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Volvo has enjoyed somewhat of a revival in recent years, with confident styling, focus on safety and increasingly high-tech powertrains helping it pinch sales from its premium rivals. With that in mind, the Volvo S60 T8 plug-in hybrid has a lot to live up to: Vicky Parrott assesses its credentials…
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[@paulanderson79]

She's lovely. Unassuming and not remotely pretentious.

[@jamiep61]

Great Video Review

[@matthewchetcuti3278]

I’ve been dying for you to review one of these lol. Seeing them everywhere in in northeastern USA

[@ephraimalonzo7835]

A trick : watch series on InstaFlixxer. Been using them for watching loads of movies during the lockdown.

[@rubensolomon5701]

@Ephraim Alonzo Definitely, I've been using InstaFlixxer for since november myself =)

[@stephenbrian4591]

@Ephraim Alonzo definitely, I have been watching on InstaFlixxer for months myself :)

[@williegitau6680]

I love your reviews...very crisp

[@DrivingElectric]

Thank you so much!

[@gtpisti]

Hi there,any chance for a review on the new/facelift vw passat GTE...?

[@aashishjariwala5484]

Have you by any chance approached Volvo to review their Polestar series cars? I would love me some Polestar reviews.. 🧐

[@conogrady9254]

Nice car and a happy Vicky Xmas! 🎅

[@AR-zr1om]

Do the polestar next!

[@glhrm]

Can we get a XC40 Twin Engine review? Please!

[@h3rjp]

I think I heard you say said it *doesn’t* have adaptive cruise control? I don’t think that’s true. All modern Volvos have adaptive cruise control and pilot assist. And you can see the following distance buttons on the steering wheel in the review. (Edit: it’s true. Optional extra!)

[@aramiris]

these pseudo reviewers dont even know any more what car they review, its quite pathetic.

[@CreRay]

Vicky is right, it is an option. Just take a look at the configurator on the Volvo website. The fact that the test car is equipped with it doesn’t mean it comes as standard.

[@CreRay]

TheArrogantOne Why would you even bother watching or commenting when you dismiss the content beforehand??? Quite pathetic.

[@h3rjp]

CreRay yeah I stand corrected! It is a bit of a cheek!

[@RumourRS]

Hard to believe my inscription trim level s60 doesn’t have it. I guess that’s why it was on the lot for a while and I got a relatively good deal on it after haggling. *Shrug*

[@ppzzeedd]

We got top off tge linr v60 t8 inscription here in Thailand. Hybrids here got tax exception for imported cars. So it's cheaper than a less equip 330i m sport and also just a tiny bit more expensive than a 320d sport or c220d. So.... what a bargain.

[@sflee85]

same for Malaysia

[@SuperWolffie]

you are talking about base prices I presume. When you spec up a beamer, it will be more expensive....

[@AnalogueKid2112]

This car is made exclusively in the USA, so is subject to a 10% tariff when imported to Europe. Hence the higher price relative to German built competitors in the UK.

[@gambiting]

Source? I've just ordered an XC60 T8 and was told that all T8 models are exclusively made in China, since that's closer to where the batteries are made.

[@viktorjjakobsson9710]

The good thing with that is that the quality is hopefully better than the swedish built ones.

[@viktorjjakobsson9710]

gambiting Not all of them. All the S90 is all built in china but the xc60 is still built in belgium if I remember correctly.

[@gambiting]

@@viktorjjakobsson9710 well, I ordered an XC60 T8 literally two weeks ago and it's definitely coming from China. It does arrive in the UK by ferry from Zeebrugge in Belgium though, maybe that's what you read?

[@OlsunEdits]

@@gambiting weird I'm just at my job and building a xc60 here in Sweden. T8 are also made in Sweden. Maybe they import the t8 engine from China tho

[@Hueztones]

Wow. My S60 has rear front and 360 cameras, Adaptive cruise control, and you can change the stiffness of the steering. Not to mention massaging seats. Plus the seats go down for additional storage. Your review is confusing.

[@marcusmascord6079]

3 hrs 30 mins for an 11kwh battery on a public charger is terrible. I can see these hogging public chargers while pure EV drivers queue up behind it. :-(

[@tombarron8741]

To be honest as a PHEV owner I have used slow chargers -7kW. But full EV's don't bother with these anyway. Also it's hardly worth the effort. The distance you have to drive to find a charger is usually more than the electric range of the PHEV.

