 So if you guys put back to another one, if you're new to the channel, I am Goldpony, I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we're in the brand new 2023 Volvo V60 courtesy of younger Volvo in Hagerstown, Maryland. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so we're in this one today for one because it is a wagon and wagons are freaking awesome. But you guys know with Volvo, you're either going to get the made in China or Sweden dependent upon the vehicle that you go with. The new is the VIN actually starts with a Y. So the V60 is built in Sweden. So absolutely love that as well. And there's actually some changes for the 2023 Volvo V60 as well. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. So essentially there are two trim levels for the 2023 V60 cross country. First one being the plus trim level, which is the one we have today, starting at $50,095. Then there is the ultimate starting at $55,395. But regardless of trim level that you go with, the power plate on this one is going to be the same. Powering the beast is a two liter turbocharged inline four cylinder with a mild hybrid system, putting out 250 horsepower at 5,400 RPM, 258 pound feet of torque coming into 1,800 RPM. Power sent to all four wheels through an eight speed automatic zero to 60 time coming into approximately 7.1 seconds, with MPG numbers coming into 23 of the city, 30 then on the highway. And so before we do any kind of fun acceleration test here in our V60, I wanted to mention to you guys, there is an off road drive mode and then there's also a steering sensitivity mode where you can adjust it to a heavier feel if you wanted to. That's kind of the extent of the drive modes on this thing. Obviously we're not going to be testing out the off road drive mode because more than likely this one is going back to show room afterwards, but the steering sensitivity, I will be touching on that a little bit later in the video, but now having got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find it straight away. Let's put the V60 here to the test and let's see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed. All right, found it straight away and waiting for a green light. Here we go. Go baby. Oh, dump truck next to us. This thing's quick dude. This thing is quick. I like it. Yeah, that's awesome. Definitely not going to have any issues emerging onto the highway. This thing is plenty quick. I love it. The fact that a wagon can be this quick, that is a quite brilliant thing in my personal opinion, but anyways, I love that acceleration, but to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important. So upfront you will find 13.6 inch ventilated front discs in the back, 12.6 inch ventilated rear discs. As far as that, six easier stopping discs goes. Comes in at 121 feet, which is plenty respectable. It's pretty much right on par for the course. So usually teens, the one teens is typically sports sedan good kind of thing. And then the 130s is SUVs. So 121, that's borderline on the better side of things. The braking feel is perfectly fine. It's not a firm braking feel, but it's not a soft braking feel either. So it's right in the middle. Then touching on suspension and handling upfront, you're going to get an independent double wishbone tight front suspension in the back inter-girl link rear suspension. As far as ride quality goes, it might short little test drive here so far at least. It's been 100% on point. Definitely not having any issues with ride quality feels perfectly fine. I personally wouldn't have any issues taking this thing on a long road trip to Ocean City, Maryland or something like that. It feels great. Then touching on steering feel, definitely leans towards the heavier side of things. And I like the 10 and two grips. It has a nice little place to put your thumb. But anyways, I'm going to go off topic. Steering feel is great. I love it. Heavier side of things, not a loose steering feel like you typically will find in SUVs. So this is definitely more geared towards a car like steering feel if you were comparing this between like an XC90 or something like that. So I'm a big fan of that as well. As far as cabin noise goes, we're going 57 miles per hour right now. So I'll let you guys kind of be the judge of that. But so far it's perfectly fine. Definitely absorbing any kind of road or wind noise pretty well into the cabin. A little bit of road noise, but it's to be expected. So definitely new issues there. Then touching on visibility as I turn on the fogger here because we're going to kind of steamed up in here. I can see perfectly fine out the back. So definitely not going to have any issues there. Rain sensing windshield wipers actually do come standard on the V60 as well. So that is great. Essentially what that means is whenever this thing detects any kind of mist or rainfall, it's going to automatically turn on this windshield wipers for you. So that's very nice as well. And if you were to go with the ultimate trim level, you will, in addition to that, get a head up display projecting your speed to be limited to safety features up on your windshield. So that's going to assist with forward visibility there as well. And again, that's