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Volvo XC90 II (2014/15)
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Juntamente com o concept da Kia, este Volvo é dos exercícios de estilo mais bem conseguidos do salão.
A meu ver, este supera mesmo o Coupé apresentado em Frankfurt o ano passado, enquadrando-se melhor no universo Volvo. Seja pela tipologia usada ou até pela subtil evolução dos elementos já vistos no Coupé e a forma como são tratados.
E a traseira, com o seu característico ombro a demarcar-se do volume superior, e dando o contorno às ópticas traseiras, é inimitavelmente Volvo, que felizmente transitou para esta nova linguagem da marca.
Supera e de que maneira o estilo mais "derretido" e "BMW-siano" da geração actual de Volvos, e a meu ver, reflectindo bem melhor os valores Volvo.
Se isto revela parte do que será o futuro XC90 (e o concept deve ter derivado do futuro XC90), acho que não haverá grande preocupação sobre o aspecto final do carro. Apesar de o XC90 previsivelmente ganhar um par de portas e uma altura de habitáculo superior, as boas proporções e definição dos elementos gráficos estão lá.
Seria interessante e até ousado a Volvo lançar algo assim para o mercado. Uma pseudo shooting-break, em saltos altos, talvez um pouco mais pequeno que o XC90, mas mesmo assim, seria um sucessor XL para o C30. Poderia não vender muito, mas seria um belo halo. Um rival para o Evoque, talvez?
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Tendo em conta os anos que os Suvs da marca estão no mercado sem alterações é mesmo bom que quando sai uma versão nova ela cause bastante impacto.
Este novo XC90 promete, pena que a concorrência já vá a meio da vida da 3ª geração de Suvs deste nível.
Contudo a marca tem os seus seguidores que lhe vão dar muitas vendas concerteza nos primeiros tempos de vida deste modelo.
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Reservado para o EUA e RPC, a minha escrita é de facto monótona e repetitiva é a realidade,
No entanto a marca anda a desenvolver e a implementar motorização compacta com elevada potência para a Europa (diesel), aqui houve claro balanço pela cooperação com a Ford em motorização de injecção directa EcoBoost.
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Originalmente Colocado por Vrumm Ver PostO prototipo promete, no entanto, a "mula" ja aparenta ser mais "contida"... Vamos ver o nivel de coragem da marca.
Importante oara o sucesso seria tb um leque de motorizacoes com bastante pulmao para trocar galhardetes com a armada alemã.
Acho que a grande diferença se verificará nas proporções e na altura do volume do habitáculo. É o problema de ter de levar pessoas lá dentro.
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New Volvo XC90 prototype first ride | Autocar
It’s taken a two-hour flight to Stockholm, another 90 minutes on an internal flight and an 80 minute car ride to get to the ‘Volvo North’ proving grounds. This place – close to the Arctic Circle in the very north of Sweden – is so secret I’m not allowed to tell you where it is.
But this is where Volvo has been carrying out winter testing on the all-newXC90 and we have arrived on the very last day of cold weather testing. The engineers are about to shift across the world in search of heat and humidity, as the XC90 enters the final 12 months of development.
The Swedish engineers have two test cars on hand. One is powered by Volvo’s range topping petrol-fired VEA engine (which has both a turbocharger and a supercharger) and the other has a high-performance version of the VEA diesel that has proved so effective in the S60. Both have mechanical all-wheel drive.
The XC90 is based on Volvo’s new SPA architecture, which can be stretched from 4.55m to 5.07m long and will be used as the basis of all future 40-, 60- and 90-series models. This platform uses a great deal of high-strength and ultra-high strength steel in its construction, but the company claims the XC90 will be the lightest car in its class.
The front strut towers, however, are made from cast aluminum, which improves the stiffness of the mounting for the double-wishbone front suspension. These towers are glued and riveted to the steel bulkhead and inner wings.
In the metal, the XC90 is a big and imposing car. In fact, it is just 100mm longer and marginally wider than the old model but has a wider stance, longer wheelbase, flatter sides and a more imposing nose styling. It is also clearly much more spacious than the current car.
A contribution to this is Volvo’s ‘new generation’ seats, which are markedly thinner than previously and now incorporate a wider range of adjustments and even the option of extendable seat squabs.
With a tall driver in the front seat, there’s a remarkable amount of rear legroom for the second-row passengers. Volvo also claims that the third row of seats can now accommodate an adult, if not for long journeys.
I head off out onto the ice-bound test tracks with R&D boss Peter Mertens in a petrol-powered XC90 mule. With around 300bhp on tap, it has an impressive pace. Mertens takes the car up to 200kmh (around 125mph) and two things stand out. Or, more precisely, don't.
Firstly, the sound of the new VEA four-cylinder engine is remarkably cultured. Even when it is being stretched, it has a remarkably refined, somewhat electric hum. Mertens said that, having abandoned five- and six-cylinder engines, they had considered ‘manipulating’ the engine noise. Clearly, there’s no need.
Secondly, all-round refinement seems a particular strong point, with Mertens claiming that the company has borne down on noise from “all sources… something our rivals don’t always seem to do”.
The interior is dominated by the 9.5-inch portrait-format touchscreen – immediately propelling Volvo into a lead over premium car rivals. Where rivals are button-heavy, only a volume knob and six tiny conventional switches intrude on the XC90’s interior. The touchscreen has been fitted with an “expensive filter'' to stop it reflecting in the windscreen and can also be operated by a gloved hand, something not possible with most smartphones.
Despite the XC90’s size, the view out is impressive, something Mertens said that the company worked hard on. The A-pillars seem thinner than before, the mirrors are mounted on stalks to further improve the view forward.
More important than this, it seems that this Volvo rides far better than any previous model I can recall. One of the traditional Volvo flaws has long been something of a ‘stumbling’ ride and thumping heavily across sharp edges.
The new XC90 would appear to be a giant leap in the right direction. Even when hitting the edge of packed ice on the test track the new chassis did a pretty impressive job smothering the impact. The unusual use of sophisticated double wishbone suspension – combined with a multi-link axle at the rear – will put all the new SPA-based Volvos in a very strong position when it comes to tuning the handling.
A further couple of laps in the diesel-powered XC90 prototype only confirmed what we already know about this engine and the matching 8-speed autobox: it’s a class-leading combination that has refinement and punch to spare.
With “80 per cent of the chassis tuning completed and around 65 per cent of the rest of the car finished” it’s quite understandable why the Volvo engineering bosses were so bullish. For a car that has been in 3D creation for less than a year, the new XC90 is remarkably polished already.
Combining the usual Volvo virtues with class-leading engines and – finally – a front-drive chassis that is competitive with the best could make this XC90 the brand’s breakthrough model.
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