2027 Volvo XC60 Review | The BEST SELLING Volvo of All-Time!

[music] >> What's up, guys? Welcome back to another one. If you are new to this channel, I am Goldpony and [music] I do new car, truck, SUV reviews on YouTube. And today, we are in the brand new 2027 Volvo XC60, courtesy of Younger Volvo in Hagerstown, Maryland. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So, we're in this one today because this is a luxury mid-size SUV from Sweden, which are extremely rare. And the XC60 has now sold over 2.7 million units globally, which makes this the best-selling Volvo of all time, which is pretty cool. And in case you were curious, the XC60 competes with the BMW X3, Audi Q5, and Lexus RX, just to name a few. So, ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one, from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So, having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so, there will be a few different configurations for the 2027 XC60. You got the Core trim level starting at $51,095, which is a $1,395 bump from the 2026 model year. You got Plus starting at $55,695, and lastly, Ultra starting at $61,045. But, regardless of the trim level that you go with, the power plant on the XC60 is going to be the same. Powering the beast is a 2-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with a mild hybrid system. It puts out 247 horsepower, 266 pound feet of torque. Power sent to all four wheels through an eight-speed automatic. 0 to 60 time is going to come in at approximately 6.5 seconds, which is pretty respectable there. With MPG numbers coming in at 23 in the city, 29 on the highway, taking premium unleaded fuel. With that said, before we do any kind of fun acceleration test here in the XC60, I do want to mention to you guys the drive modes. So, the drive modes are accessed through the infotainment screen. And essentially, you have steering feel modes. So, you got soft and firm for the steering feel. So, the firm is going to be the heavier weight to the steering. The soft is going to be kind of the looser feel to the steering, more like a traditional SUV. And then, you got the off-road driving mode and the standard driving mode. So, more than likely, just leave it on standard for that one. But, that's the way the driving modes are set up in the new XC60. So, now that I've got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put the acceleration here to the test. And let's see how quickly we can get our new 2027 XC60 here up to speed. All right, we're sitting here at a red light waiting for it to turn green. I'm just going to start here. 3 2 1 go. That's not bad. You're not going to have any issues emerging onto the highway. That was pretty darn decent. There was maybe ever so slight turbo lag at the very beginning cuz this is a turbocharged engine after all. But, that's definitely plenty of an acceleration emerging onto the highway. So, that definitely works for me. But, anyways, to go along with that acceleration, as always, braking is equally important. So, up front, you will find 13.6 in ventilated front discs. In the back, 12.6 in solid rear discs. As far as that XC60's stopping distance goes, comes in at 118 ft. There's nothing wrong with that. That's a sport sedan number. Overall, as far as braking feel goes, definitely a little bit on the firmer side of things. It's not a soft braking feel. I can tell you that. Um and that makes sense because 118 ft, that's a very respectable number. Like I said, typically, that's what a sport sedan comes in at. And typically, you got like 125 in SUVs. So, nothing wrong with that. So, then touching on suspension and handling, up front, you're going to get a double wishbone type front suspension. In the back, integral link rear suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars. Overall, as far as ride quality goes, it's actually been perfectly fine in our short little test drive here today. So, definitely shouldn't have any issues with that. As far as steering feel goes, I will say it is a noticeable difference depending upon the drive mode that you put it in. So, I still have it in that firm steering feel. It's a much heavier weight to it. So, it instantly points you in the direction that you want to go. I love it in that firm steering feel mode. I would never take it out of that because the steering feel it's so playful. It's a lot more fun to drive there. Now, if you wanted a more traditional looser steering feel, you got the soft mode for that as well. So, it kind of caters to everybody there. Uh as far as cabin noise goes, this is the perfect test. I'm going 57 mph right now. Be quiet here for a second. It's perfectly fine. I definitely don't have any issues with the cabin noise, and that's plenty on point there. They take a look at rear visibility looking at my rearview mirror. This is a decently shaped SUV, so you definitely should not have any issues with that. Also, like how the second row headrests fold down if they are not in use. That isn't always the case, so that gives you even better visibility. Like the second row headrests don't even exist. So, I think that's absolutely wonderful. But, let's touch on forward visibility a little bit. Rain-sensing windshield wipers do come standard on the Volvo XC60, so that's pretty cool. Whenever this thing detects any kind of mist or rainfall, it's going to automatically turn on these windshield wipers for you. Kind of like automatic headlights, it's one less thing you got to worry about there. And I'm also looking at a head-up display kind of. It's kind of hard to see through polarized sunglasses, but if I take these off, it's definitely super bright. I got my speed, and I got my speed limit just there to the right helping me keep my eyes better on the road so you can better enjoy the drive here in the XC60. But, that pretty much [laughter] wraps out the performance segment of this review, you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior now of our brand new 2027 Volvo XC60. All right, so here she is, you guys, the new 2027 Volvo XC60 finished in denim blue. In case you were curious of our exact exterior color name, but as always, let's go ahead and start with where the XC60 is made. This is the fun part, taking a look at the VIN. First character is the letter Y, indicating that the XC60 is built and assembled in Sweden, specifically Torslanda, Sweden, I think is what it said. So, I don't know how to say it, but you get it. Anyways, let's go ahead and start up front in this one. Front grille was reworked for last year, so it's essentially going to stay the same this year. You