Because of work reasons, it will test drive new cars of different brands all year round, and occasionally drive a test drive to pick up and drop off family members, so many brands, only Volvo is one of the few brands with "zero bad reviews" for family members. Because of the opportunity to take my family out of the house, I desperately needed a car that could take care of my family, have a long distance and many road conditions, and wanted to drive a car that was not boring, so I locked my eyes on the Volvo S60 that I had recently test-driven on the snow.
Since it is a family trip, the consideration of family is the first, not to mention the companions and infants, volvo S60 has two points that definitely hit my needs.
First of all, the new car is inevitably odorous, even if the car process is developed, but the pungent smell of leather, glue and so on is still flooding the carriage, but these are not seen on Volvo, in the door handles and buttons we often come into contact with, the new S60 uses high-quality chrome plating process to prevent nickel leakage; interior fabrics, including top liners, floor mats and luggage compartment mats, must be tested for harmful or allergic substances and emissions to ensure the safety of skin contact. Volvo products were once certified by the National Textile Products Quality Supervision and Inspection Center (CTTC), and all interiors meet the standard of direct skin contact. The five interiors that cover most of the interior space of the car cannot even detect harmful substances such as formaldehyde at all, and infants and young children can directly contact them without harm. In this way, I can safely put my baby in the carriage.
Interestingly, in order to ensure that the car does not contain pungent odors, Volvo also has a special group set up inside the car - "nose team", their daily job is to smell whether there is a pungent odor in the car for future owners, so it is rare to hear complaints about Volvo cars.
Second, there is all-round security.
Many people know Volvo = safety, but do not know why Volvo is safe, many people may not know, Volvo has its own car safety center, there are more than 400 crash tests carried out in it every year, the three-point seat belt on each of our cars is invented by Volvo, and Volvo is also the first of so many brands to have an active brake configuration as standard. High-strength cage body + the whole series of standard 6 airbags + SIPS side impact protection system + WHIPS head and neck protection system and other passive safety plus, from the bottom of the internal strength, Volvo S60 has been deeper than the same level of opponents.
Long-distance driving, driving Volvo's car is the easiest, activating the pilot assistance system can make the vehicle achieve full speed domain adaptive cruise, the vehicle remains in the center of the driving, to achieve L2 level automatic driving assistance, the whole process of acceleration, deceleration is naturally not obtrusive, the lane remains smooth, in the current fuel vehicle, Volvo S60 automatic driving assistance is one of the best I have experienced.
Although environmental protection and safety are the foundation of Volvo's life, many people forget Volvo's achievements in driving pleasure. As the brand's most enjoyable model, the S60's sportiness is like cumin on a skewer, which is the finishing touch.
The Volvo S60 is one of the few in its class to enter the domestic market without lengthening, and the advantage is that it retains all the details that have been taken into account from the beginning of the design to ensure the original taste.
Although not lengthening means that the rear space is naturally not as abundant as competitors, it will prevail in the static display of the exhibition hall, but in fact, the rear space of volvo S60 is not cramped, after all, this generation of S60 even if it is not lengthened, the wheelbase is also 16mm higher than the previous generation of S60L, just choose the right affordable housing, or luxury flat, which varies from person to person.
The benefits of no longer are also obvious, which means that there is a unique advantage in dynamics, not to mention that many brands now do not re-calibrate the extended models because of cost reduction, resulting in incomplete vehicle dynamics, and relatively shorter body sizes can make it easier for drivers to achieve human-vehicle integration in driving.
Many people will say that the S60 is not a rear drive to obliterate its excellent performance in terms of athleticism, but when you actually experience the car's magical and agile performance in the corner, you can easily find that this rear drive theory is extremely sloppy and untenable.
From the perspective of suspension form, the new S60 has made targeted optimization on the chassis, the front double wishbone independent suspension still adheres to the use of aluminum alloy material, the steering is light and precise, the feedback force is moderate, although the steering wheel style is not moving, but the hand feel is excellent in size, to a certain extent, the steering dynamics of the two front wheels can be sensed through the steering wheel and excellent body trackability.
Can feel volvo Asia Pacific for the domestic road conditions on the shock absorber, rubber sleeve on the optimization, not as stiff as the previous Volvo model, Volvo S60 in some big potholes when the toughness, but the attributes of the European car is still obvious, the fine vibration filter failed to do as ordered, but when I drove him to the winding mountain road, the suspension can make four tires stick to the road, plus 4 Pirelli P zero tires, this tuning school in the bend brought me great confidence.
The test drive this time is to join the 48V B5 version, the maximum engine horsepower is 250Ps, the peak torque is 350N·m, the match is 8AT gearbox, the official 100 km/h acceleration is only 6.9S, and the addition of 48V makes the start smoother, and the response in the low speed bend is faster, which is especially obvious when driving on mountain roads.
Compared with its peers, Volvo always has a unique Nordic temperament, when competitors flaunt configuration and space, they persist in different dimensions, use sports as the sugar coating of S60, put the safety and health of members in the kernel, and the people who buy it are exactly the people who are willing to buy for this core.