OSHAKATI – Volvo Cars unveiled its latest luxurious vehicle model, the XC90, at the week-long Shanghai International Automobile Show, which started in China yesterday.
Volvo’s uber luxurious XC90 is proving to be extremely popular with customers seeking a luxury SUV. Over 24 000 have been ordered before it has even reached Volvo showrooms. This accounts for approximately half of Volvo’s expected volume for the car in 2015.
The XC90 has been crafted by Volvo’s designers and engineers to offer customers a distinct and individual automotive experience that incorporates the latest Scandinavian innovations in design, refinement, comfort and style.
The XC90 is based on Volvo’s all new XC90 luxury SUV. The XC90, however, has just four seats compared to the original’s seven, creating an enormous amount of additional space for rear seat passengers that helps to deliver an exceptional customer experience.
This space is utilised to offer a First Class automotive experience that begins with broad, spacious individual reclining rear seats complete with massage, ventilation and increased leg room, as well as a retractable control touchscreen, folding tables, a refrigerator with bottle and glass holders, a heating/cooling cup holder and handmade crystal glasses from leading Swedish glass design company, Orrefors.
The Volvo XC90 Excellence offers its passengers footrests, ambient lighting, illuminated storage and unique leather detailing in blond or charcoal, a luggage compartment dividing screen, additional sound insulation in the cabin and Pirelli Noise Cancelling System tyres (PNCS).
Volvo XC90 Excellence passengers will also enjoy a specially-augmented Bowers & Wilkins audio system that adds an extra speaker to its 19 speaker system, resulting in unrivalled high fidelity sound reproduction and surround effect in the rear seats.
Reinforcing the Swedish love of fresh air, the Volvo XC90 Excellence also comes with an integrated ionic air cleaner in the CleanZone climate system. The ionic air cleaner works by positively charging electrons in airborne particles so they are removed from suspension in the cabin environment.
The XC90 Excellence will be available globally later this year and via digital commerce in selected markets.
The all-new Volvo XC90 seven-seat luxury SUV will be available in South Africa from August this year, but at this stage there are no confirmed plans for the four-seat XC90 Excellence to be sold locally.