Volvo S60 Cross Country Stands Tall Before Detroit

Volvo will bring a car crossover new thing to Detroit this year that stands in a segment of its own.

The company announced today that it will bring a “Cross Country” variant of the S60 sedan to the Detroit Auto Show. With it, Volvo is trying to cash in with a new skew on crossovers by building a cross-bred sedan and utility vehicle.

Its ride height is increased by 2.5 inches and comes with all-wheel drive, a combination that Volvo says will make the S60 Cross Country “the only truly capable and stylish all-road sedan crossover on the market.”

2015 Detroit Auto Show Preview

Apart from adding a higher riding suspension, the car also comes with high profile tires wrapping 18- or 19-inch alloys and the company’s T5 inline five-cylinder turbocharged engine making 250 hp.

Volvo will presumably package the car with the same six-speed automatic that it does for the U.S. market S60. Volvo will sell the S60 Cross Country in the U.S., Canada, Russia and Europe. The company says it expects to begin delivering the S60 Cross Country on a limited basis starting in the summer, but it didn’t announce what, if any, production limits exist.

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