New Volvo XC90 typifies Scandinavian tastes and technology - Scottish Daily Record
Then it’s find furniture, write down the aisle and location numbers, get lost in the maze of a warehouse, pick up all the various items flat-packed – and break your back putting it into the back of the car. They unveiled their long-awaited second-generation big SUV, the XC90, in 2014 – after 636,143 sales for the first model from 2002. But while it gets a much curvier look compared with the old model, Volvo are particularly proud of the interior. Brit Robin Paige is the interior design director for the Swedes and admits that the new XC90 typifies Scandinavian tastes and technology. He exclusively told me: “Sweden is known for its furniture design and architecture and we’ve integrated that as much as possible. “We’ve concentrated on making the XC90 perfect for our customers’ lifestyles. “The surfaces and materials are premium and luxurious, while we’ve added several items of what we call jewellery – like the crystal gear lever and diamond-cut rotary dial and controls. With longer, taller and lower dimensions than before, the Volvo XC90 is the first all-new car to emerge under the brand’s Chinese ownership. It goes head-to-head against rival premium SUVs such as the BMW X5, Porsche Cayenne, Volkswagen Touareg and Mercedes M-Class. But Paige believes the XC90 stands alone in this ultra-tough sector dominated by the Germans. Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk
