore it better?"
I really liked this Cross Country, I'm starting to spot this new generation on the road along with the larger V90 XC. Both offer a superb experience.
Thanks a lot.
Thanks for checking out this episode!
Great review. I want this car.
I certainly enjoyed it, there’s a lot to like about the modern Volvo vehicles.
We love our Buick Regal TourX wagon here in the states over the Envision we traded it on. The car driving dynamics are so much better than SUVs. The price is right at less than US$25,000 but unfortunate not available north of our border.
I’ve been lucky to spot one TourX on the road, had NY plates on it. Give us a wagon any day of the week over a crossover, especially one like this that truly blends the best of both.
The Regal TourX is an absolute steal and just as good as the comparable Volvo. In Europe, the Opel equivalent costs the same as the comparable Volvo (and we even get a better engine standard in the US). We get a huge discount in the US.
I'd definitely get mine with smaller wheels/thicker sidewall tires.
So would I, these were $1,475 rims, just get the stock ones and you’re set!
How about Subaru Legacy vs Subaru Outback. Same car but different builds
Nice job on this. You earned a subscription from me
Could definitely be something we can make happen! I know the 2020 Legacy will be hitting our press fleet in the fall.
If you are looking for a vehicle that is the true definition of a crossover, then you want a subaru outback. Get that with the 3.6L boxer and you have an AWD based AWD wagon/crossover type deal that just keeps on going
outback feels more like suv
@@xtan9879 but it's based on the legacy platform if I'm correct, hence it's a crossover
@@james2042 Have to agree with you Bill. Test drove one just recently and was very impressed with the ride quality and buttery smooth 6 cylinder in what is essentially a raised version of the Legacy.
I test drove one and wasn't impressed. It lacked a luxury feel. Loud interior, too many hard plastics, the gas pedal was super unrefined and touchy, and it felt lacking overall. Don't get me wrong, perhaps in the mid class it works, but I've grown accustomed to luxury.
The Volvo was all around the best I tried (V60 AWD--didn't get to drive a Cross Country); so unexpected, but I just couldn't resistit. BIG step up in class over the Subaru. So luxurious, quiet, advanced, BEAUTIFUL, and luxurious and the seats are superb.
@@EAGray-fv1rl never said the outback was a luxury vehicle, just explaining how it's the closest thing to a true crossover on the market
I will say it again, Subaru is definitely taking design inspiration from Volvo, especially in the interior.
You are completely right, and these japanese car makers ( Lexus, Toyota) have been stealing from mercedes for years! ( gearbox for the automatic transmission, power seats , active and passive safety systems and so on and that was way back in the 1980' ies and 1990' ies ) And they are still stealing! It has even become worse!
They should be ashamed of themselves!
The 2020 Legacy looks a lot like the interior found on this, definitely some inspiration going on.
You mean the large vertical screen? That's copied from Tesla by both Volvo and Subaru.
Also, it's worth mentioning that Volvo copied the whole concept of Subaru Legacy Outback with the original XC70 in the 1990s.
@@geekstar2937 , japanese car makers are also stealing conspicuously from american car makers, to wit chrysler and tesla in terms of exterior and interior design and design of back and head lights
@@PRNTestDrive and that's putting it nicely
Battlewagon
I’ve got a 2016 version of this with a real 5 cylinder engine in it, I’m sure it would bury this any day of the week!
Probably could, the T5 is alright as a daily driver, but the T6 is the way to go for modern Volvos.
@@PRNTestDrive The real T6 died in 2015--it is a 3.0 Turbocharged straight 6 cylinder, not a 4 cylinder.
I really like the V60, but I hear reliability isn't good and maintenence is expensive. That's a mix that my wallet doesn't need lol
I hear ya there, that's for sure. Volvo is a bit of a strange one, they make some of, if not the most safety-focused vehicles on the market, but their reliability and maintenance results are almost always at the bottom of the industry. We've talked about that on some of the vehicles we've driven as we've had some small problems with some of the vehicles we've driven.
I like this cross over v60 better. The ride should be better on bumpy roads.
I certainly enjoyed the ride on it, feels smooth on some of the uneven roads we have here.
