Volvo’s flagship SUV hasn’t changed much over the years because it hasn’t needed to.
Cars get design updates every three to five years to avoid feeling stale. Most of them, anyway. Any look that's too of-the-moment isn't going to age well. Tastes change, trends move on. Creating a truly timeless design is capturing lightning in a bottle, and it's even harder on a car that has to meet countless regulations worldwide. Volvo did it. The XC90 looks as contemporary today as it did in 2015, and it basically hasn't changed.
The center screen has actually had some work done. Menus have been simplified through multiple iterations and are a bit more intuitive, though there's still a learning curve. The hardware now accepts over-the-air software updates and comes preloaded with Google Maps for navigation and the Google Assistant for voice controls. The latter is the real win, because unlike most automaker voice assistants, the Google one understands conversational speech.
Also in need of a rethink is the exterior camera control. It's accessed through the infotainment screen, but the digital button comes and goes based on your speed and whether or not your foot is on the brake. When you're just trying to turn on the cameras before turning into a tight parking space at Target it's distracting trying to remember the correct sequence necessary for the button to show up, and that's not an ideal time to be staring at the screen rather than your path.
An electric motor that small won't make an enormous difference, of course, and the EPA numbers reflect that. This new powertrain returns an EPA-estimated 20/26/22 mpg city/highway/combined. Compared to the same engine sans electric motor on the 2016 XC90, this new one gets 1 mpg better on the highway, and that's it.It also makes less power but more torque—295 hp and 310 lb-ft compared to 316 and 295 from back when—and that explains a lot.
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