沃尔沃希望将S90打造成足以与宝马5系、奥迪A6和捷豹XF竞争的车型，这款被基于厚望的S90将替代已经老迈的S80，而它的旅行车版本V90将于年底发布。沃尔沃副总裁Lex Kerssemakers透露，S90与XC90将完全不同，该车将具备与同级车型竞争的资本，特别是在中国和美国市场。而S90属于中级车型，这将为沃尔沃更大车型S100留下足够空间，后者将迎战宝马7系，奥迪A8，奔驰S级和捷豹XJ。如果该车获批，将与S90共享Scalable Product Architecture (SPA)平台，内部将搭载包括取自新一代XC90的混动系统，这台T8 Twin Engine 2.0升机械和涡轮增压汽油引擎加电机的综合功率达到294千瓦/400马力，扭矩640牛米。

 

Volvo wants to grab 5-Series, A6, XF customers with more distinctive S90

Volvo has announced the upcoming S90 will act as a direct adversary for the BMW 5-Series, Audi A6 and the recently unveiled Jaguar XF.

 

Fueled by the success of the XC90, Volvo has high hopes for the S90 which will serve as a replacement for the aging S80. According to company's vice-president of product strategy, Lex Kerssemakers, they want the S90 to grab customers who would usually go for the 5-Series, A6 and XF. A wagon version labeled V90 has already been confirmed and will be out shortly after the sedan which is programmed to come out towards the end of the year.

 

Kerssemakers says the S90 will be more distinctive than the XC90 and will have all the assets to rival the big boys especially in markets such as China and U.S. where bigger sedans are still popular even though in most other markets the demand is diminishing.

 

Since the S90 will attack the mid-size segment, this leaves room for a larger model likely labeled "S100" to tackle the 7-Series, A8, S-Class and XJ. If green-lighted for production, it will share the Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) with the S90 from where it will inherit the beefier engines which all have four cylinders. The most powerful new-gen Volvo hardware setup available now is a T8 Twin Engine 2.0-liter supercharged & turbocharged gasoline motor working together with an electric motor granting a combined output of 400 PS (294 kW) and 640 Nm (472 lb-ft) in the fresh XC90.