Volvo Launches Successor To Subaru Outback SUS

by Derek Kreindler

January 8th, 2015 11:15 AM

volvo launches successor to subaru outback sus

The Volvo V60 Cross Country makes sense. But this?

The S60 Cross Country, much like the former Subaru Outback SUS, is a sedan with the ride height of a crossover. Powered by a 2.5L 5-cylinder engine, the AWD sedan is probably not what Volvo needs to gain a bettert foothold in the U.S. market.

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Tekdemon on Jan 09, 2015

Am I the only one who doesn't understand why the hell there is both a V60 Cross Country and an XC60 to begin with? The V60 CC is more money but has less cargo capacity despite being the exact same length (ok, it's 0.2 inches shorter). So it's for people who want a taller crossover but don't want it quite that tall?! I'm guessing it has better fuel economy but it seems like all this effort would be better used fine tuning the XC60. Volvo seems to be trying the BMW strategy of having a weird niche sized vehicle in every shape and form but I don't think they have the budget to be wasting it on cars that are going to sell 5000 units a year.

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Scott25 on Jan 10, 2015

Amazing. By far the greatest car idea I've seen in the last little while.

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