Debut series news release took place in January 2008 under auto show in Detroyt, where a year ago, Volvo showed a prototype of the crossover.
Recall that the car is built on a platform LR2 SUV Land Rover Freelander 2 and invited both with petrol engines, and with diesel.
Volvo XC60 with a capacity of 285 petrol turboengine HP, working in conjunction with the automatic gearbox. Version crossover with diesel 185 - powerful engine under the hood comes with 6 - step "mechanics".
The new XC60 can be described as the safest car Swedish brand, which is generally known bezopsnostyu its models, thanks to equip the new system City Safety - it can mitigate the effects of collisions at low speeds in city traffic.