Volvo's stretched S90 goes on sale in China
Volvo Car Corp. launched sales of its fourth locally produced model, the elongated S90 sedan, in a bid to challenge Audi's dominance of China's luxury market.
The stretched S90 has a starting price of 389,800 yuan ($56,000).
The car is 5,083 mm (200.1 inches) long, 1,879 mm wide and 1,450 mm tall. Its wheelbase is 3,061 mm, 120 mm longer than the regular S90.
The sedan will mainly compete with the stretched Audi A6.
The elongated S90 is assembled at Volvo's plant in the northeast China city of Daqing. It carries a 2.0-liter turbocharged gasoline engine and an eight-speed automatic transmission.
Volvo plans to export the long-wheelbase S90 from China to Europe and North America.
The car will be the second Volvo model built in China and sold in the United States. The first model was the stretched S60 Inscription, which is built at Volvo's plant in the southwest China city of Chengdu.
Volvo plans to launch production of the top-of-the-line S90 Excellence at the Daqing plant. That factory also produces the XC Classic, which is the first-generation XC90 crossover.
At the Chengdu plant, Volvo now assembles the XC60 crossover and the elongated S60 sedan.
The Swedish automaker also is building a third Chinese assembly plant. The new factory, in the city of Luqiao south of Shanghai, will produce Volvo's 40-series compact cars.
For the first 11 months, Volvo delivered 80,759 vehicles in China, an increase of 13 percent from the same period last year.
The car is 5,083 mm (200.1 inches) long, 1,879 mm wide and 1,450 mm tall. Its wheelbase is 3,061 mm, 120 mm longer than the regular S90.
The sedan will mainly compete with the stretched Audi A6.
The elongated S90 is assembled at Volvo's plant in the northeast China city of Daqing. It carries a 2.0-liter turbocharged gasoline engine and an eight-speed automatic transmission.
Volvo plans to export the long-wheelbase S90 from China to Europe and North America.
The car will be the second Volvo model built in China and sold in the United States. The first model was the stretched S60 Inscription, which is built at Volvo's plant in the southwest China city of Chengdu.
Volvo plans to launch production of the top-of-the-line S90 Excellence at the Daqing plant. That factory also produces the XC Classic, which is the first-generation XC90 crossover.
At the Chengdu plant, Volvo now assembles the XC60 crossover and the elongated S60 sedan.
The Swedish automaker also is building a third Chinese assembly plant. The new factory, in the city of Luqiao south of Shanghai, will produce Volvo's 40-series compact cars.
For the first 11 months, Volvo delivered 80,759 vehicles in China, an increase of 13 percent from the same period last year.
