http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/10/l...010-s60-sedan/






PRESS RELEASE:

Sculpted to move you - first pictures of the all-new Volvo S60

Here are the first official pictures of the all-new Volvo S60 - sportier and more dynamic than any previous Volvo model.

"The all-new Volvo S60 is sculpted to move you. It looks and drives like no other Volvo before and the car's technology will help you to be safer and more confident behind the wheel," says Stephen Odell, President and CEO of Volvo Cars.

The Volvo S60 can be equipped with Pedestrian Detection - a groundbreaking safety feature that can detect pedestrians in front of the car and brake automatically if the driver does not react in time.

The all-new Volvo S60 is being unveiled to the public for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show in early March next year. Production of the sporty sedan model will start in early summer 2010 at the Volvo Cars plant in Ghent, Belgium.

"Customers in this segment want emotional appeal, sporty design and dynamic driving properties. The S60 has it all. We are convinced that it will be one of the strongest contenders around," says Stephen Odell.

 

Nice car

HOWEVER, what worries me though (as I mentioned before) is the future of Volvo and its flawless safety record. With the brand being bought by Geely (which, along with other China brands, is known for ****-poor vehicle safety as of year 2009), I'm worried about how this will affect Volvo and their 2020 vision-mission for safety.

They stated that by year 2020, they hope that no one would be killed or seriously injured in a Volvo automobile.

Yet, with Geely as a new owner, this dream could spell into disaster. I mean seriously, as of the moment, China branded vehicles are NOT SAFE. With ****ing poor safety records they have now, the essence of safety, in which people associate with Volvo cars, could diminish.

So with that said:
What are your thoughts and opinions on this?

 

umm E/C class anyone in the headlights?

 

That is the same thing I thought to myself regarding the headlights. They do kind of look like C/E class front lights.

 

wow i didnt know volvo still existed...have not seen volvo since i moved from jersey to florida which have been almost eight years...

 

I don't think it will a problem. Volvo, despite now a Geely brand (wow, that was awkward to say) won't let that happen. They have always put safety first and this change in ownership won't compromise that. What is more likely to happen is that Volvo's expertise in safety will trickle to Geely cars. So we'll see safer Geely, if not Chinese cars soon.

btw, is it even final? I thought Volvo's transfer to Geely is still ongoing?

 

I hope Ford keeps Volvo. They have helped them out tons. The Taurus, MKS and I believe some of the crossovers are based off the S80 which are all very good cars.

I think this new S60 will look okay. We've seen uncovered spy pics a couple months back and it looked much better in those pics than it does in these professional pics. I really do like the new generation of Volvo interiors and cant wait to see it. Reminds me of IKEA furniture (go figure).

 

I forgot Ford still owned Volvo. I do like the interiors but very little else about the cars, especially that car shown.

 

still LOTS of Volvos around in NJ

 

It's too bad that Volvo couldn't survive independently. They are a unique brand that, IMO, would do best alone and not as part of a portfolio for some other brand.

I see the reason in Geely buying them (cars crush like a house of cards), but it still worries me a little.

 

Yeah but on the other hand you can see why Geely wants Volvo. They can steal (borrow?) Volvo's expertise in the safety department to improve their own cars. This way, they can be the first chinese manufacturer to be certified around the world.


Anyway, back on topic. I think this is the best looking S60 to date. Never really liked the current one.