Volvo Concept Estate to spawn V90 luxury wagon, joining CUV and coupe

The Volvo Concept Estate garnered Autoblog's Editors' Choice award as our team's favorite reveal at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show earlier this month for its sleek take on Scandinavian design, and now it looks like we might actually see the sleek wagon in production. Volvo is reportedly considering using the concept as the basis for a replacement for the V70 wagon, dubbing the new model V90.

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Next Volvo XC90 Rumors

The Volvo XC90 has been on the market since 2002, so saying that the Swedish SUV needs a replacement would be a major understatement. The carmaker is well aware of this and is working to give us a new model, but this is not expected to arrive soon.

The next XC90 will be the first Volvo to use the carmaker’s Scalable Platfrom Architecture (SPA), which will also be found under the next XC60, S60, V70 and S80, with power set to come from the automaker’s fresh four-cylinder VEA (Volvo Environmental Architecture), which should be an example of downsizing. Volvo is expected to also offer a hybrid version alongside the typical petrol and diesel ones.

In other Volvo-related news, the company is expected to expand its crossover range by launching an XC30, which will be slotted under the upcoming XC40, with the vehicle set to arrive by the middle of the decade.

Via: Inside Line

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Volvo XC90 to become Geely

Volvo recently unveiled yet another model year of the impossibly old XC90 – promised to be the final one before a complete redesign. But the overripe vintage of the first SUV to fall from Volvo's vine isn't stopping corporate parent Geely from absconding with the platform to launch a new high-end brand for China.

According to China Car Times, Volvo's new XC90 will be launching in 2014, and after that the original will soldier on in China, at least in some form. The report does not make clear whether the first-generation XC90 will merely be re-badged, or if the platform will be used for a new Geely design.

Geely launched its first SUV, the GX7, at this year's Beijing Auto Show, according to the report.

News Source: China Car Times

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