We last saw the XC70 name on the back of a Volvo in 2016, but now the Swedish firm has given us a teaser of the badge’s return – on an SUV.
The new Volvo XC70 is expected to be launched in the coming months, but initially at least it’ll be limited to the Chinese market. A Volvo spokesperson told Auto Express that "there are no current plans to sell the XC70 in the UK market”. However, the firm says it is “exploring potential additional markets at a later stage” and if there is demand, it’ll look into bringing the new model to the UK.
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While the old XC70 was a jacked-up estate with the ‘XC’ part of its name showing it was part of Volvo’s ‘Cross Country’ family, the new car is a fully fledged SUV. Volvo says the XC70 is slightly larger than the current XC60 and, to our eyes, it looks like a shrunken version of the recently facelifted XC90.
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