Dynamic driving
Then why can't I bite XC90' s back anyway? Driving skill is on the one hand, and on the other hand, thanks to the excellent chassis adjustment of XC90-although this big man looks like a family man and is harmless to people and animals, XC90 can "walk as fast as flying" on the mountain road as long as the driver is willing.
Of course, it is best to put it in the first lecture. Only from the driving point of view, the chassis adjustment of XC90 is worthy of the words "stable, accurate and solid", and its suspension supports the body quite well, which makes the heavy body irregularly shift its center of gravity in successive mountain roads, but it always conveys to the driver a firm and unbreakable sense of balance, and at the same time, the dynamic follow-up of the rear is quite faithful; At this time, the road sense feedback has reached a delicate balance between sportiness and comfort, which not only ensures the sense of isolation that medium and large luxury SUVs should have, but also does not make drivers lose their perception of road and tire information excessively. If the performance of steering and gearbox is not satisfactory, I will almost regard XC90 as a sports car.
So how did the steering and gearbox of XC90 wake me up from my dream of a sports car? The answer is simple. They impair the comfort of daily driving. For me, today in 2020, steering full of electronic breath is not a disadvantage, because it is common for everyone, but besides, the delay in inputting steering instructions by the front of the car is unbearable, which makes it impossible for the driver to get useful information from the steering of XC90. The whole steering process is not so much the communication between people and cars, but rather the feeling to provide XC90 with roughly needed steering quantity. The front four-wheel drive system also invisibly increases the pressure on the front and rear wheels. If you enter the corner at the wrong speed or steering force, even tenacious suspension can't restrain the lateral swing of the front of the car, and eventually it will naturally push the head.
Forgot to mention the gearbox. Matching XC90' s T6 2.0L turbocharged engine is Aisin's 8-speed automatic manual transmission. For daily driving in the default driving mode, it is completely possible to shift gears smoothly and naturally speed up, but the problem lies in its hesitation to continuously downshift when accelerating sharply. Of course, this is an inevitable sacrifice to take care of fuel economy. This is completely understandable, but even in sport mode, the downshift of XC90 is still not firm enough. The abrupt sense of step-by-step downshift is obvious, which not only affects the speed-up efficiency, but also leads to the gradual roar of the engine, which is somewhat inappropriate for XC90.
However, because in real life, 99% of XC90 owners don't regard TA as a sports car, but if measured by the standard of family car, XC90 will show congenital deficiency in some aspects-the biggest problem is its suspension. As a T6-class entry-level configuration model, this XC90 is not equipped with 4C adaptive suspension, so while providing strong support performance, TA can't take into account more comfort-for example, in the face of the impact caused by road bumps such as speed bumps, the suspension of XC90 can't be absorbed as effectively as other luxury brand SUVs in the same class. Obviously, the damping of its shock absorber is a little high at low speed, but the suspension is a complex assembly composed of shock absorber, spring, stabilizer bar and rubber parts. I can't simply attribute one characteristic to one reason, so as a layman who is not a car major, I'm still conservative, that is, the suspension of XC90 was adjusted too hard and rebounded a little when crossing the ditch.
So after a test drive on a mountain road nearly 200 kilometers back and forth, I was full of doubts about the positioning of Volvo XC90: Is this a home SUV? Not really, the setting of the whole chassis is too fierce, leaving little room for comfort; But is it a sports SUV? No, the steering and gearbox are still typical family car orientations, and intense driving is almost boring after all. So after such a wonderful dynamic driving, I thought of a very "friendly" name for Volvo models at the forum: Nordic Rough Man.
In a car forum I often go to, netizens will "affectionately" refer to Volvo, especially Volvo XC90 (and S90) as "Nordic rough man". One of the reasons is that you can see from the dynamic driving just now (where can you locate such a strange family car), and the other reason is that the XC90 (like S90) has the same "characteristics", which makes people confused whether it is love or not.
Nowadays, "Nordic style" has almost become synonymous with "minimalist style", and compared with the increasingly glamorous interiors of other luxury brands at the same level, Volvo XC90 is really "Nordic". The whole interior not only looks light, but also feels and smells light-no other meaning, I am really praising XC90, because it is a quasi-new car, but there is no pungent smell in the car that a new car should have, which is extremely rare among all car brands now, and this naturally benefits from Volvo's environmental protection and health concept in interior materials, which takes good care of the elderly, children and allergic people; Correspondingly, of course, the material itself is not "advanced". Soft plastic with hardness comparable to that of hard plastic constitutes the main component of XC90 interior trim panel, which relies on solid wood interior trim panel to save the scene and improve the temperament.
Volvo's seat is the most controversial part of the forum-without it, everyone thinks its seat is too hard. But personally, I think there is nothing wrong with this seat of XC90. On the contrary, its comfort is quite excellent. Although the seat filler is not thick, the support strength at each position is just right. You won't feel tired even if you sit for a long time. Obviously, I have seriously considered the ergonomic design, and I like it very much.
Because it is an entry-level T6 model, the front seat of this XC90 has no leg rest, which is naturally a little less interesting than the model with higher configuration. The seating experience of the second and third rows is similar to that of the first row. Although their head and leg space is absolutely sufficient, there is no independent comfortable configuration, which is relatively shabby. And most importantly, the rear two rows of seats only support pure manual adjustment! This is quite terrible. You know, some adjustment functions test waist strength and arm strength very much. In my personal experience, if you want to exercise while driving, it is quite appropriate to buy this car. ...
The adjustable range of the back two rows of seats is very large, and you can get very flat storage space in the luggage compartment after all the seats are put down. But as I said before, pure manual adjustment is really too tired. How can you spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a car, but spend all day worrying about these details? ...
So you should have found out why people call the Volvo XC90 "Nordic Rough Man", because its understanding and interpretation of the household SUV is so unique that people can't figure out how to introduce this car at the moment-in the past few years, the Volvo XC90 has a high reputation, because before Cadillac XT6 went on the market, it was the cheapest one among the large seven-seat SUVs in luxury brands; Of course, today is different. Before it was made in China, it was impossible for XC90 to attract consumers by price. However, for me, this character of XC90 is actually very appetizing and has a good cost-effective advantage. If you give me a car purchase budget of 600,000-700,000, I will give priority to TA.