You can only get that + if your vehicle gets a good rating in all the types of impacts, including the small overlap scenario where only a small part of the car impacts a barrier. This places much higher strains on the car, but the XC90 stood up well to re rigors

Originally Posted by volkman10 (Post 3286300) 2014 Volvo XC90 Receives Top Safety Pick+ Rating from IIHS .

Swedish luxury carmaker, Volvo Auto India’s midsize luxury SUV XC90 has been recognized and awarded with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) Top Safety pick+ award. The award has been given for performance par excellence in each of the Institute’s crash worthiness evaluations, including the small overlap front test

The XC90 is the third Volvo model to earn the ‘TOP SAFETY PICK+’ accolade since the Institute began testing for small overlap protection in 2012

The S80 facelift had its world premier at the Geneva Motor Show last year. Changes include new front and rear bumpers create a ‘stretched’ effect endow the car with a lower and wider stance. New rectangular Daytime Running Lights take their place at the front, wider grille, while the taillamps are rounded off to make the car appear closer to the ground. Chrome exterior highlights sum up the cosmetic changes, giving it a more premium appearance. Volvo offers European buyers the option of fitting 19-inch wheels. The Swiss-premiered S80 also gained equipment, integrating the “Sensus Connected Touch” infotainment system with a 7-inch display. The infotainment system lets the user browse the internet, access Google Maps and stream internet radio, Active High Beam Control (which autonomously switches the headlamps between high and low beams), a heated windscreen, and a heated steering wheel were the other inclusions.

Here are a couple of pics:

The first pictures of the 2015 Volvo XC90 revealing the interior were released today, about three months ahead of its exterior unveiling in August. The XC90 is getting a full revamp, 12 years after the first generation model was introduced Volvo calls this the most luxurious interior it has ever designed. The cabin takes on a neat and simple interface with most of the common buttons substituted with a large centrally placed touch screen, mimicking the Tesla Model S. The 2015 XC90 would launch with a seven-seat configuration and a gear lever made by Swedish glass maker Orrefors. The volume and start/stop switches and controls will be diamond-cut, details that would become the “jewels” in the interior, it said in a two-part press release today.