Volvo will make a few its SUVs all-wheel-drive just for 2024. The brand new mannequin 12 months additionally brings some notable updates to different nameplates, together with the S60 sedan and the all-electric C40/XC40 Recharge.
Goodbye, Entrance-Drive
The gas-fed XC40 and the XC60 will now not be provided with front-wheel drive. The previous says goodbye to the usual B4 powertrain, which solely fed the entrance axle by way of a 194-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder. That leaves the all-wheel-drive B5, which has a 247-hp turbo 4. In the meantime, the XC60 lineup loses the front-drive model of the B5 powertrain. That leaves the all-wheel-drive B5 and the plug-in-hybrid T8 as the one two XC60 configurations, because the 295-hp all-wheel-drive B6 can also be discontinued.
S60 Loses Its Polestar
Followers of the Volvo S60 Recharge Polestar Engineered might be unhappy to listen to the high-performance variant is lifeless for 2024. The sedan featured the 455-hp T8 plug-in-hybrid powertrain, it additionally included adjustable Öhlins dampers, gold-painted six-piston Brembo entrance brake calipers, and cast 19-inch wheels. At the very least Volvo will nonetheless supply Polestar editions of the V60 wagon and the XC60.
Recharge SUV Sibs Upgraded
Final month, Volvo additionally introduced updates to the absolutely electrical XC40 Recharge and its coupe-like counterpart, the C40 Recharge. Every provides an out there rear-drive configuration, which encompasses a newly developed 248-hp electrical motor and a 79.0-kWh battery pack that gives a claimed vary of 297 miles for the C40 and 293 miles for the XC40.
The all-wheel-drive variations of the Recharge siblings additionally undertake the brand new rear electrical motor together with an asynchronous front-mounted motor that collectively nonetheless make 402 horses. Nevertheless, their claimed vary rises by 31 miles, they usually can cost faster because of the next peak charging fee of 200 kilowatts.
Pricing for the 2024 Volvo fashions is predicted to be launched within the coming months, so keep tuned for that. In the meantime, the Swedish automaker has simply revealed the small 2025 EX30 EV SUV, which begins at a low $36,145.
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