PETALING JAYA: Volvo Car Malaysia (VCM) announced that it will launch the locally assembled S60 T8 sedan and the facelifted S90 sedan this year on the back of buoyant sales in 2019.
Introduced locally last October, the fully imported S60 was priced at RM295,888. It is powered by an award-winning T8 Twin Engine AWD plug-in hybrid system that delivers 407hp. The S60 comes with Autobrake technology to mitigate oncoming collisions.
The S90, launched in Malaysia in 2017 is ripe for a facelift but don't expect major changes. As foreign reports have said last year, the refreshed S90 will see minor changes to the lower fascia, grille and headlamps. Taillights and possibly the exhaust tips could be tweaked. The current S90 available in Momentum and Inscription trims, starts from RM338,888. The base variant gets a 2.0 litre turbocharged Drive-E four-cylinder engine that makes 250hp.
From left, Snijders, Lokman, Juhlin-Dannfelt, Madani and Akhtar.
The kinetic energy recovery braking system from the refreshed XC90 should carry over to the new S90 as well as the latest hybrid and PHEV tech features.
VCM also announced that new plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) bought from Jan 1 this year will come with an 8-year battery warranty.
This is an upgrade from the current warranty of 5 years/120,000km coverage and puts Volvo in the same league as Honda, which also provides 8 years warranty on hybrid batteries. At this point, Mercedes-Benz and BMW warranty coverage is trailing behind with their 6 year/100,000km on hybrid batteries.
The new Volvo Car Regional Training Center.
Last year saw VCM recorded its highest delivery to date for 2019 with a total of 1,883 units and saw a growth of up to 36.1%.
“Even as the Malaysian premium segment is facing a decline, Volvo beat the odds and accomplished our highest ever year-on-year growth in retail delivery at 36.1% in 2019 compared to the previous year,” said VCM marketing & PR director Akhtar Sulaiman at the launch of the new Volvo Car Regional Training Center in Symphony Square, Section 13 here.
Also present at the launch were Ministry of International Trade and Industry secretary-general Datuk Lokman Hakim Ali; Malaysia Automotive Robotics and IoT Institute CEO Datuk Madani Sahari; Swedish ambassador to Malaysia Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt and Volvo Car Group vice-president Richard Snijders.
The new Volvo Car Regional Training Center.
In conjunction with Chinese New Year, Volvo is offering attractive deals for selected car models. New buyers of the Volvo XC40 T5 R-Design will enjoy a complimentary 5-year maintenance service package.
The XC90 T5 Momentum and S90 T5 Momentum, buyers will be entitled to an "ang pow" worth RM23,888 on top of the VSA 5+ package.
Selected PHEV models will also come with a complimentary Recharge Package worth RM10,000 as well as the VSA 5+ package. This offer is valid until Feb 29. Terms and conditions apply.
