Ngemuva komsebenzi omude nonezithelo othathe iminyaka ecishe ibe yishumi, iVolvo XC-90 SUV ekugcineni izohlangana nenye ethatha indawo yayo.
Ngemuva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule, kwaVolvo baphakamise iveli kuVolvo XC-90 entsha, manje imininingwane yokuqala yobuchwepheshe isiqala ukuvela. Ngokusho kwemithombo yomkhiqizo waseSweden, "inhloko yomndeni" yesifinyezo esithi "XC" izokhipha isiteji esisha sha i-Scalable Plataform Architecture (SPA) - uhlobo lwesikhulumi se-MQB, nefilosofi efana naleyo etholakala kuVolkswagen. iqembu - nokuthi singathola izizukulwane ezizayo ze-S80, S60 nezinye eziphuma ku-Volvo.
Ukugqwayiza isakhiwo esisha kungenye yokuqala, injini enamasilinda amane ebizwa ngokuthi iVEA: Volvo Enviromental Arquitecture. Ibhulokhi ethembisa ukusetshenziswa okuphansi nokusebenza okuhambisana nesimo seprimiyamu esifinyelelwa wumkhiqizo wase-Swedish. Zonke izinkomba zokuthi iVolvo isendleleni elungile, nokuthi kukhona ukuzibophezela okukhulu kwamaShayina akwaGeely - inkampani ephethe lo mkhiqizo - ukuyikhulisa futhi iphumelele. Okuthile "usomandla" Ford akakaze kuzuzwe.