| The crossover class is the hottest one | | | | it has been developing safety feature |
| in the United States auto market. This | | | | after safety feature. Volvo vehicle have |
| is because crossovers combine the large | | | | been known the world over for having |
| interior of SUVs with the handling | | | | these safety features. The XC60 is not |
| dynamics and fuel efficiency of small | | | | an exception. |
| cars. | | | | According to the automaker, one of the |
| Skyrocketing gas prices has forced | | | | most advanced safety features of the |
| consumers to forgo purchasing a large | | | | XC60 is the City Safety. This safety |
| SUV or a pickup truck. But with | | | | feature helps drivers avoid accident |
| crossovers, consumer can have the next | | | | during low-speed driving which happens |
| best thing to a SUV. Thus, it is not | | | | usually during city driving. |
| surprising that automakers are coming up | | | | "We are the first manufacturer in the |
| with their own crossover models. | | | | world to offer this type of feature as |
| Swedish automaker Volvo recently | | | | standard. City Safety clearly shows that |
| announced the arrival of the Volvo XC60 | | | | the new Volvo XC60 is the safest car |
| in the competitive market. The XC60 has | | | | Volvo has ever produced. The car is |
| the toughness that the XC90 is known | | | | packed with our accumulated safety |
| for. This is coupled with a sporty | | | | know-how and technology, both when it |
| appearance and performance commonly | | | | comes to preventing accidents and |
| found on smaller cars. | | | | protecting all the occupants in a |
| Volvo Cars Design chief Steve Mattin | | | | collision," said Volvo Chief Executive |
| said that this the most energized | | | | Officer and President Fredrik Arp. |
| vehicle in the automaker's lineup. "This | | | | Arp also said that the sporty appearance |
| car is charged with more emotive form | | | | of the XC60 merits it a place in a |
| and more energy than any other Volvo. | | | | garage of someone who already owns a |
| We're elevating our design DNA to an | | | | Volvo C30. "One might say that this |
| entirely new level by literally turning | | | | could be the C30 owner's next car. It's |
| up the visual volume," said Mattin. | | | | as sporty and exciting, but more |
| Mattin also pointed out that the XC60 is | | | | capable. With the Volvo XC60, we are |
| designed to radiate its sleekness even | | | | widening our model range to attract even |
| from a distance. "If you say that you'd | | | | more customers with an active urban |
| recognise a Volvo from a hundred metres | | | | lifestyle," impressed Arp. |
| away today, I dare say the XC60 radiates | | | | Apart from the safety features of the |
| a clear Volvo presence from at least | | | | XC60, it is also equipped with reliable |
| twice that distance," enthused Mattin. | | | | auto parts such as those used on other |
| Being a Volvo, it is expected that the | | | | Volvo models including the Volvo 850 |
| XC60 will be filled with safety | | | | radiator. |
| features. In the eighty years of Volvo, | | | | |