![]() My slalom test also allowed the crossover to slip and skate a bit, even in Constant AWD. I had this during several of our February snow dumps and while traction was good, there always was some wheel spin, especially under acceleration. There’s also a Power mode that puts all the giddyup pressure on the gas engine, or Off-Road or Constant AWD modes to give the wheels more traction. Hybrid allows the batteries to power the rear wheels and meld seamlessly with the gas engine to aid gas consumption. Now know that there are a variety of drive modes controlled via a roller dial on the console. of torque in a XC60 T6 R-Design model or still 250 horsepower and 258 lb.-ft. The Recharge's 2.0-liter supercharged and turbocharged I4 engine produces 316 horsepower and 295 lb.-ft. Suffice it to say there’s plenty of giddyup, making the Recharge a hot rod when getting on the freeway or escaping congestion at a stoplight. of torque in a T5 Momentum model with just a turbo version of the engine.īut in the tested Recharge, which adds an electric motor to power the rear wheels while the gas engine powers the fronts, horsepower grows to 400 and torque is a monster 472 lb.-ft. That translates to 316 horsepower and 295 lb.-ft. It’s more fuel efficient and generates a tremendous amount of power and torque (turbos and superchargers are torque monsters). How so? Well, first Volvo created a dandy 2.0-liter supercharged and turbocharged I4 engine that it has used all along. Now, the Recharge model adds a plug-in hybrid system to reduce its emission transmission. ![]() That’s because this crossover is both a looker and performer, while also being luxurious. READ: 2020 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross SEL S-AWC Review Well, the 2021 XC60 Recharge T8 Inscription (a crossover so nice they named it twice, or thrice) is all over that trend, and actually was among the leaders. A few years back I tested Volvo’s smallish mid-size crossover, the XC60, and was swept clean out of my cross-trainers.Īt the time, most crossovers were blah lookers and ho-hum performers, but today’s market is moving, as they always seem to, toward performance, and yet smaller carbon footprints.
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