2014 Volvo Facelifts See The Light Of Day

by Alex L. Dykes

Published: January 24th, 2013

2014 volvo facelifts see the light of day

Volvo’s XC90 may be the oldest Volvo on sale but is it the Swede gettin’ some facelift-love? Nej. Swedish spy photographers over at Teknikens Värld have snapped some shots of the mid-sized S60 being refreshed for 2014. Want to know what they said without grabbing a babel fish? Click past the jump and see how much I remember from my high school Swedish lessons.

Although it’s only four years old the S60 is getting its first facelift. The new sedan will carry the new corporate grille that Volvo will be rolling our in late 2013 or early 2014 on the S60, S80 and XC60 in America. The Swedish sources tell us to expect a wider grille (the same one seen in the Chinese spy photos) with revised LED accent lights and a more aggressive bumper cover. If you click over to the link above you’ll see that Volvo hasn’t covered up the rear of the S60 meaning we shouldn’t expect the same BMW/Lexus aping trapezoidal tail pipes the 2014 S80 is supposedly getting.

Inside the changes seem limited to swapping the corporate gauge cluster used since the 2007 S80 for the new LCD heavy unit found in the Euro-only V40 wagon. The new unit looks inspired by Ford with a large central LCD for the speedometer and two smaller LCDs for other gauge functions.

Teknikens Värld says not to expect anything new under the hood, but they do expect to see some infotainment tweaks and some new active headlamp technologies. (Which I’m sure will never make it to America.) Want to know more? Wait for the Geneva Motor Show.

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Tosh on Jan 24, 2013

Someone who learns how to paint over silver-painted plastic with matte black will make a fortune.

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Vance Torino on Jan 24, 2013

So, when is a proper Station Wagon coming back? No? Well, if not, then you have no reason to exist. You have no unique qualities and your value proposition is poor. Good day, sir.

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- Ryoku75 on Jan 25, 2013
  
  Volvo pretty much dropped wagons when they decided to throw out their old values of durability, serviceability, and top of the line safety.
  
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- Corey Lewis on Jan 31, 2013
  
  Agree. High prices, bad depreciation, questionable reliability characteristics, and models that seriously need do-overs from the perspective of chassis age. Oh, and interiors that aren't up to snuff. Almost any 5+ year old Volvo is losing the finish off of it's interior buttons. Unacceptable!
  
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