VOLVO XC60 2023 T6 Recharge AWD. The good & the bad… 

As an owner of a 2022 XC60 (non-ER) T8 Recharge for the past 14 months, I was really sorry to hear that the newest models still are experiencing problems with AAOS reliability. I had a series problems, mostly with connectivity, for the first 8 months of ownership. In May the dealer replaced the TCAM and since then the system has worked perfectly...which tells me they CAN make it reliable. Now we love the car. Most comfortable seats. 53 miles per gallon since day 1. Safety features have proven valuable. Regarding the other dislikes you mention (other than reliability of certain components), the design and placement of switches etc doesn't bother me. I've owned other car brands of course and they all have some things like that that I'm not fond of or are simply missing. Great, honest review, thanks Thom!

I have always love Volvos and SAABs the best cars ever made and most under appreciated cars

I hope my new XC60 recharge wll not have this issues. Great video as usually Thom!

I recently took delivery of a V90 T6 Recharge Ultimate. Epic car with plenty power, refined, well built. Love it

The first week December we ordered our 2023 XC60 Ultimate Bright plug in hybrid! We are looking forward to delivery March-April!

It is a great car! I've got my MY2024 T6 in January 2024. Super happy abou the comfort of the ride. I was expecting it to be softer with air suspension. But in general - I like it. Speaking about - already driven almost 5000km. The avg consumption on the journey of 2500 km was 7.5 l / 100. The max pure electric distance I managed to drive was 90km, with the avg speed 80km/h. I'm very careful driver. Google infotainment system is awesome! I completely forgot about annoying carplay, connecting with cables, etc. No issues with opening of the roof. Very smooth and instant feedback from the touch button. Only once so far I had a camera glitch. But it was okay after I re-started the car. The screen is very responsive. Even possible to operate in the gloves. But I use voice commands for everything. What I don't like is a road sign recognition system. It recognizes always too many signs around. But it should be fixed in OS 3.0.3, which is coming in April 2024. The car is good!

Thank you for a good review. What i don't like about the new Google system is that you can't listen to music via USB.

Got my XC60 2023 RCharge Plus Dark last week. I just finished a 2k road trip... absolute pleasure to drive, performance outstanding, and great fuel economy too for a fair sized car. So happy.

Thank you for a honest review.

This car is so nice to look at!!

It's the new trend for any manufacturer: release the car with bugs, we'll fix it in post with ota updates.

i have a 2024 Xc60 T8 ultimate dark in Brasil with 1414 km in the odometer and i still have 80 km to use in the gas mode to refuel for the first time ever in this car!Perfect!!

Thumbs up for great review. And absolutely agree. There's a bunch of good things, but the bad (capacitive panoramic roof buttons, display light adjustment and drive mode wheel) are really annoying.. Glad you mentioned it. Honest reviews are appreciated 👌 Especially from long term Volvo owners.

Great review Thom

Great review. Recently purchased a 2022 XC90 T8 Recharge for my wife. Overall, it is an excellent vehicle. The single biggest flaw that no one seems to mention in reviews is that the car's cabin heater will not function when operating in electric mode. You have to press the charge button to enable the gas engine to get hot air to come through the vents. It also takes 10 min of driving to actually get warm as well. We were surprised by this "feature" and never see that mentioned in any Volvo reviews.

I took delivery of one of these a couple of months ago, full electric range is about 30 miles as my commute is very hilly. The benefits of the hybrid system seems very limited to shorter journeys but I would be interested what other peoples opinions are on this.

I am getting new xc60 t6 2023 next month after waiting for a year😢. Can’t to get it! I am currently riding d4 2019 still solid car and enjoying driving it.

Superb ! 👍

On the Volvo US website configurator there is no T6 recharge, only the T8 recharge with a crazy 455 hp. I'd like to be able to get the 350 hp T6 and save what looks to be about $3,000. I think the best value for us would be the Plus trim level and add features. Unfortunately, the B&W sound system isn't available on the Plus trim and you must pay $800 to upgrade to Harman Kardon which is only ok, IMO. There are other minor differences: no wool upholstery, tinted window option, or heated windshield available here, for example.

A big minus is that while using the adapted cruise control you cannot easily connect or disconnect the steering assistance without going deep into the centre display functions.

Can the voice command allow you to change thendrving mode? The old wheel near the gear box was so annoying to have to change everytime you turn off the engine. Iy would be ideal to have voice commamd do sonto avoid looking at screen

Please design cars with round bezel switches for HVAC controls and light switches on common stalks on one side of steering wheel and washer/wipers on other side .

I agree with most of your points in this nice review I don't have the running boards, so I can't comment on that, nor on the air suspension (My T8 Polestar has Ohlins that you should adjust manually). The most annoying problem for me was: a) the bugs in the system that happily disappeared after several OTA updates. b) activation/deactivation of steering assist while using ACC. It's so unsafe to go through the menus and take your eyes off the road. Made several complaints to Volvo, but no response at all !