got that Volvo accent across the middle of it, and it was slightly larger for last year, so again, that carries over to 2027 unchanged. To the sides, LED headlights with LED Thor's hammer daytime running lights. Get the automatic feature with those. You also get automatic high beams. So, if you have your high beams on at night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's going to automatically dim them back to low beams, and when that vehicle is gone, it's going to automatically bounce it back up to high beams for you there. Actually, let me get up a little bit closer cuz I did want to show you guys one more thing. see that cutout just underneath of the headlights there? If you turn the windshield wiper fluid on to clean your windshield, it's also going to pop out. That little cutout is going to pop out a headlight washer with headlight washer fluid to also clean your headlights. So, that's a Volvo thing, man. That's a safety thing to make sure that you got perfect visibility at night. You got to appreciate that. That That's so Volvo right there. You got to love that. But, anyways, to the bottom corners there, you got LED fog lights then as well. But, that pretty much rounds out the front end of the XC60. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side. As we now step out of this VR round to the side of this one, gloss black or silver roof rails, depending upon the configuration that you go with. Gloss black or silver window surrounds as well. Rear privacy glass does come standard. Taking a look at the side mirrors, they are body colored or gloss black, again, depending upon the configuration that you go with. They will be power adjustable. They will be heated, and you're going to get LED integrated turn signals then as well. One of the cool things about the XC60 and really all Volvos is you also get body-colored fender surrounds and side skirts. And I only emphasize that because even a lot of luxury automakers will put matte black side skirts and fender surrounds, but it's such a more high-end look with the body-colored finishes. That's all I'm saying. So, I do appreciate you, Volvo, for making those body-colored, but then take a look down to the wheel setup. 18-in double five-spoke alloys for the core, 19-in diamond-cut alloys for the plus, and then 20-in diamond-cut alloys for our ultra trim level we have with us here today. I don't think I said that yet. We got the ultra trim level, so I'm going to be able to show you guys pretty much everything. But that pretty much rounds out the side profile. Let's now go ahead and swing around to the back. All right, so now let's wheel around to the back of the XC60. Starting all the way to the top, body-colored shark fin antenna. Just below that, you got the rear spoiler with the integrated brake light. Just below that, you got the rear window wiper. Quite large rear window wiper back there as well. I think it looks good, but you got the Volvo lettering spelled out horizontally, of course. LED tail lights do come standard in typical Volvo fashion there. And then just below it all, there are dual exhaust outlets. However, they are tucked away underneath, so kind of a clean look. I probably would prefer them integrated into the rear bumper, but still you do have dual exhaust outlets. So, having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next here. As always, here is that exhaust clip. All right, so now let's wheel around to the back of the XC60. When it comes to opening that rear liftgate, it's actually a hands-free power liftgate. That does come standard for all trim levels across the board, so that's pretty cool. There's a button on the key fob, of course. It's on the side of the key fob, and there's a rubberized button on the liftgate itself then as well. But once opened up, cargo capacity behind that second row comes in at 22.4 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, of course the second row does fold down. It's going to bump that up to 63.3 cubic feet then. Got some cargo lighting back there. There's grocery bag hooks, tie-down anchors, a first-aid kit. Typical Volvo fashion, they always want you to be safe. 12-V power outlet in the back. You got a cargo cover in there. If you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor, you will find a spare tire, which you guys know I always love to see as opposed to the fix-a-flat. So, that's a big win for me. But then making our way up to the rear legroom, that comes in at 38 in even. For reference, I'm an even 6 ft tall. This is how much space I had in the back seats there. Get a rear center armrest with cup holders. Got rear ventilation back there. Dual rear USB charging ports, and then heated rear seats are going to be available. They do not come standard, but they are there if you wanted them. But, then making our way up to the front seats, this was the best, guys. Here's why. Leather seating for the Plus and the Ultra trim levels. Power adjustable front seats do come standard. Heated front seats do come standard. Ventilated front seats are going to come with the Ultra. Power adjustable passenger seat for the Ultra. Of course, you get the flag of Sweden found on the passenger seat in typical Volvo fashion there. And of course, I had the massaging seats on my entire drive so far here today. So, you got to appreciate the massaging seats whenever they're available. So, I was a big fan of the seat comfort just for the massaging seats reason. Honestly, they're not the best. Like, they're not the most comfortable seats, but then you add the massaging part of it, and then it all makes up for it basically. That's the way that works. But, then making our way to the steering wheel, it is tilt and telescoping. It is a two-tone leather wrapped, which I always appreciate. That's kind of a Volvo thing as well. And uh heated steering wheel also comes standard, so I liked that. Then making our way to the start up, let me start by showing you guys the key here. You got your Volvo logo on the one side. All of your buttons are on the side of the key. Um lock, unlock, and the button to pop the rear liftgate there. But, it is all keyless entry with a turn knob start. So, you turn it to the right to start it. You never turn it to the left. Whatever you do, do not turn it to the left. You know why? Because you can't. You turn it to the right to start and turn it to the right to stop it. I'm just messing with you guys, but anyways, once started up, 12.3-in digital gauge cluster does come standard and it's pretty darn good looking. There's two rectangular buttons on the right hand side of the steering