I think this has more to do with Ford’s pending sale of Volvo, rather than lack of environmentally friendly powerplants. I guess negotiations didn’t go well with Yamaha…

volvo please call gm and license some real technology from them….problem solved.

Boo, environmental friendliness!

Whaaat? Ford has the Escape/Mariner hybrids and the Fusion/Milan is supposed to go on sale next year. The 5 cylinder Volvo turbos are already very efficient; they would make an interesting combo with Ford’s hybrid technology. I’m with Z06ified; until the sale goes through don’t expect much more from Volvo.

This is a little disappointing to me, even though I would never buy an XC90. Every time I saw one of these coming up in my rearview I would think “Damn, I think that SUV is growling at me.”

Not a bad SUV, especially w/ the V8. That’s unfortunate, but Ford/Volvo should have stayed on top of their **** I suppose. It’s weird also cause the XC90 is common and gets a lot of sales

About the cost of producing the hybrid powertrains? Why wont Ford just share? Now what is the highly environmentally conscious yet safety-brand-OBSESSED driver of larger SUVs be expected to drive?

I thought the XC90 was a grandslam for Volvo’s sales. Something’s up. This environmental drivetrain thing is attempting to cover-up something else. There’s a bigger picture here. So, for the record, Tupac is still alive and this XC90 thing’s a coverup.

Not a good idea. The XC90 is far and away Volvo’s best-seller.

What is the brand going to do without a proper 3-row crossover?

Hahahahaha, what a load of crap! Because Volvo gives a **** about the environment. Yah, okay. Just like Toyota, right?

It has environmental engine all over Europe it is called diesel. I haven’t seen other version of this rig in Europe – only with diesel. As a matter of fact I saw more of them then Benzes and X5s & X3s combined. Even well to do Europeans will not buy “environmentally unsuitable” vehicle due to cost of running it at $7-8/gallon. If Ford um Volvo could certify their diesel in US solution would be obvious.

I doubt volvo at sweden is happy about ford stopping their XC90…its by far their best selling car…it cant be that hard to create a new vehicle…i bet they are hiding something and will release something in the future

This is what happens when you let hippies run your company.

Isn’t this their best selling vehicle? What a stupid decision.

good i actually like the xc90 dont screw up a good thing.

It is not only good selling vehicle it is most profitable.

Much better. Perhaps the smaller XC60 or XC50 will have a hybrid option. But by the time these come to market the split with Ford will be long past.

In & out

Alright, I’ve had it with Leftlane. This site sucks and here’s why:

1.) How many times in the last week have we seen a “follow up” story that completely goes against a previous story? (Bob Lutz retiring? Yes, oh wait no.)

2.) People like frankhoffy (”They took our jobbbs!”), and 14658 (Who says “it can’t be that hard to create a new vehicle”) frequent Leftlane’s comment boards. These aren’t even the worst offenders. Mentioning cumdumpsters while commenting about an auto article is really cool.

I will never be able to take Leftlane’s reporting seriously. The site looks good and I like that its updated everyday but that’s about it. I After keeping up with this site for a while, I have to say that somehow I think that the writers for Leftlane might actually know less about the auto industry than the people that write in the comment boards. What’s the deal with this site? Who writes this stuff? Do they have any experience other than creating this site? I don’t get it! Just thought I would let everyone else that reads these comments know. Hopefully the writers at Leftlane read this too and feel bad about themselves.

p.s. I’m really jealous that Leftlane writers get to go out and act like real automotive journalists. I want to do that.

This truely is a pathetic “news” blog. Unfortunately, something about it keeps me from leaving. Probably the constant comedy from 1115, LP640, and the like.

For me its the hilarious ramblings of Deanster. Some of his attacks on Gm#1 are classics.

Jazz: I like dean’s homosexual slurs. The man is creative!

For ****’s sake get it right LLN. anyway i knew it was too good to be true because Volvo would be incredibly stupid to cancel the only Volvo that sells and is worth anything.

Inline 6 said:

“What is the brand going to do without a proper 3-row crossover?”

Remember, it was less than ten years ago that the concept of a Volvo SUV was totally alien and far from universally welcome. Now the brand’s going to collapse WITHOUT it?

If US gasoline goes to $4-$5 and stays there, Volvo will look real smart for dropping anything with a V-8 in it.

The real mystery is why this alleged “green” automotive brand has got zero going on the hybrid front, even for show.

LLN misses again

Sharpie: read comment above yours!