Spy Shots: Volvo XC70

Volvo's adding some truckish cues to the XC70's exterior in celebration of its move to the EUCD platform. The shiny accents around the fog lamps, along the rockers, and in the rear fascia recall some ambulance conversions we've seen. The Tupperware theme of the current XC is carried over to the new wagon: we wish they'd stop. It looks okay when the car's new, but once a couple of years have passed the plastic looks chalky and takes on a mackerel pattern. The V70 wagon is handsome, the XC has always looked like its buck-toothed cousin; this trend continues. For 2008, Volvo's added a retainer-esque piece of shinyness to the chin spoiler, and the grille has grown significantly.
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Flashwave - 1/11/2007 10:05:27 AM

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ooooguully

silverarrow2 - 1/11/2007 11:04:48 AM

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May be it's me, but that tail looks like it came off a Forester.

530N52 - 1/11/2007 11:16:59 AM

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I think this new XC70 looks nice, but I would give them a couple years to work out any bugs before purchasing.

fuzzykb - 1/11/2007 9:01:10 PM

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530N52 just fyi


The XC-70 has been in the prduction line for more then 9 years in the USA and for 11 years in Europe.

530N52 - 1/11/2007 11:28:28 PM

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fuzzykb,

Change of platform.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_V70


Cheers

laurent - 1/11/2007 4:24:49 PM

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you're right silverarrow2, it looks exactly the same as a forester

trd1 - 1/11/2007 4:25:31 PM

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looks exactly like the all the other volvos.

S4cabriofoxone - 1/11/2007 7:14:45 PM

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^I second that.

clsboy - 1/11/2007 9:08:33 PM

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Oooooh!!!... A shape only a mother can love!!!

EnglishEngineer - 1/23/2008 4:52:57 AM

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Its an excellent chassis we produce, it hasnt been in production for 9 years at all by the way. I saw some early designs for this and believe me, this is by far the prettiest