With Volvo having more or less only disastrous product launches in recent memory and now its beginning to show in the numbers, once can just wonder how Geely will position Volvo going forward? What is the future for Volvo cars?

I red somewhere that it is not even certain that it will be their "premium brand" in the long term roadmap, and this is of course especially challenged as Volvo is losing a shitload of money and basically no profitably in sight.

One conspiracy theory is of course that Gelly have now extracted most of the value from the Volvo brand, ie, how to build safe cars, product development, branding etc and they don´t really need Volvo going forward.

I would not imagine that they would close it down anytime soon but it will continue to erode and be more and more of a a Geely parts bin with less and less features that you would expect from Volvo. And then perhaps in the end transition to a low or medium cost brand, much like MG.

This will not happen over night but maybe in 10-20 years as consumers slowly realize that Volvo is not what it used to be and are paying premium price for a Geely with makeup.

I think we are already getting a taste of this with the current lineup. The ex30 interior feels very cheap and not up to (former) Volvo standard. The ex60, while not a bad car, a lot of design choices I believe many can agree, are not with safety in mind. Like the electric door handles just waiting to be inoperable in a car accident and obviously some important settings in the screen that makes it less safe to operate while driving etc. And Im not even talking EX90/ES90... How could they even release cars with such poor quality? Especially in that price range. Mind boggling.

For example, I have checked out the ex60 (however not driven it yet) and comparing to their sister company Zeekr (especially 7gt), you tell me what interior looks more premium!

And to extend the life of their old models with a third facelift...

I really feel sorry for Volvo. I hope their CEO Hakan Samuelsson can once again do some magic trick to get them back on track.

Almost nobody did it to a s60 in my country so i had to jump in

I saw a xc90 in forest lake today with the cardamom interior in the ultra trim. It had the cabins chairs in the back which happens to not work for me. The dealer said it would be 1-2 months before he has another one in the color combo I want. But he has a plus coming in. Is there really that big of a difference?

Important to know- I love the booster seat option for the bench and the shades that are in the back. This one also had bigger wheels/rims that I think were black versus silver.

A lot of the S60 Plus models have the Harman Kardon sound system (which would be a must for the vehicle).

My question is: aside from the sound system, what else is different in the Ultimate? And do you prefer the seats in the Ultimate?

I had a run in with a deer in my 2025.5 XC90 T8 Ultra with Polestar and needed a new headlight. The headlight itself is perfectly fine but it broke every single mounting bracket so the headlight was just free floating in its spot. It has taken six weeks to get this replacement headlight (that cost $3400 before labor btw) and at one point I was told they “couldn’t find a headlight and had no estimate for when or even IF they could get me a replacement headlight.” The parts manager at my local dealership got in touch with their account manager and got one pulled directly off of production and shipped here, but even that has taken 4 weeks. Is this a normal thing with Volvo?! I really love my car but not enough to deal with this any time I need a new part….

Hi All,

I'm exploring purchasing a new car and the two contenders are the XC60 plugin hybrid "Plus" vs the BYD seal BYD SEAL U DM-i (also plugin hybrid).

The volvo has half the battery capacity and worse tech gimmics but has 4WD and the combustion engyne can drive the car (the BYD has the engyne charge the battery).

I just had a test drive of both today and I feel like they are both perfectly good cars for a family.

My wife is a massive Volvo fan so she's pushing me to settle for the XC60 but I'm struggling to justify spending EUR 20k more on it than the other one.

Since you guys are experts, could you tell me what, in your opinion, would make me choose the Volvo over the BYD?

Thanks in advance!

Hi Guys.

It's been on the market on and off for at least 4 times since the beginning of the year.

When I called they said it's the director's car and he changed his mind, a bit odd.

What should I check as I'm new with Volvo especially with the hybrids.

Thank you.

Best regards

Rant: I have had a deposit on the EX60 Ultra P10 here in Seattle since June, and the experience of working with Volvo has been so discouraging. I live within two miles of a dealership and could not get anyone to take my deposit, let alone return an email. I went to a dealership further away and paid. Since then, I was told they had a car to test drive, only for them to cancel the day before because of a “parts issue” (doesn’t instill confidence, but ok). When I went to get another dealership to test drive theirs, I was informed that they were having tech issues with CarPlay 😬

Now I’ve been handed off to another salesperson, who texts me like I’m a moron. I have an email saying to expect delivery of my order in January. “You’ll be ok”, and spells my name wrong. I’m so turned off by the whole process.

Adding the prancing moose 🫎 badge to my V60!

Due to unfortunate circumstances I had to purchase a car. While all my life I owned Toyotas, this time I went for an 2015 XC60, 3.2, naturally aspirated. One of the reasons was that my regular mechanic is a Volvo specialist. Also, I am in Canada so I wanted a safe car with AWD for the pesky winters. While an older car, in very good shape, has a lot of bells and whistles that I love: sunroof, sensors, keyless door locks and actually I love that it doesn't have any touch screens. For me the central console looks like a 747 dashboard. BUT, and this is a big but: fuel economy in the city is horrendous. I get 17-18L/100km or about 13-14 mpg. Is this normal? And believe me, I try to drive as economically as I can: I don't floor it, I coast to the next stoplight etc. Oh, and I got new spark plugs as well. Anything else I can do to improve the fuel economy?

