2023 Mercedes-AMG EQE 4MATIC Sedan Let’s start with the essentials, and then quickly move into the joys and costs of owning and driving the totally electrified Mercedes-AMG EQE sedan. It’s fast: the least expensive version will do 0-100 km/hour in a posted 6.3 seconds from an electric powertrain rated at 288 horsepower/564 lb-ft of torque. …
Volvo S60 Recharge: Personal Driving Machine with EV Twist
Review: 2023 Volvo S60 Recharge Review The vitals: 64 km of all-electric range, 455 net total horsepower and 0-100 km/h in 4.5 seconds. Add in a professional office-like cabin, built-in Google, lovely Bowers & Wilkins audio, plenty of driver-assistance technology and energy efficiency that comes in at 3.0 combined Le/100 km if you drive a …
What is the Future for Volvo’s Station Wagons?
The Atlantic magazine once published a charming piece called The Last, Great, Gasp of the American Station Wagon . Charles Moss reminisced about a childhood spent loathing the family’s nine-passenger, 1984 Chevrolet Caprice Classic wagon, with its faux wood paneling and rooftop rack. “I waited impatiently for it to die so we could buy a …
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2024 Volvo V90CC: Goldilocks
2024 Volvo V90CC Volvo Car’s V90 Cross Country (or CC) is what I call an aspiring “Goldilocks” car. That is, the V90CC, Volvo hopes, lands in the sweet spot between a traditional passenger car and a conventional SUV (sport-utility vehicle). Volvo then throws in a mild hybrid system to placate the Green Agenda folks and …
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