Volvo Cars announced a wide range of updates for model year 2017, including the introduction of its latest semi-autonomous drive technology, Pilot Assist II, as standard on the XC90 in selected markets.
The Volvo XC90 is obviously the first car in the company’s portfolio that will receive all major updates for the model year 2017. The car is based on the modular SPA platform which same as the S90 sedan and V90 estate that makes this possible. The SUV will see the introduction of Pilot Assist II which supports drivers up to speeds of 130Km/hr in well-marked highway conditions. The XC90 will also be available with PowerPulse on the D5 powertrain which helps delivers significant improvements in take-off performance thanks to Volvo’s ingenious use of compressed air to deliver an instantaneous response by spooling up the turbo.
Volvo’s standard collision avoidance system, City Safety, also receives an update with Large Animal Detection added on 90-Series cars. This also includes Run-off road mitigation, which uses auto-steer to help keep the car on the road. Volvo’s in-car connectivity and driver interface system, Sensus, will receive several new native apps across the range for 2016, including Spotify and Park and Pay. Connected Service Booking, which allows workshop booking and reminders from the Sensus interface, will be added along with improved Internet Maps, TuneIn, Local Search and Yelp applications. Record & Send, a new voice recording app will also be added enabling drivers to make a voice note that they can send to themselves as reminders.
On the other hand, Volvo’s series-60 cars will get the award winning new 4-cylinder T5 petrol engine delivering 245BHP and 350Nm of torque mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission with all-wheel drive. There are three new colours that can be chosen which are Luminous Sand (60-Series cars), Mussel Blue (XC60, S60, V60 and V60 Cross Country) and Bursting Blue (S60, V60 and XC60 R-Design). Also, ‘Volvo on Call’ and ‘CleanZone Technology’ will be standard across all variants in the update for 2017 models.
Volvo S90