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If you get nightmares about your teenage offspring’s driving passion or if you feel at a loss when your child insists on taking his/her jumbo teddy bear, Barbie-doll house and toy train in your car for a family picnic, don’t be distressed, because your prayers relating to ‘car space and driving anxiety’ will be answered by the Volvo XC90, a medium crossover SUV which made a debut into the car showrooms in 2003 and which is built by the Swedish corporation Volvo. A combination of ravishing beauty with poise, the Volvo XC90 is a car that focuses on passenger safety and child compatibility as much as it does on décor and efficacy. | |
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The Roll Stability Control of the Volvo XC90 utilizes a gyro sensor to detect any impending rollover condition, and gears the Stability Control facility immediately into effect to avoid the rollover.
The Blind Spot Information System (BLIS) examines impressions from cameras set on lateral mirrors and cautions the driver with the help of a flickering light about other automobiles coming in the range of the Volvo XC90’s blind spot. Besides the BLIS that is unique to a rare group of cars such as the Volvo XC90, the car possesses the conventional safety equipments such as airbags for all the passengers and the driver, anti-whiplash seats and a state-of-the art communication facility that is well equipped for crisis situations. The Volvo XC90 has achieved top grades in the NHTSA and IIHS crash tests.
So, be rest assured about seeing your college kid safe and sound in the morning after he/she has borrowed your Volvo XC90 for attending a midnight bash.
The Volvo XC90 3.2 variant of the Volvo XC90 possesses an all-wheel drive and runs on a 3.2-liter 6-cylinder engine that produces a horsepower of 235. The Volvo XC90 V8 variant of the Volvo XC90 also possesses an all-wheel drive and runs on a 4.4-liter V8 engine that produces 311 hp and offers tremendous scope for accelerating and thus acquiring a speed of 60 miles per hour in 7.6 seconds flat.
Other features of the Volvo XC90 include:
- Hind parking alarms
- Comfortable seats made from expensive leather
- A backseat amusement facility with screens
- A DVD operated navigation facility
- A Dolby Pro Logic II acoustics facility
- Air-control facilities that can warn passengers about harmful impurities entering the car’s premises
- Soundproof technology that ensures pin-drop silence within the car so that your baby doesn’t wake up and bawl after you have just cajoled it to a sweet sleep.
- AWD facilities that fortify the car for traversing roads steeped several inches in snow and during adventure cruises.