just for the ultimate. So therefore we don't have it on our plus trim level with us here today, unfortunately. So now that we've got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a cool little spot and let's check out the exterior now of our new 2023 Volvo V60 cross country. All right, so here she is you guys, the new 2023 Volvo V60 cross country finished in Onyx black metallic. In case you were curious of our exact exterior color name, but revised front grill for 2023. So let me start by showing that to you guys. So slight change, nothing crazy, but of course, like I mentioned at the beginning of this video, the Venn number on the V60 does start with a Y indicating that this one is actually built in Sweden. Fun fact, the Volvo cars are built in China, the Volvo SUVs are built in Sweden. So wasn't sure what I was going to expect here with the wagon form. So this one is built in Sweden. So that's pretty cool. Up front cross country specific front grill will come standard, of course. It's the first thing I want to emphasize. So it differentiates itself between the S60 and of course the XC60 as well. LED headlights with LED, Thor's hammer daytime running lights coming standard. You do get the automatic feature, meaning when it starts to get dark at night, those headlights will turn on automatically for you then. Automatic high beams though as well, meaning if you have your high beams on at night and it sends a vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's going to automatically dim them back down to low beams and then when that vehicle is gone, it's going to automatically bounce it back up to high beams. So definitely a convenient feature there. I love that feature personally. LED fog lights down below. You guys can see that that also comes standard of both trim levels, of course. And you do have a matte black front lip and that matte clouding is going to continue around to the side skirts in the back then as well but overall you guys have seen the front end before but it is a very specific front grille to the V60 so I do like that but one more thing I wanted to mention I almost forgot. So these little indicators you guys could probably see these little indicators below the headlights here, that is actually the headlight washer. So they're actually going to pop out and spray the headlights a little bit. You guys could probably tell headlights are a little wet. I already tested it out. It was pretty freaking cool. So I did want to emphasize that as well but anyways that about rounds out the front end of this one. So let's go ahead and make our way to the side. All right so starting up top here silver roof rails do come standard on the V60. Gloss black windows surrounds also coming standard. Take a look at the side mirrors. They are body colored power adjustable. They are also heated with LED integrated turd signals. So I love all of that. Take a look then down at the wheel configurations 18 inch five spoke diamond cut alloys. This is what you guys are currently looking at and that is going to come on the plus trim level. However, ultimate is going to bump that up to 19 inch double five spoke black diamond cut alloys. So little differentiation there. Probably the easiest way to tell which trim level you're looking at on a lot as well. But anyways, love the rear privacy glass as well. I don't think I mentioned that. That is pretty cool too. But anyways that pretty much rounds out the side profile here. So now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right so then starting all the way to the top you will find a body colored shark fin antenna of course. Just below that we're spoiler with an integrated brake light. Just below that rear window wiper I love that. Got the Volvo lettering spelled out horizontally. Of course you also have LED tail lights as expected coming standard V60 badging. Of course you get the B five all wheel drive badging then as well. But I do want to mention here there is a revised rear bumper for 2023. How so do you ask? Well for one there is cross country lettering etched into that rear bumper, the bottom portion there. But I do also want to mention in previous years there were exposed exhaust outlets. Whereas for 2023 that is one of the changes on the exterior. There are now still dual exhaust outlets but they're tucked away underneath. Kind of like I think their SUVs are doing right now as well. So I do want to mention that. Little differentiator there but having said that I do believe you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip. All right so but now since we are around to the back of the tailgate here when it comes to opening that tailgate there is a button on the key fob of course. There is a button by the driver's side left knee and of course there is a button on the tailgate itself and it is a power tailgate as well. So that's pretty darn cool but once opened up cargo capacity comes in at 23 cubic feet if that was not enough space. Of course the rear seats do fold down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it. There is some netted storage back there. There's some cargo lighting of course. There are plenty of grocery bag hooks. I want to emphasize that because