Volvo S90

Simple reason. It beats the rest of the competition out there for this price range. With a Polestar tuned T6, it churns out 345hp which is almost 100+hp more than the rest of the competition with same 2L engine platform. Super stylish and elegant front. The sexy back is like marmite: you either love it or hate it. This car packs top of the range road safety features which of course comes standard. Semi-autonomous driving is standard as well. Interior has the cleanest and simplest layout. Big center console screen for simple and intuitive maps, music, settings and aircon. All wheel drive for the T6 ensures you leave the rest of the pack in dust from stationary launch.

Looking to replace my 4 year old F10 and have been researching quite a bit recently.

Today I went to revisit the S90 T6 and took it for a test drive.

The performance was excellent and definitely good value for money. Seriously considering it now.

Tested the s90 T5 yesterday. These are my view

Exterior - downstated but fresh different look from all the German Marques.Only outstanding conversation pieces are the T LIGHTs aka. THOR hammer lights, the extra large front grill that dont seems to make it more fierce and the weird acquired taste rear lights

Interior - T5 momentum is decent enough with added spaces almost a LIMO standards. The "IPAD" Command console is easy enough to use and has lesser buttons then any of the german cars. T5 wont have all that fancy LED interior color lights. Only T6 has that. Leather is comfy and cool . The T5 mid console is lacklustre with little space for anything else and has a rubberry like cover which cheapens the car

Engine and performanace - from the start,the t5 is already raring to go and very powerful. For a sedan, its accelaration is worth a note and handling is smooth with some noise at hard acceleration. Over all handling is a sports sedan feel esp on dynamic mode. The rest of the modes are too soft or whimsical for my liking ( then again i drive hard )

The T6 will have even faster acceleration and handling with the AWD and increased power.Imagine a 2 litre car with 300+ HP.

The interior is very refreshing with good standard equipment level. Seats are comfortable with decent leg room in the rear. Boot space is also generous. As for exterior, all parts of the vehicle is nice and sleek looking except for the rear lights; Thought they could do better there.

Whilst the 2l Drive E engine is a lot better than what Volvo used to have and it delivers good hp and torque, it is not as refine as what some other German marque is able to achieve. To some, this might not be crucial and the other selling points of the vehicle together with its reasonable pricing would be good enough to cut the deal.

Went to test drive this new S90 recently.

1st looks is impressive long sedan with the THOR lights as a Volvo standard. Fine curves along the body certainly makes this car shines out on the roads from its previous traditional designs.

Inside is comfortable look with the beige interior where the leather seats are of a certain high quality.

The inside seats are longer and wider which makes driving and passengers comfortable for a long drive.

The huge tablet size console comes with many features, similar to XC90 too where you need to spend much time fiddling with it to get to know them.

The drive.....Starting the engine is almost as quiet like XC90. Moving off on the pickup is better than its competing class to the new E200.

Gear changes are smooth but only engine noise can be heard most times even not slamming on the throttle.

Overall, its a good choice to get if you are ok with a long and wide sedan in this class.

The S90 has lots of space, especially for a tall person like myself (I'm 6ft). The rear seats have lots of space too.

The boot is enormous, I can fit two golf bags in it no problem. This makes parking a little more difficult. But the nifty 360-degree camera helps a great deal.

It's a great looking car too. Vast improvement over the S80 IMO.

The laminated windows make the car relatively soundproof. However, they make the engine noise more prominent in the cabin.

This car has a lot of interior space, and it looks as good on the outside as it does on the inside.

Design on the S90 is kinda quirky, I don't know how to feel about the twisty engine start knob thingy.

It is the most refined car I've owned to date, it looks matured and grown up.