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7.5

Likes

  • 12.3-inch driver display
  • 9.0-inch centre screen
  • Low-down torque

Dislikes

  • No head-up display
  • No adaptive cruise control
  • No climate control in rear seats
Laura Berry
Senior Journalist
8 Jan 2018
2 min read

The Momentum is the entry grade in the Volvo XC60 range, with the D4 diesel variant listing for $59,990 and its T5 petrol sibling for $62,990.

Standard features include a 9.0-inch vertical touchscreen and a 12.3-inch driver display, sat nav (gps navigation system), 360 parking camera, auto parking system, 10-speaker stereo system with digital radio, leather upholstery, power adjustable driver and passenger seat, proximity key, dual-zone climate control, roof rails, LED headlights and a power tailgate.

Safety is Volvo’s ‘thing’ and the five-star ANCAP score it was awarded this year just doesn’t reveal just how impressive the safety. This new generation XC60 fitted with AEB which can detect and stop for animals, humans and other cars.

Along with AEB there’s steering support, blind-spot warning, front and rear cross-traffic alert but this grade misses out on adaptive cruise control.

The D4 is powered by a 2.0-litre twin turbo diesel making 140kW and 400Nm, which according to Volvo is enough mumbo for a 0-100km/h sprint time of 8.4sec. If you do that all the time you’re unlikely to achieve the 5.4L/100km which Volvo says you should see after a combination of urban and open roads.

The T5 is the 2.0-litre turbo-petrol variant which makes 187kW and 350Nm, and has a 0-100km/h time of 6.8sec. Volvo says that after open and urban road driving you should see a mileage of 7.8L/100km. 

Volvo XC60 2018: T5 Momentum

Engine Type Turbo 4, 2.0L
Fuel Type Premium Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency 6.3L/100km (combined)
Seating 5
Price From $33,330 - $39,710
Safety Rating

Pricing Guides

$32,909
Based on 37 cars listed for sale in the last 6 months.
LOWEST PRICE
$24,990
HIGHEST PRICE
$43,588
Laura Berry
Senior Journalist
Laura Berry is a best-selling Australian author and journalist who has been reviewing cars for almost 20 years.  Much more of a Hot Wheels girl than a Matchbox one, she grew up in a family that would spend every Friday night sitting on a hill at the Speedway watching Sprintcars slide in the mud. The best part of this was being given money to buy stickers. She loved stickers… which then turned into a love of tattoos. Out of boredom, she learnt to drive at 14 on her parents’ bush property in what can only be described as a heavily modified Toyota LandCruiser.   At the age of 17 she was told she couldn’t have a V8 Holden ute by her mother, which led to Laura and her father laying in the driveway for three months building a six-cylinder ute with more horsepower than a V8.   Since then she’s only ever owned V8s, with a Ford Falcon XW and a Holden Monaro CV8 part of her collection over the years.  Laura has authored two books and worked as a journalist writing about science, cars, music, TV, cars, art, food, cars, finance, architecture, theatre, cars, film and cars. But, mainly cars.   A wife and parent, her current daily driver is a chopped 1951 Ford Tudor with a V8.
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