2012 Volvo XC60 to come with a lower price tag

Few days back there was news about Volvo introducing the new S60 sedan having a downsized diesel engine, referred to as D3, in order to make the car more cost effective. Now there are reports that the diesel engine has a superior role to play than just support the Volvo S60. It is believed that another car from Volvo, the 2012 Volvo XC60 crossover SUV, will be embedded with the D3 diesel engine and the Volvo XC 60 price is expected to be much lower as compared to its predecessor. The Volvo XC 60 price is expected to be somewhere close to Rs 34.4 lakhs for the basic Kinetic model, however the top end Summum model is expected to be sold for somewhere around Rs 37.4 lakhs.

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The D3 engine that will be powering the Volvo XC60 is the downsized version of the D5, an in-line turbocharged diesel engine with 5 cylinders. The engine is attached to a six speed auto transmission gearbox with 4 wheel drive mechanism.  The Volvo XC60 is a product of a car manufacturing company from Sweden and it is expected to pose fierce challenge to cars like Audi Q5 and the BMW X3. The advantage that the Volvo XC60 holds over the other two cars is the fact that it has a very reasonable and economic price range considering the fact that it has been brought into India as a completely built unit (CBU). On the contrary, the BMW and Audi models are built in the country via completely knocked down (CKD) units.

 

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The only factor that could turn out to be a concern for the company is to popularize the sale of the car in India because even though it is very economic, still it has limitations in its reach for sales and services in the country. Till now Volvo has only seven sales and service centres in the country, which are very less when compared to its competitors, and thus this is the only factor of worry for the otherwise very efficient SUV car.