Forgive me, Volvo, I used to be flawed: The 2025 V60 Cross Nation overview

Maybe if I used to be extra affected person I might have gotten nearer to the EPA mixed 27 mpg (8.7 L/100 km), too—as an alternative one of the best I may common was 23 mpg (10.2 L/100 km). One wonders how a lot decrease it might be with out the 48 V gentle hybrid system.

Whereas I’m a giant fan of the best way the V60’s entrance seats look, they might do with fairly much more lateral assist. It undoubtedly feels such as you’re sat on them, not in them, if that is sensible. The $56,595 (together with supply cost) Extremely trim provides air flow and a very good therapeutic massage perform to the entrance seats, in addition to choices just like the tan Nappa leather-based you see within the (not-great) photograph. (Sadly Volvo’s media web site did not have any good ones both.) Extremely additionally provides a heads-up show and a greater sound system, though our check automotive was given a fair higher $3,200 Bowers and Wilkins sound improve.

In any other case, the cabin remains to be a lot because it was 5 years in the past. I respect the useful options, like well-designed hooks within the cargo space that maintain your purchasing luggage in place, which are not at all times as helpful as those right here. Whereas the infotainment system is previous and its display is small by 2025’s requirements, there are 4 USB-C ports within the automotive, and Google is built-in. There’s additionally Apple CarPlay, however you may want to make use of a cable. You will wish to plug your cellphone in anyway, as there is not any wi-fi charging pad.

My largest grievance in regards to the V60 Cross Nation is the over-eager rear emergency braking system. A big curb or bollard can set off it, slamming on the anchors within the course of, which is annoying when I’m backing right into a parking house at perhaps 5 mph, however I perceive why the safety-conscious automaker has programmed it the best way it has. After two weeks with the automotive there was little else I may discover to criticize, and I missed its agility, simple journey, and comparatively cheap dimension in comparison with the massive electrical SUVs which have taken its place within the testing schedule since.

Station wagon purchasing in 2025 is a brief course of; as soon as Audi stops promoting the A4 Allroad, this V60 Cross Nation has no actual rival left. So it is a good factor it is a fairly first rate instance of the breed.