Name: We Just Test Drove Volvo's New Sedan
Uploaded: 2016-03-10
Duration: 2 min 55 s
Description: In the Arctic Circle

[ MUSIC ] I knew Volvo was incredibly serious about the capabilities of its new flagship, the S90 sedan when the company invited me to the Arctic Circle in February, to put a pre- production version through it's paces. Let's see if it's performance can live up to its stunning look. And to it's award winning sibling the XC 90. [ MUSIC ] I've got it in dynamic mode. We're on a heavily snowy track. The car is all wheel drive and has an electric motor on the rear axle to Drive that. The gasoline at the front. The balance of those two systems takes quite a bit of finessing. Usually, electronic stability systems will be thrown off by that amount of slip that you get on. Hard- packed snow and ice. Not a shimmer of hesitation from this system. Really impressive. The S90 is 33 % ultra High strength steel. It honestly feels like a V8 but without the bulk. The car weights only about 4, 000 pounds, and although they have not released the official M. P. G. numbers its efficiency would be high. And you can really feel it. There's no dipping and rolling. Very little at all, and even under hard braking. Nobody comes to the Arctic Circle to push a car this hard. But clearly, the S90 is capable. [ MUSIC ] For this car, Volvo has introduced a large animal Detection feature which is part of their semi- autonomous drive package, something that they will make standard on every single vehicle they sell. And although, you may not think it's a big deal to detect a reindeer, right about now, I'm going to be very grateful if the car slows itself before I see it. This is a luxury Car. You sit down in it. You're a part. You're enveloped by the same kind of beautiful interior that Volvo managed to innovate with the XC90. Volvo has really succeeded in upping its own bar and taking the brand from a near- luxury status into pure luxury. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] God that's fun. After a full day of pushing the S90 as hard as I could on snow and ice, the car never lost its stability or its poise. In fact it was flawless. Just wait until the S90 hits pavement. If it's half as good as it is on snow, and I'm sure it will be, Volvo has another winner. [ MUSIC ]