New Volvo XC90 to be launched in May 2015

Volvo has announced that it has shifted the new XC90's launch to May. The carmaker will showcase the new SUV at an event in Mumbai. The deliveries for the SUV, will however only begin in September with bookings to open soon.

The new XC90 will be offered in two trims — the feature-loaded Momentum and the higher-end Inscription — with Volvo saying that the SUV will initially only be offered in the top-spec Inscription trim with the second to follow before the year-end.

The Momentum trim will offer features such as keyless entry and go, panoramic sunroof, electrically operated tail-gate, electrically adjustable driver seat with memory function, power-folding third row backrests, rain sensing wipers, LED headlamps, Park Assist, Hill Descent Control and a 12.3-inch screen in place of the earlier instrument cluster.

The top-spec Inscription trim will get added features such as a 19-speaker Bowers & Wilkins music system, air suspension, heads-up display, heated and ventilated front seats and a Nappa leather interior with wood trim.

The new XC90 will only be available with a 225bhp, 2.0-litre twin-turbo four-cylinder diesel for both the Momentum and Inscription trims. A petrol engine likely to make its way under the hood by early 2016, and the T8 plug-in hybrid powertrain is expected to follow soon.

Volvo has also said that it will be launching the V40 — a standard hatchback variant of the current V40 Cross Country — in Chennai, sometime early May. The petrol variant of the S60, badged T6 will also be launched, early June.

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