rmc523 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 The 2019 sedan will be produced at Volvo's first U.S. factory, in Charleston, South Carolina. It will be the first Volvo produced in the U.S. after 63 years as an import. The U.S. plant is expected to build 60,000 S60s per year, about half destined for export. The S60 will also be the first Volvo not to offer a diesel, Volvo going with two standard gas engines and two gas hybrids.An entry-level T5 trim will use the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder offering around 250 horsepower. Next up, the supercharged and turbocharged T6 trim will bring around 316 hp. A plug-in hybrid version of the T6 will bump output to 340 hp and adds all-wheel drive, and the penultimate T8 model will crank out 400 hp to all four wheels. At the top of the range, the T8 worked over by Polestar Engineering gets a tweaked ECU plus upgraded suspension, wheels, and brakes, for 415 hp in the U.S. and roughly 500 pound-feet of torque. There could be a wait for that last trim, with Volvo saying, "The S60 Polestar Engineered will be available in extremely limited quantities, and exclusively through the Care by Volvo app in the App Store." Volvo also released details on S60 pricing and Volvo's subscription plan. The rear is SOOOOO much better than the S90. Putting the license plate up on the trunk lid makes a world of difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordmantpw Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Just when everyone else cuts their sedans. Perfect timing! Good to see it built in the good 'old USofA though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbone Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) The rear is SOOOOO much better than the S90. Putting the license plate up on the trunk lid makes a world of difference. The rear is an improvement, but still not very attractive to me. The rest looks good though. Edited June 21, 2018 by tbone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Looks pretty good - has a bit of bmw design to me. Strange they would only be making sedans - why not utilities too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Looks pretty good - has a bit of bmw design to me. Strange they would only be making sedans - why not utilities too? Maybe that comes later? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Maybe that comes later? Probably. Doesn't make sense to import utilities when you have local factory capacity available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 Looks pretty good - has a bit of bmw design to me. Strange they would only be making sedans - why not utilities too? I think they said it has a 60,000 unit capacity meant for both sale here and exports. That seems awfully low for a plant unless you're Tesla. It's likely they'll announce adding a crossover at some point. Logic would say the similarly sized XC60 would be made there, but who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) XC60 will be imported from China starting in 2019. S90 is already imported exclusively from China. XC40 is imported from Belgium. Volvo will be building the S60 in the US for export to about a dozen countries where US has free trade agreements (for the time being...) or where US auto imports enjoy tariff preference over Europe and China - primarily Canada, Mexico, Korea, and GCC. Volvo is also moving the XC90 production to the US (but only for the US market sales I assume). It looks like the only way to buy a Volvo made in Sweden next year will be a V60 or V90. Edited June 22, 2018 by bzcat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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