Njengoba ivikelekile enkingeni ethinte imboni yezimoto, iVolvo Cars inesizathu esisodwa sokubungaza. Phela uhla lwayo lwe-90 lufinyelele kumaki ayisigidi athengisiwe, kuhlanganiswe ukuthengiswa kwe I-Volvo XC90, S90, V90 futhi I-V90 Cross Country.
Lezi zinombolo zibhekisela kuphela “kububanzi obusha be-90”, okungukuthi, azibali ngokuthengiswa okutholwe izizukulwane zokuqala ze-XC90 (ekhiqizwe phakathi kuka-2002 no-2014) kanye ne-S90 ne-V90 (ekhiqizwe phakathi kuka-1996 no-1998) .
Ngakho-ke, le yunithi eyisigidi ithengisiwe kusukela ngo-2015, unyaka lapho isizukulwane sesibili se-XC90 yethulwa khona, esokuqala sisekelwe endaweni yesikhulumi se-SPA.
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Isifinyezo se-Scalable Product Architecture, ukwethulwa kweplatifomu entsha nesizukulwane sesibili se-XC90 kungenise “inkathi entsha” yomkhiqizo wase-Swedish. Ngaphezu kolimi olusha olubonakalayo, i-Swedish SUV ilethe amazinga okuxhumana ayengakaze azwakale enkampanini yaseScandinavia.
Lokhu kwalandelwa, ngemva konyaka, yi-S90 entsha ne-V90. Eyokuqala yavela ngenhloso yokulwa "nokubusa kwamaJalimane" phakathi kwama-saloon aphambili, kuyilapho i-V90 yaqhubeka "nesiko" le-Volvo leminyaka engu-60 ekukhiqizeni amaveni.
Ekugcineni, iV90 Cross Country nayo igcine iqhubekile nesiko lakwaVolvo, kulokhu ukukhiqizwa kwamaveni “amabhulukwe agoqe”, into osekuphele iminyaka engu-20 iVolvo beyenza, njengoba bengomunye wezingqalabutho kulesi sigaba.
Ozongena esikhundleni se-XC90 naye ulungiselela ukuba yisahluko sokuqala senkathi entsha kwa-Volvo - okusekelwe ku-SPA2, ukuvela kwenkundla yamanje - ezokhohlwa ngamagama nezinombolo okuzokhonjwa ngamagama.