The apparent success of the Volvo XC90 since its reveal last year (2014) has convinced the head honchos at Volvo that an S90 is the perfect name for the new S80. The S90 will seemingly aim at the luxury sedan market competing with the BMW 5-Series, new Jag XF and Merc E-Class.
Volvos S80 has always had a creamy soft ride that makes every journey comfortable but its certainly never been a drivers car. Volvos scalable architecture will be used as the base for the S90 much the same as the XC90, the platform is flexible in a similar fashion to VWs MQB platform that houses much of VW and Audis small cars.
S90 will make room for Limo model
With the S90 effectively steeping down a segment, it leaves room for a new Volvo to fill the gap at the top end of the luxury sedan market or Limousines. What vehicle it announces to fit in there isnt known yet but we could hear about it quite soon.
The S90 is penned to be built in both sedan and estate models shown above. Power will probably also come courtesy of the new range of 4-cylinder turbo motors, top of which is the 2.0-Litre supercharged and turbocharged T8 unit that combines with electric power to produce 294 kW and 640 Nm.
