Volvo will unveil V90 wagon next week

Volvo has announced it will unveil its V90 wagon next week on February 18.

Said to benefit from the Swedish car-maker’s six decades of experience in making wagons, the replacement for the ancient V70 has already been the victim of a very public leak in January, ahead of its official debut at this March’s Geneva motor show.

Like the S90 sedan revealed at the Detroit motor show last month, the big V90 wagon is based on the same SPA (Scalable Product Architecture) that also underpins the big XC90 SUV.

Sharing a range of 2.0-litre diesel and turbocharged petrol engines, the V90 range will be spearheaded by a 300kW T8 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid powertrain.

Later on, an efficient turbocharged 1.5-litre hybrid petrol drivetrain will also join the V90 line-up.

Volvo has already released a video that teases the S90’s interior – the same cabin design the V90 wagon is almost certain to come with.

Picking up from the big XC90 SUV, the S90’s interior majors in a clean, uncluttered Scandinavian design that features a huge portrait-mounted infotainment system.

Said to harness cloud-based apps and services, the new system will be the firm’s most advanced yet.

Another first for its class, which includes the BMW 5 Series and the Mercedes E-Class, is new semi-autonomous tech that includes Pilot Assist – a cruise control – that delivers gentle steering inputs to keep within its lane markings on a highway up to speeds of 130km/h.

Other new tech, described as being a world first, is a new feature added to City Safety that detects large animals such as elk, horses or moose at night or during the daytime. If detected, the emergency braking will bring the car to a halt safely.

Volvo says it’s made more than six million wagons since the original Duett model went on sale back in 1953.