Please don’t confuse the new Volvo V90 Cross Country wagon with the recently released 2016 XC90 crossover. While both feature all-wheel drive, room for at least five, and unmistakable Swedish bloodlines, one is a no-bones-about-it crossover, whereas the other is a sculpted hunk of Swedish wagonoid art that happens to ride a tad higher than its V90 sibling.
The final piece of the 90-series puzzle, the V90 Cross Country represents the latest interpretation of nearly 20 years of Cross Country models. Built on the maker’s SPA platform (for Scalable Product Architecture), the new V90 Cross Country is no mere aesthetic package, Volvo claims, but a “blend of powerful off-road capability in a most elegant, sophisticated, tailored wagon suit.” We get that, given how taken we are with the regular V90’s styling and the fact that the model seen here is essentially a lifted version of that model. The Cross Country has black plastic trim on its rocker panels and wheel arches, as well as significantly bigger wheels, but the two V90s could otherwise be mistaken for twins.
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