[@MrGbSandwich]

ment to be charged overnight at home & driving on electric to work or combined for longertrips

[@tombarron8741]

@@MrGbSandwich exactly. Also batteries in PHEV's are charged daily increasing the rate of degradation. On average pure EV's are charged weekly meaning a much slower rate of degradation.

[@MrGbSandwich]

@@tombarron8741 there are different batteries in hybrid electric battery packs and pure electric cars. (hopefully if they made it correctly) the hybrid ones are less dense (therefor the pack are heavier) and can take more recharges because of it. An pure electric vehicles battery pack would weight some 1ton if made with same battery's and be impossible to store under the floor. so they have more power dense batteries to bring the weight down of the pack to around 500kg. the downside of this is that number of recharges will be less however since the amount of stored energy around 80kwh contains more energy they wont have to be recharge as often. cheers.

[@tombarron8741]

@@MrGbSandwich interesting. My PHEV has been charged nearly 900 times it has degraded but not terribly so you might even be right. Not often I say that to anyone.

[@kamrancahangirov2021]

Super volvo s90

[@stephenvincent4706]

Volvo pricing is obscene in all countries. They’re not THAT good. Tata has been in China looking for more money so methinks there’s a bit of price gouging happening. Good honest review.

[@alancobbin1310]

That is a lot of dollars ,never the less still a great car .

[@simsneon2]

I have a 2011 Volvo S 60 T6 and this Volvo in the video in my opinion is a huge letdown for the money Way to go Volvo

[@georgedoolittle9015]

very disappointing production run rate here in the USA after the big China buy in. totally agree great looking car but hardly a stand out in the overwhelmingly blase 4 door Sedan market going on at least a decade now. The BMW i4 remains the only standout in the market which is sad given the notorious reputation as a piece of junk car.stil in production tho..

[@ronforeman8394]

Have to get used to seeing a GB plate without the EU stars

[@paulsm77]

£50k and a 112mph speed limiter :(

[@mar0239]

Wait 10 years then delete it :)

[@Clappers89]

And only 36 mpg in this review Awful, nice looking car though

[@gambiting]

Nope, it's not on 2020 spec cars yet. I know, I've just ordered one the other week - the speed limiter will come in on 2021 cars.

[@paulsm77]

gambiting Not too bad then, I thought it was 2020 they were doing that.

[@gambiting]

@@paulsm77 yeah, I know, that's what I was worried about as well, but when I ordered mine Volvo confirmed that 2020 spec cars being built now don't have it yet.

[@troylinden369]

I'll keep my 2015 v60 RD.

[@AdamCiernicki]

Right, £50,000 for a petrol car with tiny battery and no rear camera?? Why would any one even consider this fossil? JFC...

[@tombarron8741]

No mention of the model 3. Same price and much much lower running costs and much better performance.

[@neilbowness6074]

Tom Barron because it’s not a rival for this car, yet another stupid comment from the cult of Tesla

[@tombarron8741]

@@neilbowness6074 it's the same price and the same size. Your a complete assh*le

[@RumourRS]

Tom Barron These 2 vehicles are in completely different market segments and are not in direct competition with each other. They may be the same size and relatively same price, but they both offer different features that appeal to different audiences.

[@tombarron8741]

@@RumourRS market segments are based on price, size, number of seats. These cars are in the same market segment. The only difference is the way they are propelled.

[@asum307]

What on earth! No reverse camera? So much for volvo being all about safety! That's an absolute joke

[@GrotrianSeiler]

I don't know why anyone needs so much power. Seem s a bit of a waste. It's a very compact car as this category goes (not nice,) but the seats are very comfortable. And the dash is very pretty to look at. It's a bit of an odd choice, to be honest. You'll only buy one if you're a hardcore Volvo fan.

[@Mr11ESSE111]

just buy diesel and save (alot of) money and nerves

[@leontedumitru]

Too bad this car is soo expensive...

[@aramiris]

go buy a 20+ years old 5th hand 3rd gen VW golf if you want cheap.

[@leontedumitru]

@@aramiris that's not the point...

[@123rkss]

when the electric range of the vehicle is less than 10% of total (fossil) range, its really nothing more than a fossil with a bigger starter motor

[@2010SmartFortwo]

3rd comment

[@tellmemore8837]

Three and a half hours charge for 36 miles. No thanks.

[@podunkman2709]

Chinese stigma.

[@tylerwilliams3897]

Terrible battery tech

[@foxylady1048]

Why is this on your channel. Get it off. Get it off, GET IT OFF