Volvo is gearing up to reveal its new V90 Cross Country. But when it does, it won’t be the first time the Swedish automaker will have transformed one of its station wagons into an off-roader.
The manufacturer rolled out the original V70 XC back in 1997, only a few years after Subaru had performed a similar transformation with its first Legacy-based Outback, but long before Audi would follow suit with its Allroad models and Volkswagen its Alltrack range.
The original V70 XC was, in Volvo’s own words, “Designed to cope with the demanding requirements of an extreme Scandinavian climate,” and to “perform in all sorts of road conditions – from muddy tracks and knee-deep snow to long distance highway driving.”
The second generation V70 XC arrived in 2000, later to be rebadged as the XC70, followed by the outgoing third-generation model in 2007. Along the way, Volvo has also done Cross Country variants of the V40 and V60 and even the S60 sedan, and has broadened its crossover range to include the XC60, the new XC90, and soon an XC40 as well.
Before that happens, though, we’ll see the new V90 Cross Country revealed in just a week or so from now, after which we can expect Volvo to show it off at the upcoming Paris Motor Show.
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