When Lexus went to the mousey instead of the touchscreen, I was pissed. I'm not a fan of the remote controls and much prefer touchscreens. To avoid fingerprints, I use steering wheel mounted controls, but don't mind using a cloth every so often to clean up some 'prints.
In terms of fuel economy, Volvo claims the XC90 will manage 11.8 l/100 km in the city and 9.5 on the highway, although in my experience it’ll be tough matching the city number. My test car was showing a 15.2 l/100km long-term average after a series of corporate demonstration drives, and I was seeing very similar numbers during my first couple of days around town. A trip to the suburbs and back netted 13.9 l/100 km, and my best result was 10.5 on a relaxed drive along a highway with a 90 km/h limit.
I'm interested to see the T8 numbers. This is pretty beastly and I'd wager the X5 xDrive35i does better (and has similar power output). Maintaining a car in boost at all times simply won't give good #s. I'm hesitant to believe that the addition of the PHEV powertrain will help all that much in spite of the cost and complexity.
Where I will give Volvo some true praise here is in the 'luxury' department. I mean, look at this - even the speaker:
That looks damn fine crafted.
