2019 Volvo S60

Vehicle Overview

Our beautiful Pebble Gray Volvo S60 T6 is a study in paying attention to the small things. Lets compare the difference between a luxury home and the houses most of us live in. It is more than just the footprint, the number of rooms, or the setting. It's equally about the design details inside: the finishes, the materials, and the craftsmanship, all of which add up to a big difference. There's nothing wrong with an inexpensive bathroom-sink faucet you can pick up at Lowe's but the sinks in that expensive upscale center city condo are probably adorned with something more like a MaestroBath  crystal unit that costs a small fortune. Suddenly, washing your hands is an upscale experience that makes you feel better.
Driving our S60 T6 is a lot like that. Actually, you don't even have to drive it. Just slide behind the wheel and see if the world doesn't immediately seem like a better place. Volvo has been pushing its image further away from stoic and safety conscious and closer to design forward. In fact, the brand is already there, and the S60 puts an exclamation point on that effort. The Volvo is surprisingly engaging to drive, being both athletic and refined. The turbo- and supercharged four is responsive in all speed ranges, and its exhaust note-growly at lower engine speeds but a little whooshy at high rpm-is more appropriate here than in other Volvo models, which can sound a bit sporty.
It's easy to find yourself comfortably flying along an undulating two-lane road at an eyebrow-raising clip.        And as athletic as it is, it nonetheless is smooth across all but the most mottled city surfaces.
The S60's interior actually feels as if it was designed by a fine-arts major. The instrument panel's roller-coaster lower section, trimmed in textured aluminum, is an intriguing sculptural element. The materials throughout the cabin are rich and handsomely accented with high level linear deco inlay. The front seats, unlike the straightforward leather buckets in many cars have stylish, complex lower cushions similar to what you'd find on a piece of fine furniture. The engine-start toggle and the sound system's volume knob have jeweled surfaces. The Leather seating surfaces are pulled taut, and every one of the many sewn seams is arrow straight. The graphics of the digital instrument cluster and the infotainment system's touchscreen are rendered in crisp fonts. In other words, the S60's cabin looks a lot like that of every recent Volvo-which is to say, beautiful.
The S60 model has proven to be one of the best and one of the most popular in the Volvo line up.