2022 Volvo XC60 B5 Inscription - Is It Better Than Ever?

Hey guys, welcome to today's vehicle visionary. Today I'm at Holmes Volvo Cars here in Shreveport, Louisiana and this is the

2022

version of the Volvo

xc60

. The first thing we notice is one of the new colors, this is the new pine grain metallic color for the

2022

model year. and other changes you will notice, this is a b5, not a t5 but a b5, the t5 and the t6 They have been removed and you will now find b5 and b6 in their places. There are also some small adjustments at the front with the grille. We will see it shortly when we do our exterior tour.

One of the biggest changes is that the infotainment system now uses Google Assistant and I actually think that's cool because it's so fun to play with and has some really cool and unique features. Let's get started and see exactly what you can expect if this is a model you want to buy for 2022. Okay, on this bright sunny day, you'll have to take my word for it, but it has LED headlights, of course, daytime running lights. You can see I have my turn signal lights on and a common question people will ask is if they have turn signal indicators built into the side mirrors.

Hopefully you can see it flashing right there, but there, anyway, are 19-inch wheels. Let's see. If we can get down here and give you a good look now, I might have lied earlier because I actually ended up taking a photo and inserting it earlier when I said we'd take a look at the slightly revised front grille later in the video. We already did that, I showed a photo before that, but as you can see, there's a change to the grille and just a quick overview look at the b5 version of the

volvo

xc60

and we'll just take a quick look around it. kind of a panoramic tour as you can see there it's b5 in case you didn't believe me that's what it is that's how youtube works people will often say it's not a b5 it's a t5 because that's how youtube corrects the nazis as I like Call them to work in the comments section sometimes and of course you'll still have a lot of that same great exterior look.

I always liked this overall design of the taillights here. I don't know, that really highlights the xc60. Any of these xc models have chrome trim here around the windows at the bottom of the door cell and the roof rails. One thing I want to say here is a model that is available just like all Volvo XC models. in all-wheel drive or two wheels, which would be front-wheel drive. One thing I like here is being a cog. I like opening the hood of cars and I like the fact that it's not difficult to find the hood opening.

It is this. Yellow release right here and I'm going to open that up. That's why I love these struts here. A lot of people don't understand why I like having the struts here where you don't have to look around. something special to open the hood and then you have to lift it with the manual rod, so now we can take a look at the 2-liter turbocharged direct injection 4-cylinder engine that is mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission that produces 247 horsepower force. the engine, not the transmission, rebroadcasts those numbers trying to silence those youtube correction nazis. 247 horsepower coming from the engine and 258 pound-feet of torque and let's take a look here.

I'll show you how easily you can see this, but here. come on, I don't know if you can see that with the glow 23 miles per gallon in the city, 30 estimated on the highway, a combined total of 26 in gas mileage, which is obviously one of the biggest advantages for the engine under the hood On this model and you still have the hands-free tailgate option for 2022, cargo space goes from 17.8 to 63.6 cubic feet and good news for those of you who don't like car repair kits. tires that appear on many more. In vehicles these days there is a spare tire under the floor.

It's a little difficult for me to show it with just one hand, but let's do it just on one side. Here I'll show you how to lower the back seats so you can see it as we go. Take your first look inside. We'll take a closer look here in just a second, but you still have the release mechanism here that makes putting the seat down much easier and of course very easy to get back up, and it does. We still have the pass-through option if you want to take advantage of that and now as we officially head to the back seat and inside, just to show you a little bit of what's in here, we have plenty of cargo space.

The space for the rear seat passengers here is very comfortable, in fact, and of course, you have climate control here in the rear, as you can see, you even have the possibility of using heated seats here in the rear as well , although we definitely don't have it. I need it today and let's see if I can come down here and show you a little picture of the connectivity available before we jump into the actual shopping area and by the way, there's still a sunroof here, the panoramic sunroof. I give you a

better

view from a different angle, but if you're wondering if there is still a panoramic sunroof available, the answer is yes, okay, a quick look here at the dashboard today is a little difficult to get a good view without reflections, I do not do it.