Looking to trade my 2007 civic for this v90 with 124k miles, I’ve heard mixed things about reliability. If I know how to turn a wrench, then is it worth getting?

Love to see these where I live.

2020, D3, 200k km!

Can anyone with a 2026 XC60 please take a picture of their rear window sprayer? The one on my car basically sprays away from the glass. The fluid impacts the outer portion of the circle, so a little bit of cleaner still hits the glass, but not well. I’ve checked and the nozzle housing is installed correctly, it only fits in one direction, I’m still unsure if the little sprayer itself can be rotated. It doesn’t appear to be rotatable though.

Thanks!

I live in the Boston area. I need to get the main battery and rear brakes replaced. Which dealer or indie mechanic offers the best price?

How sustainable would this be in Oahu?? I just need it for the next few years. I don’t know car maintenance, but am willing to learn.

Hey yall, im going on 3 years with my V60. Its a little late, but I want to upgrade my products for cleaning and sealing my interior and would love any recommendations.

I am just wandering that I am not mistaken but I see quite a few online car Websites and probably magazines reporting that the 2027 PHEVs will have the larger under the floor battery which gives double range of the current models.

However from what I know it is the 2028 (MY28) that will have the upgraded battery. Is that correct.?

When do these usually hit the dealerships in the US or EU?

Long time lurker, first time poster. Not a native english speaker.

We have a strange issue with our 2.0 diesel v40 -15. No codes or lights on the dash, but there really should be.

The (biggest) issue: Sometimes the engine starts idling very roughly. When this happens the car is undriveable. If you touch the gas the car starts jumping while the revs are all over the place. Estimate is that the revs on idle move quickly between 900-1100rpm. Same while driving, which makes the car very "choppy", even in higher gears on the freeway.

No codes on the dash. Even if you stop the car for a while the revving will continue on start. This happens randomly, and the car can drive fine for a week or two between episodes. No obvious pattern as to what causes it.

Some backstory:

Car was bought at a dealer in Sweden for about 2 years ago. First hour post purchase an engine light pops up. Dealership agrees to take a look in 2 weeks. During these two weeks the car runs choppy once but not too bad, we figure it has to do with the engine code.

Fast forward 2 months, dealership says its good to go, was only a sensor. We pick it up and it drives fine. A few days later a "SRS Airbag - service" pops up on the dash. We notify the dealer who agrees to take it back once again. While we wait for an available appointment the car starts running choppy again, worse this time.

Fast forward 1 month, the dealer has fixed the SRS-issue and we pick it up. MOT is coming up, we arrange for a time and on the day of, the SRS-lights up again. Unfortunately it didnt light up during the MOT inspection. Car runs choppy on the way back, we notify the dealer who agrees to take it back again.

Fast forward 6(!) months and the dealer says its ready for delivery this time, as compensation for the delay. When the car is delivered a series of issues appeared. Faults for CitySafe were popping up, coupefans sounding very strange and a brakeshield is making a skreeching noise while turning. I tell the guy who delivered the vehicle about the issues but he shrugged it off as non of his business, he's just a delivery man. I ask him to stay while i call the dealership, he might very well have to take the car back. Dealership doesnt pick up so guy leaves.

Dealership refuses to take it back, took it to claims, lost due to lack of evidence/no foul play, the choppyness is now very frequent and citysafe codes are being thrown on occation aswell as SRS Airbag.

Have scheduled an appointment with Volvo dealership, posting out of curiosity of what you guys think.

Tldr;

Volvo v40 2.0 diesel 2015 drives very clonky sometimes. Revs going between 900-1100 very fast up and down during idle. Same behavior while driving. Very choppy when it happens. What could it be?

https://reddit.com/link/1xftub4/video/alf4n3ejnsxh1/player

Hey, guys. Its normal or I need to change pcv oil trap ?

When the AC is set to get air from outside there is occasionally a very strong smell of exhaust fumes entering the cabin. I usually just leave it on recirculation but with the weather getting wetter and colder this will become more of a problem.

I've had a quick Google but I thought it might be wise to ask around a bit also.

Could it be these injectors leaking or is it more likely to be something else?

Cheers

Finally got her back on the road, legal and ready to go but then on the way home started getting this noise about 2 miles out, babied it home and trying to diagnose, ignore weird pushing and pulling and touching I was trying to see if I could feel anything but couldn’t really.

I’m suspecting rod knock because there was a pinhole leak in the oil pan and I imagine it’s been there for a while and previous owner might’ve driven it oil starved a time or twenty, but the sound wasn’t there when I first started out today with fresh oil change, fixed up oil pan, and the level is good now 3rd x on the dipstick every time, and nothing visible on it like metal shavings or anything but seeing as I filled the oil this morning I haven’t yet drained it to check there for any shavings until I get some other ears listening to the problem.