Is the 2023 Volvo XC60 T8 Recharge a BETTER Luxury SUV than the Lexus NX 450h+ ? 

Having owned a Volvo and swearing to never get one again but longing for some aspects of it, I totally get this.

can you enlighten us as to why it was the "worst"? what made you love and hate it?

No. You still get plenty of assistance from the rear motor when battery is depleted

@@KirkKreifels Wrong. There is no drive shaft to the rear wheels. If the battery is depleted it is front wheel drive. I test drove one with 0% battery and I spun the front wheels accelerating from a stop light. No rear wheel assist.

@@jeffreylindley845 Akumulator nigdy nie wyczerpuję się do zera, tak samo jest w hybrydach Toyoty 😉

@@ukaszt.5506 😂

This one here is the top trim with all the options, even the $3200 bowers stereo. The base trim for the phev starts at 58k, so exactly where you said you wanted it to be.

bro volvo’s are luxury cars and considered sleeper luxury cars based on their safety and reliability.

@moistpimple - absolutely agree! I have an XC60 now and had an XC40 prior to this. I love them both!!

Hawaii gives a 15K cash back on any Hybrid / EV. So with that, we're right where you wanted the price to be 🤙

In Europe model 2023 do have a wireless charger. It was also in model 2022 in US. For some reason Volvo disabled it from US models.

Without wireless CarPlay I don’t see a reason for a wireless charger.

I agree. When the ICE acts purely as a generator, you no longer need VVT, ability for high revs or even turbos. A very simple but power dense ICE is the answer. Did you own a REx? That realization came to me during ownership: 24,000 annual miles on 25 gallons gas. We'll see if Mazda's plans for the Wankel rex in their MX30 takes that approach.

@@donswier Good points from you both. The ICE is not a generator, it's a secondary engine that is called in when needed. (I think Mitsubishi may have done something different) And that is where simplicity should be a bonus. I really like(d) the Mazda CX-60 PHEV approach with a simple 4 cylinder naturally aspirated 2,5l ICE working with a decent electric motor. NO turbos or superchargers or whatever to worry about. Also liked their smart arrangement of having the motors inline with clutches so they both feed the gearbox so you always have 4x4. BUT Mazda do not seem to be able to build that complex line-up of components to be consistent. I returned mine after 3 and a half months and a few fix attempts because of a horrible resonance (I assume from the drive train) at 25 - 45 MPH. Lots of other folks with the same issue. Nice idea Mazda but you gotta build it to work. Sadly I think the 'simple' electric motor drives the rear and the ICE drives the front is simpler, albeit not as elegant

I mentioned that it's excellent.

I would NEVER buy a Volvo these days ... too many gremlins.

lol you can't afford it anyways

@@engineerprototype9191 I can’t?

What’s wrong with Chinese ownership?

@@BarkandJack while a private company, such a thing doesn’t really exist in communism. I don’t support products made in communist countries or buy communist-based entities (with a larger than normal share of parts from such countries).

Naveen " still driving his moms machine" funny a minimum wager commenting on the " value " of a 75g car

@@mikej238 lmao 🤣 Your comment isn’t really helping.

This

@@AAhmad3449 his comment isn’t helping. He’s just over promoting Toyota because he owns a Lexus NX350h I bet his mommy bought for him 😆. Unlike me where I worked hard to finance my car and insure it and register it entirely in MY name

@@naveenthemachine you financed a car 😂 I paid cash for mine , just like my winter vacation home.

Can’t wait for cx90. But that’s a competitor to the xc90 not the xc60.

I had it on my short list and giving the smaller electric range, petrol tank smaller also and bumpy ride, I just preferred XC60. Nice design though on Mazda, but worth it?

Wouldn't the XC90 be more like an RX?

@@jleggy2010 no. Xc90 is bigger.

There is no RX PHEV in USA yet. Also rear legroom here isn't Rx class.

On paper they are similar, but Rx has more legroom in reality

@@KirkKreifels from what I heard by redline the RX only has 1 inch more rear legroom than the nx

Lexus isn’t luxurious and kia hyundai are cheap looking this Volvo is classy

European cars cost a lot of money and there is a robustness about the Volvo that isn't quite in the Kia/Hyundai. The Lexus is a great car too but it is different. It's more fluid and softer where the Volvo feels robust and has an underlined firmness. I don't think you need to spend north of $70K for it though. You can option out the Volvo for less. Also, I think Genesis does compete well with Volvo and Lexus. About the screen size, this is an almost 7-year old design. The new Volvo EX90 has a 14.5 inch screen. This has a 9-inch screen.

@@benjaminsmith2287 genesis beats anything Lexus. Genesis beats Volvo in some ways but they’re tied

@@naveenthemachine most genesis don’t even have their own dealers

@@AAhmad3449 he is paid by Genesis. You will find him, with stupid comments in several videos.

Or wireless charger 🤷‍♂️

@@KirkKreifels it has but I think chip shortage is in place here... in Europe, right now, we are facing chip shortage for BLIS system, blind spot assisance...

Would you consider Range Rover to be Indian or rolls Royce as German?

Model Y doesn't come close to the refinement or build quality. Teslas are tech cars, not refined cars. So I don't think the Model Y is worth the money over a premium Volvo. But opinions vary on this.

If you have a cold winterin your location, Tesla's doors will not open until you melt ice from the windows and handles...so crappy designing for the northern countries. Polestar or Volvos are much better for this reason, no such problems. In warm climate Teslas are ok, except if it is raining....the rain will flow in to the trunk directly when opened, so poor desing again. And the feel in Tesla...not even near to the premium cars, for example at least in Model Y the center console is wobbling unlike in other more premium cars. So better to test carefully before you buy!

@@Henttari Think you need to reeducate your opinion, the water in the trunk issue was solved in 2019. The frozen door handles, admittedly a poor design but if you plug in and schedule a warm up then it's no problem. Alternatively, you can warm it up from your phone during breakfast, the energy you use warming it up you'll probably regain during your drive from a better km/kw ratio. Centre console doesn't wobble at all on mine. Before you ask, no, I'm not a Tesla fan boy, I've just ordered an XC60 T8 Ultimate but simply for the convenience while we shift to pure EV. Tesla have completely changed everyone's expectations of the whole ordering process, the idea of over the air updates etc. OK, the interior isn't premium but they've forced other manufacturers to change a lot of things and that can only be good. I'll be switching back to pure EVs in a few years when they add 1 or 200km of range.

Opens like a Supra 😜

@@KirkKreifels which uses a BMW engine