Volvo Xc60

Popular, seven-year-old, second-generation family SUV gets a mild facelift and an indefinite stay of execution The Volvo XC60 is a product of a company in improvisation mode. Remember, Volvo was committed to going electric-only by 2030, so one imagines that its development programmes for combustion-engined models have been a low priority for a while.But as we all know, EV sales haven’t quite become the all-conquering dominant force that some were expecting, and combustion-engined models are having to be parachuted in left, right and centre.For Porsche, that means working its magic on a shared group platform. For Volvo, it means giving some of its family favourites a light refresh, and sending them back out on the battlefield.Volvo has a history of keeping models around for many years, which seems to serve it well: in 2024, more XC60s found owners than in 2018, and it outsold both the BMW X3 and Audi Q5.Those German rivals have just entered entirely new generations, so now it’s up to the XC60 to prove it can keep up.