usually you get one on each side but in the V60 you get two on each side. So I like that lots of grocery bag hooks. There's some crowed plated tie down anchors as well. Then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor you will find some in-floor stored little bit but mostly just the spare tire is going to be found underneath of that. Anyways then make your way up to the rear legroom that comes in at 35.2 inches. So for reference I'm an even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. Rear center armrest with cup holders. The cup holders pop out of the front of course. There is some rear ventilation back there as expected. There's a couple phone charging ports and we actually have an optional package. I believe it's called the climate package. It goes for approximately $750. It gives you heated rear seats as well. So 100% love that. So spoiling the rear passengers a little bit there. So then making our way up to the front seats. Leather seating is going to come standard. However, Napa leather seating is going to come with the ultimate flag of Sweden of course found on the passenger seat. That's one of the best parts about every Volvo of course. Power adjustable front seats will come standard. That comes with power lumbar. Heated front seats does come standard. Ventilated front seats for the ultimate trim level. Power cushion extension for the ultimate trim level. And power side bolsters for the ultimate trim level. So little more adjustments there for the ultimate. But having said that, this is all right here in the plus trim level. I will say it's a little bit on the stiffer side of things but nothing that would personally bother me on a long route trip or anything like that. But anyways, then making our way to the steering wheel. It is tilt and telescoping. It is a leather free steering wheel. So it's actually made with a synthetic material. I actually love it. I love the feeling of this. I actually think I might prefer it to a leather wrap steering wheel as well. So it's kind of got a sportier feel to it. A little more texturized kind of I guess you could say. And like I said, the 10 and two grips have nice little spots to put your thumb as well. And because we have that climate package with our plus trim level today, we actually have a heated steering wheel. However, I do want to say the ultimate trim level gets the heated steering wheel standard but you can get it on the plus like we have today. And let me tell you guys, it is incredibly hot. Perhaps the hottest steering wheel that I have ever felt. I haven't turned all the way up because it's in the 40s today here in Western Maryland. But I love that. Anyways, to make our way to the startup, let me start by showing you guys the key here. You got your Volvo logo on the one side. Then all of your buttons are actually located on the side of the key. It's gonna be lock-a-lock in the button to pop the rear tailgate there. But it is all keyless entry with a turn knob start. If you're not familiar with Volvo, essentially the way that works is you put your front of the brake and you turn it to the right to start it. To stop it, same thing. You put your front of the brake and once again you turn it to the right. You don't turn it to the left. Always turn it to the right, but that's gonna stop it for you. Anyways, one of my favorite parts about the V60 and most of all those 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster does come standard powered by Google. You gotta love it. Speedometers all the way to your left with a digital speedometer. Within that, tachometer's gonna be on your right. There is a full digital display, of course. You got the navigation really front and center. I love that look and it's powered by Google Maps, of course, and you could turn that on and off if you wanted to, but I would prefer just to leave it on because it is incredibly accurate because it's powered by Google Maps and it looks dang good up there. So you got outside temperature, how many miles you have left until you hit empty, of course, as well, so love the gauges on this thing. But then making our way to overall interior quality, Panoramic Moon Roof does come standard of both the Plus and the Ultimate Trim. Gotta love that. You have a frameless rear view mirror with home light controls for up to three different garage doors. Big fan of that as well. Aluminum door sills do come standard. You're gonna get a hand-stitched gear selector coming with the Plus trim level, but if you were to go with the Ultimate, you're gonna get a crystal gear selector by Orphors, which is a crystal company from Sweden. So that is pretty darn cool. I always liked those of all those. Tailored dashboard is gonna come with the Ultimate. Driftwood inlays coming with the Ultimate, but I would say I like our linear lime decor coming with the Plus and that's kind of kind of look like a wood trim as well. Found just above the passenger side glove box and right around the shifter as well. You got some gloss black accents around the shifter. Just in front of the shifter, you got a little bit of rubberized storage. You got a 12-volt power outlet, couple cup holders of course, electromechanical parking brake and within the