I know if I can do that or not, but I have navigation up there right now. I like the fact that it is on the dashboard and here is something interesting: this

volvo

xc60 comes with a flashing light here, in fact all vehicles do, but if you don't know. how does that work in case you're one of those people who sees that arrow flashing right and then when I push the stick down it flashes left which tells the drivers around you what you're doing by turning right the left. or the right thing or what you could be doing imagine the novelty of doing those things to let people know what you're doing on the road anyway, joking aside you should watch some of these videos, especially if you made it to this point, here there are your controls.

I don't have to explain that, I hope not, but if you want to open the power tailgate from the driver's seat, that's how the steering wheel-mounted controls are done, and of course the main area of ​​interest here is the infotainment. system now you might be wondering if we still have the air conditioning controls here on the screen or inside the screen and the answer is yes, so I think I'm going to leave that on, I actually hope the error doesn't bother anyone, but Here's the good thing: you can talk to Google and ask questions like this Hi Google, how much gas do I have left?

Your gas is running low, so consider filling the tank. You can still drive about 29 miles and you can also ask a lot of questions. from other questions, including this one, hey google, tell me a joke, why are stadiums so cool because they're full of fans? Yeah, you've probably heard that, but I also make noise with the battery in your head, so anyway look at the gear shift here and try to take a good look, I know we have the glare of the sun that doesn't help us too much , but here with the center console we have practically the same design and layout that we have seen in the past and we will open.

Up here to show you

ever

ything that's there. You have part of your connectivity. Connectivity available. How much space is there here? I guess if you folded your visionary vehicle tees just right, four, maybe five could fit in there. I don't know, you might be able to push six, it's very hard to say for sure, but ultimately it's a very tasteful vehicle, very nice to sit in and drive, and I like the new technology and, by the way, while we're sitting. here, let me make sure I cover a couple of things here on the screen, including the rearview camera, which you have there, nice clear view, and let's see here, you can also, you don't have to be in r

ever

se to take advantage of that camera. so it's always a good feature to have there as we head out here for a quick test drive the first thing i have to say about the xc60 is the fact that it drives so well the smooth ride quality really catches my eye and, although where we are now these roads are pretty smooth, but I just left an area where they are not so smooth, in fact, I like to say as I drive through most of the areas of Shreveport Louisiana here in northwest Louisiana, well , I have my own Test Track to test the suspension, dampers and ride quality, so overall the ride quality here is excellent and of course you have the driver's aim or driver aids.

Let's put the s in the right place. Driver assists such as lane keeping assist and blind spot. I notice all those good things that work so well and I like the fact that here, if I can get a photo so you can see it somehow, it's hard to do that because I don't have enough gopros to go around. I could put something in an area like the rearview mirror, but I like the fact that the blind spot indicator is so large, you don't really have to look for it. You know, when it comes on, that's a really positive thing for Volvo I.

I would say in some vehicles it's a very small, tiny icon, you almost have to take out a magnifying glass in some vehicles to see it in the rear view mirror, it's not like that here and the drivability which the quality of the steering will say is very good, very responsive. I have a very nice and comfortable leather-wrapped steering wheel. It makes a big difference in feeling like you're really in control of many vehicles. You know, you just have a little bit of play in the wheel, not so much here. and I'm not going to say it's high performance, but it's certainly not far from it.

I just like the fact that everything is very responsive and of course, like I said, you have that blind spot detection, but you don't really. you have a bad blind spot if you're like me and even though those driver aids are there I still look over my right shoulder when moving changing lanes to the right whatever I'm doing it's a habit I've been in doing. For a long time I started driving in the early 1990s, so it's a little hard to kick that habit, but overall everything here is very easy to use. I love having Google Assistant here.

Everything is super easy to use, even the head-up display, I don't know. I did mention that before, but there's a head-up display here, so there's a lot of great amenities and just a fun vehicle to drive in all the size of the xc60, which makes it easy to get around and what I know a lot of people are going to to say that we have to cover this very quickly because it will be low on power, not so much, I mean, I can't push it too much in this area, but just press the pedal to get up.

Accelerating is no problem so I'm definitely not underpowered in my opinion and keep in mind I'm a high performance enthusiast, a former racing driver soon to be again so if I tell you it's not underpowered, It probably isn't and that's a journey. the 2022 version of the volvo xc60 tell me what you think if you plan to buy one of these, what exactly are you planning to buy? I have to especially thank my friends here at Volvo Cars of Shreveport and all of you for being kind. enough to give me the opportunity to give you an insight into your next vehicle.

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