Looking at the outside, the XC90 is unmistakably a Volvo. It doesn’t look it, but it’s as wide as a BMW X5 (Volvo 1,936mm â€" BMW 1,938mm) and taller than an Audi Q7 (Volvo 1,784mm â€" Audi 1,772mm).
The design has dated, but it is still a good-looking car. Our test car has the R-Design package ($73,090), which includes 19-inch wheels and colour-coded accents.
You can spot the final run of XC90s by the LED running lamps in place of the old halogen foglights in the front bumper.
The 147kW/420Nm five-cylinder turbo diesel is the pick of the engines. There is also a 179kW/320Nm six-cylinder petrol available and both are matched to a six-speed automatic transmission.
Volvo claim a combined cycle economy of 8.8L/100km â€" and you will see that on sustained highway runs, but real-world urban economy is closer to the 13L/100km mark. Not terrible, but considering a larger capacity, more powerful BMW X5 will see about 10L/100km in full urban cycle illustrates the age of the Volvo power plant.
Performance of the diesel is adequate, but not what you would call engaging. Off the line the big Volvo feels sluggish, but once you are up and running, the XC90 motors along quite happily.
The gear changes are smooth and non-intrusive, and sitting at 100km/h on a freeway gives a cabin sound level of just over 61dB.
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