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144 (^) JULY 2019
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his thing shouldn’t
feel this light. I
mean, for all intents
and purposes, this
is a nearly two-and-
a-half-ton SUV, but
there’s still a certain levity that’s
as logic-defying as it is unsettling.
Yet another reminder of why the
Volvo XC90 is one of the greatest
passenger cars of all time. Except
this one’s greater, thanks to being
the only full-sized, plug-in hybrid
SUV in the market.
The reason the car feels
signi cantly quicker than an
XC90 in standard form is because
this, the XC90 T8, gets the
combined power of a supercharged
and turbocharged 2.0-litre petrol
motor, and an electric motor.
Volvo calls this a “Twin-Engine
setup”, thus giving you a radically
different driving experience, along
with bragging rights of having a
bona de luxury SUV with the
emissions of a garden mouse.
Large, luxury SUVs usually aren’t
allowed to sport halos. Unless they’re
made by Volvo