Next Generation XC60/S60/V60 to launch this year, but when?

[wimorrison]

I wonder how much a change in style it will actually be?

They have used the XC60 shape and style very much to drive the shape and style of the other models in the range and departing from that style would be surprising, even the 'new' XC90 shows the XC60 within its lines - there will of course be changes internally to fit in the 'iPad' with the toys that come with it and I have no doubt that instrumentation will change appearance but I feel that they will try to maintain what is a very good seller, in fact I think it is there best seller and no-one kills the golden goose - remember the Ford Edsel?

I would like the headlights though, especially the LED versions which are simply incredible on the road.

[anotherv60]

I read in the US that the new generation volvo headlights are considered poor, its a reason the 90 series vehicles are not top safety pick plus winners.

[anotherv60]

Originally Posted by GusGecko

Here we go boys and girls...

Definitely Geneva motor show then.

[wimorrison]

Originally Posted by anotherv60

I read in the US that the new generation volvo headlights are considered poor, its a reason the 90 series vehicles are not top safety pick plus winners.

I would have to disagree with anyone saying they are poor, in the XC90 I was in I found them excellent and the v40 I had for a week convinced me that LED headlights are the way forward.

[anotherv60]

Here is the link if your interested: http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/TSP-List

[MCV60]

https://twitter.com/volvocaruk/statu...08210562826241

7th March 2017
09:45am

[wimorrison]

Originally Posted by anotherv60

Here is the link if your interested: http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/TSP-List

Maybe they get a different type of dark in America as my experience in the UK doesn't reflect their comments

[spaceman2844]

Article in Auto Express

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volvo/x...-geneva-reveal

[RoyMacDonald]

Originally Posted by anotherv60

I read in the US that the new generation volvo headlights are considered poor, its a reason the 90 series vehicles are not top safety pick plus winners.

They must be nuts or forgot to take off their sunglasses. (or fake news)

The XC90 and XC60 are on the list and they have the same headlights as the V90 so it makes even less sense.

I have Xenon's my XC60 and LED on my V40 and the LED's are way better.

Roy

[RoyMacDonald]

It's possible the US doesn't have the latest headlights as I came across this while looking for info on Audi's latest headlights.

Audi won’t say when Matrix Lasers will light up showrooms, but the robust competition with BMW suggests that top-shelf Audis will get them soon enough—at least in Europe. As ever, regulators in the United States seem behind the curve: they still enforce a circa-1968 rule that prohibits high beams that can’t be manually switched off. An Audi spokesperson said the company is working closely with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). But the agency isn’t yet sold on the safety benefits, preferring to wait and watch Europe before it signs off.

This has all happened before: European drivers enjoyed halogen headlights for roughly a decade before NHTSA finally approved them in 1983. So Yanks might be in for a wait.

Roy