Volvo's new S90 and V90 R-Design models are both luxurious and sporty
Volvo, you're killing me with these new cars. They're stunning.
Volvo Cars revealed two new models Wednesday morning: The V90 R-Design and the S90 R-Design. These, if you couldn't tell by the new suffix and lines of the cars are the sporty versions of the brand's full size sedan and wagon.
Thankfully, the cars have more than just special matte black, diamond-cut five-spoke wheels and extra athletic trim bolted up. Volvo engineers improved the chassis tuning as well. In fact Volvo calls the R-Design V90 and S90 chassis an "advanced sport chassis" and brags that it "delivers an energetic, road-hugging drive."
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The interior has received a sporty makeover as well. Designers created a special sport steering wheel, body-hugging sport seats and a new interior lighting package that highlights the other improvements.
If you want one of these new R-Design cars, Volvo says the order books are open. In America, you likely won't take delivery on one until later this year, though, if not early 2017.
If waiting many months weren't bad enough, I have more bad news. U.S. residents won't be able to get the V90 at all. Instead, American wagonistas (my word) will have to wait for the V90 Cross Country, which will be the taller, more rugged version of the V90. And who knows if and when that will get the R-Design treatment.
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