@@PRNTestDrive Thank you for sharing your experience.
I wouldnt buy an american built volvo but i would buy a swedish built one.
Gotta stick with the V60 then! Volvo says all S60s will be built in the US, but for now the V models will stay in Torslanda.
The car is good, would be better if it had hybrid, but who have money to buy it
You can always get the V60 T8, depending on your market. It doesn't have the lifted ride height or unpainted trim cladding but for the most part the Cross Country and regular V60/V90 are about the same.
If they had this in a T8 we might have gone for it, though it's it seems it's still lower to get in and out of than the XC60 we ordered. I love the look and the lower stance.
Transverse mounted leaf spring?! REALLY Volvo?! If you can't tell.. I guess it's all well and fine.. but still.. Not enough in the budget for an IRS? :eye roll:.
I'd be curious to know the REAL reason they've gone this route. Their clip I included on the suspension setup makes it seem like they've done it to increase overall trunk space, but I think that's a marketing spin to make it seem like a plus when in reality it's likely cost-related.
@@PRNTestDrive I'm really interested now to see how it's made. I sincerely hope it isn't cost related. Their "One car, one interior" "One car, one engine" is enough cost-cutting for me.
That’s why my reviews on each new Volvo get shorter and shorter 😂 it’s just the same interior/exterior each time, just slightly bigger or smaller.
Corvettes have the same layout
It is for space and cost, and I think it is a
kompositt spring
The towing weight is 2000kg not lbs it is 4400lbs
Not here on Canada. This came directly from Volvo’s Canadian press kit.
Mathias Heggem Hanssen
No way that will tow 4400 lbs.
Thos is a wagon, not an SUV or crossover.
Good video but the V60 is never a crossover. It's a wagon 100%.
Volvo’s Cross Country models have been considered crossovers since they debuted in 1998 as the XC70 CC. We even define what a crossover is during our walk around and why we consider it to be one.
SUVs are getting lowered every new generation, it's just a matter of time. EV batteries would further lower the center of gravity.
They definitely are! I think it’s mostly due to people not actually needing ground clearance, just wanting that look and the false sense of safety with driving a ‘bigger, taller’ vehicle.
This is not a crossover, this is a wagon!!!! Get it right!
Did you even watch the video? We explain why it’s considered a crossover, and why it’s one of the most accurate crossovers on the market, a true cross-over between a car (wagon in this case) and an SUV with off-road capabilities.
PRN_TestDrive it’s not “considered” a crossover is a wagon. Crossover is between a car and a SUV a wagon is a wagon regardless if it all wheel drive or bigger ground clearance. Stick to car reviews and not trying to change the cars manufacturer and industry category!
The V60 Cross Country is literally in the crossover segment, I don’t set the rules, the US EPA does.
PRN_TestDrive seriously you gone go by the Environmental Protection Agency classification????? They can classify it in any segment don’t change it what it is, it’s for comparison only. The manufacturer and the automotive industry that they report on classified it as a wagon. Go tell Volvo that they classify the car wrong then. Go tell them that USA EPA classify them in same category as crossovers and by that alone they need to change the classification..... please stop you making yourself look very non-intelligent.
Alright buddy. You’re the one getting seriously worked up over a car, not me.
I rather take the new Kia Telluride than this Volvo. I think Telluride looks as good inside and out, and I prefer the naturally aspirated engines of a Telluride.
Segment wise they’re pretty different but price wise the Telluride is definitely ahead. We’ve got it booked in August to do a full episode on!
there are a shit tone of reviewers on yt with a ontario plate
Some of the biggest auto channels that exploded in popularity over the past couple years are based in/around the Greater Toronto Area. Plenty of small ones out in that area too.
Why didn’t you take a seat at the back?
Because you couldn’t? :)
Don’t get me wrong, slimmer people than you are demonstrated their difficulty getting in and out of the back seat. Compare that with other crossovers.
No issues getting into the back seat, easier to do that than being a nice person is for you.
Back seat is definitely tighter than expected from my personal test.
I don't need cars with good back seats. If I needed them anyway I would have a minivan.
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