Volvo Considers Expanding Cross Country Range

Cameron Aubernon
by Cameron Aubernon

The V40, V60 and upcoming S60 Cross Country models won’t be alone for too long, as Volvo plans to expand the Cross Country range.

Autocar reports Volvo’s vice president of product strategy Lex Kerssemakers was taken aback by the interest in the S60 Cross Country that recently bowed in Detroit, noting the potential for additional models to gain a few inches in lift, but without the need to enter XC territory:

The XC models are clearly for people who want an SUV; Cross Country models offer some of the benefits and looks, without the same capability or price. So long as Cross Country models have some capability — all-wheel drive, hill descent control — then they are giving customers what they want, and that is enough for them to be considered authentic.

Kerssemakers also noted that when production of the S60 Cross Country begins in the next few months, it will have been eight months since the high-riding sedan was conceived. He cites the automaker’s size and independence as factors in bringing the model to market as quickly as it did.

Cameron Aubernon
Cameron Aubernon

Seattle-based writer, blogger, and photographer for many a publication. Born in Louisville. Raised in Kansas. Where I lay my head is home.

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  • Corey Lewis Corey Lewis on Jan 23, 2015

    "and that is enough for them to be considered authentic." This reminds me of a quote from Office Space. "And that will make somebody do JUST enough - not to get fired."

  • Sigivald Sigivald on Jan 23, 2015

    C30 Cross Country. You heard it here first.

  • 28-Cars-Later 28-Cars-Later on Jan 23, 2015

    "it will have been eight months since the high-riding sedan was conceived" So it took eight months to put a lift kit on an existing model?

    • JohnnyFirebird JohnnyFirebird on Jan 23, 2015

      That's a pretty short amount of time. But it's weird that they're pitching this as a new model and start of their next-generation push when it's a refreshed 2011 S60 with differences in cladding and ride-height. I wonder if they're using this as a stop-gap due to not hitting benchmarks for the Every Car Will Be New In 2017 promise they've been pushing. And nope, I haven't heard anything for or against this idea. We've pre-ordred a few V60 CCs already but no S60.

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