Wonder when Spotify Hi-Fi is coming. Would be great with Bowers & Wilkins.

Being an owner of a XC60 T6 Recharge with extended capacity I like the car. But also some annoying issues. What about the dashboard reflection in the front window. With the head up display a disaster when the sun is shining. Also the missing Bliss system is strange after already 1 year of lacking this safety issue in Volvo’s production cars. How is it possible other car manufacturers are able to deliver this safety solution in their production cars? Last but not least I am surprised that my R Design XC60 is lacking of a 360 degrees camera or at least a camera in the front of this brand new car of over 75K. How come Volvo?

Volvo's implementation of AAOS is shockingly poor in presentation design, access to car controls and dangerous to use while driving. Volvo's USP has always been safety, yet despite the current research clearly showing that having to use the centre console instead of switches is more dangerous that using a mobile phone, Volvo & other car manufacturers have put design ahead of safety. Volvo has made the safety issue far worse by its amateurish approach to AAOS. The T6 Recharge combinations is excellent and my model year 2023 V60 is also good to drive and comfortable, just let down by really dumb design of essential car controls.

On swedespeed I read it’s possible to retrofit the drive mode selector. I hope the instrument cluster dimmer and panoramic roof control switch can be retrofitted as well.

I much prefer the new touch sunroof controls to the old switch personally

Xc40 t5 2022 every 2 months needs a software update. But you have to take the car to Volvo assistance, so it's really annoying. I was hoping that with Google would be better. In one year i have to change it, not sure about the choice now. Volvo or not Volvo, this is the question

Hi guys, what is the color on this one?

I drive a XC40 P6 2023 and I must agree on all, regarding the new infotainment system. Working so bad, to often. As you sad so many good option and functions is now hidden on the screen. This takes away concentration and eyes from The road. Stear assists, light adjustment nob and Drive mode is now on screen instead. Why Volvo?! So bad. If you chanche that, make sure that you att lest can speak and tell Google to change what you want. Volvo has gone from almost premium to something less good. Unfortunatelly!

One thing I am sure... the xc60 wouldn't win the prize of car of the world, nowadays. I think the xc60 is a great middle sized luxury suv. It's not perfect but it is very good. and I also think that the xc60 as we all knew as a great car started back in 2018 and came to a full stop in 2022. The previous face-lift. With the Sensus Infotainment system. From and since 2022 with the android automotive system, the XC60 lost its aurea and started coming down on a path of loosing its quality and little details that made the XC60 "The car of the world 2018". I know all this because I do own one from 2019. An R-Design. A D4 with the Polestar Engineered optimisation.

Thom we are waiting! Where is the EX90 video

Nice video , worst thing they have done is let Google in !

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You didn't know you could say hey Google make the screen brighter?

Yes, it’s already 2023 😂. Too early in the morning for me😂

2021 xc60 air suspension is not good. It's barely for ride height. I drove a 2019 xc60 loaner with air suspension and was also not good. Neither had 4c system. Maybe without the 4c suspension and dampers it's not that great. Am I missing something? Did something change ?

2023 volvo google system has took out the android auto, and the google system doesn't have Waze

Unfortunate if you live in a cold climate I would hold off buying until they fix the Climate system heating performance issue. Many people having issues and part is backorder for a long time. While they say you can get heat on gasoline mode. So what is the point to have an electric car if you cannot get heat in electric mode? Volvo - shame on you for not getting a fix and continue to promote a product that is not working.

I use the small plastic sport key and keep it in my wallet, I don't use the plastic key fob.

I don't understand why it is so bad that the button/wheel to adjust the brightness in the dashboard has been removed, because how often is it used? In the cars I have had I have never used it.

The instrument panel is completely non-pedagogical. They forgot to note that the watch fits completely badly. The ventilation controls cannot be angled properly. The driving record is completely useless. Loud noise in the cup for being a premium car. Center console wrongly angled. There are a thousand other little things. Volvo has lost its soul. Have a Volvo XC60 T6 Hybrid, guaranteed to be the last one.

Don't try to get people to view another of your videos to see what SHOULD be part of your good and bad - the EV mileage. You opened up with that and then pointed people to another video - life is too short to accommodate click bate.

RECHARGE PHEV VERSION. The singular most disappointing aspect of this car is its inability to set a timed charge, using the car or app (believe the same on new XC90 models too). Unless you have a smart home charge point, people like me with a dumb one, on an economy 7 tariff need to be nocturnal to benefit from off peak charging. A retrograde step from earlier models and spoiling a brand new car! Volvo offer no solution and their promise to fix it has not materialised in 8 months and is nowhere in sight. There’s no timer on the market sufficiently highly rated to make using the plug-in cable safe in the UK at least & in any case it takes 9 hours to charge.

Not so funky.