沃尔沃正在基于SPA平台开发全新XC60，最近谍照记者在瑞典北部拍到了正在进行寒冷气候测试的原型车。当时该车进行了重度伪装以掩盖新车设计。这款车的外观与XC90有很多相似之处。标志性的垂直尾灯仍将存在并进化到新一代，而车头的前大灯将采用雷神之锤LED日间行驶灯，这与车厂所有基于SPA平台的车型一样。车身尺寸也将小幅增加以增加乘客活动空间和行李箱容积，使新车更适合长途旅行。虽然新车更大，但车重将进一步降低以提升燃油经济性和性能。至于动力系统，预计将搭载一系列四缸汽油和柴油引擎，这些引擎都将于XC90搭载的引擎差不多。顶级款 T6 Twin Engine将与车厂去年发布的S60L T6 Twin Engine采用相同结构。虽然有人称该车将在明年法兰克福车展亮相，但“Volvo Way to Market”规划并不包括在该车展举行发布会。沃尔沃只参加三个车展，包括日内瓦、北京/上海车展和北美车展。沃尔沃或许会在明年为XC60单独组织一个发布会，或者选择明年1月的北美车展发布该车。
All-new Volvo XC60 caught at home in snowy Sweden
Volvo is working on an all-new version based on the company’s SPA platform that debuted on its bigger brother, the XC90.
The prototype has been spotted conducting cold-weather testing in northern Sweden still carrying a lot of camouflage to conceal a design that by the looks of it will have a lot in common with the XC90. The signature vertical taillights will live to see another generation while up front the headlights will host those fancy Thor’s Hammer LED daytime running lights as seen on Volvo’s SPA-based models.
A minor increase in size is expected to free up more room for passengers as well as increase the trunk’s capacity to make the new XC60 a better companion on longer trips. Even though it will likely end up a tad bigger, the SPA hardware will bring a weight loss that will also pay dividends in terms of efficiency and performance.
As far as the engines are concerned, an assortment of turbocharged four-cylinder gasoline and diesel units will be on offer and are going to be closely related to those inside the XC90. The top-of-the-range variant is expected to be a T6 Twin Engine model in the same vein as the S60L T6 Twin Engine launched in China last year.
Some say the second-gen XC60 will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2017, but that can’t be true because the “Volvo Way to Market” strategy does not include a presence at IAA. Volvo is only attending three big car shows: Geneva, the alternating Shanghai/Beijing, and the North American International Auto Show (Detroit). That’s why we believe the XC60 will either be introduced at a special event next year organized just for it, or it will bow in January 2018 at NAIAS.