2016 Wards 10 Best Interiors Winner: Volvo XC90
May 6, 2016
T8 Hybrid XC90 starts at $68,100. Our tester stickered at $84,005.
Camera vision allows XC90 to communicate speed limits to driver.
Cargo hold is ample with fold-flat third-row seats.
Second-row seats slide fore and aft, making additional room for third-row occupants.
Easy access to third row.
Home screen functions like tablet.
Surround-vision feature enabled by downward-facing cameras positioned on all four sides.
Volvo designs industry's coolest head restraints.
Gentle bow of metallic bar separates leather from wood on door panels.
Premium materials converge on door panel.
Second-row climate controls.
Frameless rear-view mirror.
Orrefors crystal shifter is optional.
Crystal shifter gleams at night.
Center-console controls are surrounded on three sides by soft leather ridge that flows from center stack to armrest.
Controls within easy reach of driver.
Drive-mode selector and ignition switch trimmed in chrome-like diamond weave.
Only six buttons populate center stack for defrost (front and rear), hazard lights, glovebox release and audio track selection (forward and back).
Certain styling elements from XC90 will carry over to new S90 sedan.
Metallic-finished Bowers & Wilkins audio speaker rises from instrument panel.
Swedish flag flies near left shoulder of passenger seat.
Swedish flag flies near left shoulder of passenger seat.
The XC90 interior is brilliantly styled and thoughtfully laid out. From the diagonal grain of the Linear Walnut wood inlays and Oreffors crystal gear shifter to the gleaming brightwork and sleek and slender head restraints, the XC90’s cabin is a credit to all things Swedish.
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