We have recognized for some time now that Volvo wasn’t going to maintain constructing wagons for much longer, however we did not know when it could pull the plug. Now the enduring Swedish brick has an finish date, and it’s coming far too quickly. Manufacturing of the Volvo V90 wagon will finish this month.
The V90, together with the S90 sedan, is leaving the brand new automotive market to make means for an electrical substitute. However whereas the upcoming ES90 can have a tailgate on the rear, you will not be mistaking it for a wagon or perhaps a hatch anytime quickly.
V90 Manufacturing Ends This Month
Volvo has confirmed the information to Autocar, the location stories. The information comes shortly after the V90 was taken out of the model’s UK lineup, solely to be introduced again a 12 months later due to large demand.
It in all probability should not have, however the information in March that Volvo was not all-in on its iconic form was a shock. The corporate’s Industrial Director for the UK had known as dropping the wagons there a mistake, and automakers like Audi and BMW are leaning again into the cargo-friendly and fuel-efficient fashions.
The explanation, in fact, is about cash. Since-departed Volvo CEO Jim Rowan mentioned earlier this 12 months that “it is costly to deliver totally different fashions to the market, and it is costly to maintain these fashions available in the market.” He mentioned it made extra sense for Volvo to launch Black Version and Cross Nation variants of its SUVs to attempt to enchantment to extra patrons.
We had been hoping {that a} new CEO may need introduced the form a reprieve. Håkan Samuelsson was CEO of Volvo from 2012-2022 and has simply come again to interchange Rowan. Samuelsson’s time period noticed Volvo’s wagons obtain gross sales success, although the model’s SUVs, particularly the XC60 and XC90, have been the true drivers of development for the model.
The Volvo V60 wagon will stick round, a minimum of. Volvo wasn’t clear on its future plans for the mannequin or the S60 sedan it is based mostly on, however it should a minimum of nonetheless be constructed. Autocar stories that patrons within the UK will be capable to order it. It is also anticipated to stay on sale within the US, the place it will likely be the final non-SUV mannequin from the model.
Information Marks Finish Of An Period
Volvo presently presents each the V90 and V60 wagons within the US, although solely in Cross Nation variants. Cross Nation is to Volvo what Outback was once to Subaru. It is a model of the wagon with a suspension raise and extra protecting physique cladding, to offer a extra SUV-like expertise whereas retaining the advantages of a wagon. The V60 Cross Nation presently begins at $53,495, with the V90 CC beginning at $68,095.
The Swedish automaker has been constructing wagons since 1953, when it began constructing the sedan-based Duett. The primary one instantly recognizable as a Volvo wagon was the 145, which entered manufacturing in 1968. Each Volvo wagon after that, a minimum of till the V40 confirmed up in 1995, shared a really related look.
If you need a V90 Cross Nation, you may need to act rapidly. In keeping with Volvo’s web site, there are solely 114 in stock throughout the US.
Supply: Autocar