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Have a 2016 XC90 where we did an OSD with it. We're keeping it forever.
If you don't like the look of the EX90, it's because you're not who they're targeting with it. Do you know how often the people who actually buy XC90s talk about the way they look? Pretty much never. Volvo is targeting people primarily concerned with safety, who want an interior made of sustainable and even vegan materials (why the pictured interior doesn't look particularly luxurious), where the car operates in an optimal manner when used daily. I was asked to fill out a few surveys by Volvo on my typical climate control settings, the fan speed, and the preferred noise level of the fan and then several surveys about my preferred seating materials along with explaining those preferences. The results shared that I've seen place the importance of appearance towards the very bottom.
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11-09-2022, 11:57 PM | #29 |
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It seems like this type of design would be the obvious evolutionary next step. I mean when all cars had physical gauges, buttons, radios etc they all had the same basic design also. Gauges inside some kind of "visor" then your radio and other stuff in the center somewhere. Same basic concept forever. Then we got screens in cars and we went through some growing pains trying to figure out how to fit these things in the dash. Remember BMWs infamous double humps? Now I think we have had screens in the dash figured out for a while and we get some cool designs.
Then came tesla and threw a big ass ipad in the middle of the dash and called it a day. I mean the model s follows a pretty standard interior design... just with an oddly large screen in the middle instead of a small screen and buttons. I think what we see now is just an evolution of that. People want bigger and bigger screens and more screens and I think we are in the growing pains stage of figuring out how best to integrate all these screens. It's like pre-smartphone cellphones that had all kinds of crazy designs (even though the basics were the same). Then out came the iphone and all we have now are basically screens in varying sizes. |
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11-11-2022, 09:51 AM | #34 |
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But you're ok paying $1500 for a plain old boring ICE grocery getter? Because when I think Volvo I think grocery getter not exciting sports car.
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11-11-2022, 12:17 PM | #35 |
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No, but there’s just something about the iPad-centric interiors that look and feel so cheap. What’s differentiating an $80k Volvo interior from a $30k Hyundai if they both have similar screens and leather seats? The interior literally looks like every single other EV that isn’t a Taycan.
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11-11-2022, 01:26 PM | #37 | |
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While this Volvo design is very simple and plain I don't think it looks cheap. It's a very nice clean design IMO and the materials at least appear to be good quality. I'm not sure the target Volvo owner would prefer the MB hyper screen... but the people that do can always get a MB instead or a BMW. The new 7 series interior is pretty crazy looking. |
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11-11-2022, 01:27 PM | #38 |
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Very true. Like the recent savagegeese review of EQE. EV's will be differentiated by their gimmicks. They will all essentially drive the same. Hopefully Porsche has some tricks up their sleeves, to give their EV's some personality.
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When road deaths as a result of tablets in cars become commonplace, which believe me they will, manufacturers will take an about turn. I cannot fathom how using a phone is illegal, yet fiddling around on a tablet to heat your seats is acceptable. It truly is utter madness.
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When I watched the launch last week I swore the presenter (I think it's the CEO) said 600km on a full charge. The video you posted supports what I thought I heard. That's about 373 miles. That's worth noting because Volvo keeps advertising the range as "up to 300 miles". Is the range of 600km only for the EU market?
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