center armrest, couple more phone charging ports and some more rubberized storage. That's all plenty fine, but I actually do like the interior quality. I like the black and the brown theme going on in our particular configuration as well. It looks dang good, but now let's make our way to the infotainment screen. It is a nine-inch vertical color touchscreen display, Bluetooth and audio streaming coming standard, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, factory navigation system. You can check out your climate control settings up there. You can adjust your heated steering wheel buttons and your heated seat buttons as well. You have the drive mode, the off-road drive mode and the steering sensitivity adjustments and of course your radio information as well. And so when it comes to the sound systems for the V60, there are three of them. So the first one is gonna be a 10-speaker sound system with 220 watts. That one comes with a plus trim level. Then there is a 14-speaker harming card and sound system with 600 watts. That one comes with the ultimate. It's available for the plus trim level. Then lastly is a 15-speaker Bowers and Wilkins sound system with 1,410 watts. That one is available for the ultimate trim. If you wanted it, it goes for $3,200. That's still the best sound system to date. I heard it in the S90, a little bit different configuration, but that's still my favorite sound system in the last 700 plus cars I've reviewed. So having said that, we do have the 10-speaker sound system with us here today. So what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio. See what we got playing this morning and let's test out the clarity of this one. Man, we're touching up. I'll be honest, that wasn't that bad. We're like 10 speakers in this size of the vehicle. It sounds really, really good. Like that's not a bad sound system. Of course the other two were gonna sound better, but for me, that's not that bad. The other thing I noticed was how incredibly smooth this infotainment system was when I was just scrolling through all of the different stations. I don't think I've encountered a smoother kind of infotainment screen before. Usually it's a little bit glitchy and there's a little bit of delay to almost all the infotainment systems, but with Volvo, it's just so incredibly smooth. I like it. But anyways, last thing I wanna mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the V60 in reverse, you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board. 360-degree monitor, of course, is available as well, but as always, that is going to lead us into safety. So first let me start by saying IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus, which of course is the very highest designation given by IIHS in typical Volvo fashion that pretty much says it all right there, always incredibly safe. Front-side, side-current airbags do come standard, driver's knee airbag as well. In the back, you're gonna have Lash, AKA lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats, rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system, but also coming standard adaptive cruise control, adaptive power steering, blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert, lane keep assist, oncoming lane mitigation, pilot assist and road sign information telling you the speed limit of any given road then as well. It's always handy, but anyways, when it comes to my final thoughts here of the V60, this thing is incredibly rare. It's so hard to find them, even if you're out of Volvo dealership, they very rarely come in, so I like that. It's a rare wagon built in Sweden, that pretty much says it all right there. Excellent tech, the digital gauges are wonderful, the infotainment system is incredibly smooth. It has everything on there that you would possibly need, so big fan of that as well. Incredible safety as I just got done mentioning. Plenty quick, really, the driving dynamics on this thing are really, really good. You got great acceleration, you got pretty good braking, you got really, really good handling and steering feel overall, so I like the driving dynamics a lot actually. It kind of reminds me of the S60 I just got to reviewing not too long ago. As far as the road for improvement goes, I wouldn't mind it seeing some multicolor ambient lighting. I think that would definitely be the next step up for Volvo. BMW or Mercedes-Benz does it after all, so I think that would be a pretty cool addition. And the only other thing I could think of is perhaps the questionable reliability. So if you look at Consumer Reports magazine, I just get it at a grocery store or Walmart or whatever. It doesn't give the highest ranking, so that would possibly be in the back of my mind, but really other than that, this is a pretty incredible rare vehicle. So let me know what you guys think of the V60 in the comments section below and that is about it for this one you guys. Thank you so much for watching. If you're free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube, be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in a new car reviews. That is what we do here on this channel after all. Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay Gold.