Gee, another gigantic and extraordinarily heavy EV that’s disguised as a lifted sedan with a squashed greenhouse. Now I know why Volvo masked the lower the half of the body in their teaser pic:
I say this, not to disparage EVs as a transportation concept, but more b/c I can’t wait until batteries tech gets to the point that non-SUVs don’t have to be disfigured by the need to accommodate battery packs (or whatever).
I’m sure this is the best the designers could come up w/, given the constraints they likely had for the hardware. Certainly more attractive than, say, an EQS.
Doesn’t have awkward proportions of pseudo sedans like the Toyota Crown
No unnecessary cladding like an E-class wagon.
Presumably won’t have the super harsh ride of a slammed wagon like a RS6
Hatch
In sum I don’t see anywhere where the EV underpinnings bastardized the outside of the car. If anything’s it’s the non-EV sedans and wagons that have been bastardized recently.
Well, the ones that are missing the Sport Chrono are pretty bad ( @li8625 ), but once you get the Sport Chrono and can lower the car further, they look pretty good.
Sedan (or hatch?), no, but Cross Turismo, absolutely (and I say this as a general wagon lover).
Perhaps @max_g has a point about cars in general being ill proportioned. I think cars are just far too long and wide nowadays (so the best looking wagons to me are ones that ≤ 185 in) and that many are too high (looking at you, BMW 5-Series, although it hides its poor proportions well by distracting you w/ exceedingly odd detailing).
Might be as much about safety regs as about accommodating battery packs.
Agree with max. Pretty inoffensive design, IMO, should age well like most recent Volvo products (happy to finally see some new interior designs though, even if minimal).
