Rich and poor? The appearance is simple and atmospheric, is the Volvo S90 really low-key?
For many people, after getting used to the luxury aura of the Ashkenazi BBA, when they see luxury brands such as Cadillac, Jaguar, volvo, etc., there will be a momentary "trance", and even suspect that they are not luxury car brands. After all, compared with the BBA first-line luxury brand, the second-line luxury brand is not only rare in the market, but also rarely asked, the most important thing is that as a luxury brand, walking on the road no one recognizes, it is indeed very faceless for car owners. However, it is these second-rate luxury cars that are most popular with the "low-key" crowd. These people are not short of money, they also have the right values, they generally think that the Volvo S90 is more suitable for themselves, not for anything else, just because the Volvo brand is safe enough and solid in all aspects. So, is this really the case?
In terms of appearance, overlapping with the Nordic luxury style that people remember, the Volvo S90 retains the most concise Nordic luxury design. In the front part, the iconic wide shield straight waterfall chrome grille has a high degree of recognition, and the inside of the grille is Volvo's classic circular hypotenuse LOGO, with the LED headlight shape of Quake on both sides of the front, without too many lines, looking simple and atmospheric. In addition, the front surround is also designed with black trim through the design, with black air intake decoration on both sides of the front of the car, highlighting a sense of sportiness.
On the side of the body, the smooth waistline slowly extends from the front fender to the rear, creating a concave and convex light and shadow effect through the concave design of the body, and embellishing it with chrome trim strips at the bottom of the side doors, and the sense of layering and refinement is fully enhanced. At the same time, in order to emphasize the sense of sport, the new car also adopts a wide-body double-shoulder design, with 18-inch multi-frame wheel shape, the visual effect is more chic. In terms of size, the length, width and height of volvo S90 are: 5090/1879/1450mm, wheelbase 3061mm, although compared with the same level of competitors, the size is slightly lost, but the body length of more than 5 meters can still bring a sense of temperament.
In the rear part, the minimalist design style has been maintained, and the "C" type LED taillights at both ends of the tail are unique in shape and integrated with the blackening treatment, which complements the "ducktail" shape at the top of the trunk, bringing a lot of sports atmosphere. In addition, the simple line elements run through the entire rear of the car, there is no cumbersome curve change, some are just straight and full. From the overall appearance design of Volvo S90, the design of this car is in line with the aesthetics of the general Chinese, the unique simple design style is refreshing, but limited by the lack of brand influence, in the eyes of many people, its existence is more like the former Volkswagen Phaeton, valuable and no aura.
In terms of interior, as a luxury work from Northern Europe, volvo S90 shows the design tone belonging to Northern Europe with exquisite design and materials in the interior. The interior layout adopts a symmetrical cockpit design, the surface of the center console is partially covered with solid wood trim panels, coupled with a large area of coffee-colored leather covering at the door panels, armrests, seats, etc., as well as the exclusive crystal electronic barrier design, which makes the interior sense of high-grade prominent, and at the same time, the interior layout is too old-fashioned and too conservative.
In terms of power, unlike the power configuration adjustment of BBA high and low power, volvo S90 treats the model equally, the whole series is equipped with a 2.0T engine, matching the 48V light mixing system, the maximum power of the system is 184kW (250Ps), the peak torque is 350N·m, matching the 8AT gearbox, the official zero hundred acceleration time performance is 7.2 seconds, and the NEDC comprehensive fuel consumption is as low as 6.7L/100km, taking into account the strong power and good fuel economy. After actual measurements, it can be seen that after the Volvo S90 joined the 48V light mix system, the fuel economy has been improved, the first gear is full of power, the throttle response is sensitive, but the gearbox shift speed is somewhat slow, but overall, the power is enough for daily driving use, and there is a certain playability.
epilogue
Volvo S90 as a luxury medium and large sedan priced at 406,900-50.59 million yuan, and Audi A6L, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, BMW 5 Series the same class, the high price is doomed to its identity can not be low-key. However, compared with the BBA, the Volvo S90 seems to lack some luxury things, such as brand history accumulation or unique sense of luxury, which are what the Volvo S90 lacks. It is precisely for this reason that although the volvo S90 product strength in all aspects is not bad, it is also because the "bucket" performance has no shortcomings and no advantages, so combined with its product strength, the choice of Volvo S90 is to choose "low-key".