DRIVEN: Volvo's S60 Attacks The Germans Head On, But What About The Japanese?

It was the kind of Santa Monica day that makes one think about the scent of sandalwood, the tone of sun-kissed skin, and the feeling of fine sand exfoliating every bare foot strolling the beach. The grills inside of Michelin stared restaurants were heating up in preparation for A-list clientele and somewhere down the boulevard you could hear the howl of a Ferrari—definitely a Spider—confirming that yes, Eden really is a place you can point to on a map.

Instead of strolling the nearby boardwalk with an overpriced coffee in hand like the rest of the Angelenos, I was to be found in the parking lot of the Shutters Hotel that Volvo had flown me to, inspecting the lean muscle mass rippling underneath the sheetmetal of the 2019 S60. A glance is all it takes to realize Volvo made the right choice when it picked one of Los Angeles’ ritziest neighborhoods to let us loose in a fleet of all new S60s.
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TheSteve - 10/24/2018 4:18:59 PM

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How will you know when Volvo has made a difference? When a magazine reviewers use it as the benchmark for comparisons, such as, "Sure, the new Mercedes drives well and handles the corners decently... but does it drive like a Volvo? Sadly, no."

Okay, you can stop laughing. But you get my point not, don't you? :-)

cidflekken - 10/24/2018 6:29:04 PM

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No one really ever has to worry about Volvo truthfully. it will take sales from the aged IS, TLX, and Q50 but so will the upcoming G70. Those conquests will be nominal though. But brands like Volvo and Genesis are for “wanderers” - car buyers who don’t really have brand or regional loyalty. I may be wrong but I don’t think they’re really car enthusiasts either.

TomM - 10/24/2018 7:34:36 PM

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Geee - I would call this an attack on TESLA

Volvo is in the second tier premium - along with Acura - Infiniti - Lexus - Buick - and Tesla.

TEsla should be worried - not one of Tesla's cars can run just on Liquid fuel and None of Tesla's cars can be re-fueled in a couple of minutes. Imagine that!

mpls - 10/24/2018 8:57:20 PM

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"Volvo is in the second tier premium - along with Acura - Infiniti - Lexus - Buick - and Tesla."


if that is the case you might as well put Ausi in that league.

MDarringer - 10/25/2018 8:31:55 AM

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TomM is that you with your 1960s tiered premium nonsense?

xjug1987a - 10/25/2018 9:46:31 AM

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Its a good looking car but car sales are down. I personally am skeptical about the long term viability of the complex powertrains. They're also pricy and Chinese owned... I've got no interest.

Truthy - 10/25/2018 5:00:39 PM

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For what you would have to pay to get the upper trim levels with a turbo, super charge and electric motor (way too much complexity) you can a very nice proven luxury car. The interiors of Volvos look plane and the engines drone at higher speeds.