wheel and that's how you put the map display up there, which by the way is brought to you by Google Maps. You got your speed odometer all the way to your left, tachometer is on your right. There's outside temperature to the top and of course how many miles you have left until you hit empty at the very bottom. So, it's a pretty darn good looking gauge cluster. Wouldn't have minded a bit more customization to it. Maybe Volvo make some different looks to your gauges, maybe some throwback gauge clusters from Volvos back in the day. There's so much customization you can do with a digital gauge cluster. This doesn't look bad, don't get me wrong. I like this look, but I would like some more customization because then you can appeal to more people. But anyways, let's now go ahead and make our way to overall interior quality. A panoramic sunroof does come standard for all trim levels. You get some LED interior lighting and all you got to do is touch the ceiling in this thing, the the lights I mean. And they're going to turn on and off, so there's no physical buttons. That's pretty cool. A frameless rear view mirror with Homelink controls for up to three different garage doors on the bottom portion of that mirror. Four-zone climate control for the ultra trim level, so driver, passenger and both rear passengers can set their own individual temperatures back there. A dual-zone climate control though coming with the core and the plus. You get some matte wood trim and it's probably the lightest color wood trim I've ever seen, so it's very beachy. I like that. Wireless phone charger located just in front of the shifter. A crystal shifter by Orrefors, which is LED backlit as well. That's probably the best part about the interior. I absolutely love that. It's so unique. Nobody else is doing that. And by the way, Orrefors is a glass company based in Sweden. So, everything about this car is from Sweden. That's pretty darn cool because no other manufacturers besides maybe I think Koenigsegg, I could be wrong there, are from Sweden. So, I think the only thing I would change about the interior would be to add a navy blue or some type of a blue interior like Volvo used to do back in the day. Um I know you can get this light color, this blonde interior, which I think is what it's called. It It looks pretty darn good. I I like that, but would have loved to have seen a blue interior. I'm just saying, but you got some aluminum speaker covers as well. We'll be testing out that sound system in a little bit here, but speaking of, let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen here. An 11.2-in touchscreen display does come standard. You get Bluetooth and audio streaming, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, factory navigation system, believe it or not, comes standard as well. You can check out your climate control settings up there. You can check out your driving statistics. You can check out your driving modes. You can adjust your massaging seat functions cuz there's different types of massages, different intensities, things like that. So, that's always fun to play around with, I guess. And of course, you got your radio information up there as well. So, when it comes to the sound systems, there are two of them. So, you get 10 speakers for the core and the plus trim levels, but then the ultra we have with us here today is going to give you a 14-speaker Harman Kardon surround sound system. So, having said that, let's go ahead and turn on the radio. Let's see what we got playing this morning and let's test out the clarity of this one. >> [music] >> Actually pretty good. Plenty of bass there, plenty of clarity. Um never heard of Teddy Swims before, but I do appreciate the fact that he knows how to swim. That's always a good thing. But yeah, that's a plenty good sound system for this thing. And again, they have aluminum speaker covers, so that makes it even better. But last thing I wanted to mention to you guys on that infotainment screen is when you do put the XC60 in reverse, you will find a rearview camera coming standard across the board. You also get that 360-degree monitor there at the very top of the screen as well, which is always nice. But that as always is going to lead us into safety. And so, starting with the best part of course the xc60 is an IIHS top safety pick plus which is the very highest designation given by IIHS. So that pretty much says it all right there. That's what Volvo's are known for is their safety and the xc60 is got it. That's all I'm saying. Front side side curtain airbags do come standard you get a driver's knee airbag as well and the back you got latch aka lower anchors and tethers to children for the rear car seats. Rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system but also coming standard the fun stuff. Blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert, autonomous emergency braking, collision avoidance assist with pedestrian, cyclist, and large animal detection. They had to put that for the moose of course. Driver attention monitoring system, lane departure warning, lane keep assist, rear parking sensors, and run off road mitigation then as well. So overall when it comes to my final thoughts of Volvo xc60 of course is known for incredible safety so that's the first thing I got to mention. Great interior quality especially the crystal shifter by Orrefors. I love that. I love that it's LED backlit. I can't really show it to you guys right now cuz it's a super nice sunny day today but uh when you're driving this thing at night that's going to look dang good. I love this steering feel firm mode that was definitely a lot of fun. It made driving this thing more fun. I'll put it that way that that heavier feel to the steering made it feel more like a sport sedan kind of. I think the only thing that bothers me ever so slightly now is uh a little bit of turbo lag when I hit the gas there but that could be just because I'm being spoiled by electric cars lately and the acceleration on those is just instantaneous absolutely insane but maybe that doesn't bother you so it's all good and yeah I think that's about it. Let me know what you guys think of the xc60 in the comments section below. I do love reading your comments. That's about it for this one you guys. Thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow me on social media stuff if you like. Be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in need of new car reviews. That is what I've been doing here for 12 years now. I'm getting old. Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay golden. >> I do. I do.