Next Generation S60 Concept
Due out in 2010, hints of the new S60 are revealed in Volvo’s concept vehicle.
Unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show, the S60 concept gives an indication of next year’s new product as well as borrowing from the car’s past.
The coupe-inspired lines that gave the original S60 its characteristic stance are more pronounced in this next generation.
Exterior
- Enlarged iron mark in the trapezoidal grille
- The two lamps that flank the grill emphasise the vertical stance of the front and highlight the bonnet's V-shape
- Angled headlamps flow up into the strongly sculptured bonnet and combined with the lower air intake's reverse trapezoidal shape
- Seven-spoke 20-inch wheels
- Bronze-painted brake callipers match the "Warm Liquid Copper" livery
- In each of the headlamps, the lights create a silhouette of two miniature Viking longboats sailing side by side, one for main beam and one for dipped beam
- At the rear there is also a retractable diffuser that adjusts with vehicle speed to give better aerodynamic properties
Interior
- The interior is packed with exciting details, all of which together create a Scandinavian fresh light feeling.
- In the middle of the four-seater car sits the floating centre stack made out of handmade, solid Orrefors crystal
- The combined instrument has an almost weightless feel and is built up in several layers
- Speedometer is designed as a three-dimensional glass spiral with the low numbers appear closest to the eye and the figures appear to be increasingly distant as you accelerate
- Slim, lightweight contoured seats, made of soft Light Blond leather with contrasting stitching
- The upper part of the doors is faced with genuine blond birch wood of the same colour as the Scandinavian coastline's salt- and sun-bleached wooden piers and driftwood
Safety
- Collision Warning with Full Auto Brake and pedestrian detection - innovative technology that can detect a pedestrian who steps out into the path of the car and the car's full braking power is automatically activated if the driver does not respond to the danger
- Visual warning on head-up display - in an emergency situation, the driver first gets an audible warning together with a flashing light in the windscreen's head-up display
Features
- Upgraded Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with a queue assist function
- EPAS (Electric Power Assisted Steering)
Performance and Economy
- CO2-emissions at 119g/km
- Four-1.6-litre petrol unit using high-efficiency GTDi (Gasoline Turbocharged Direct Injection) technology
- 180 horsepower
- Start/stop, a functionality that switches off the engine when the car is at a standstill
- "DRIVe-Mode" provides the possibility of reducing fuel consumption via an "economy mode"