As you can read on pages 50-53 (Volvo XC90 buying guide), our logical choice of engine for the 2015-on model is the D5 – Volvo’s smooth 4-cylinder 2.0 diesel. However, there’s a reason why we’re taking this diesel-fuelled trip down memory lane, and it’s because Volvo has announced that its last car drinking from the black pump has been made. The XC90 SUV rolled off the production line at the Torslanda factory on 26 March, and from here on the company is heading for the world of electrified vehicles.
Their history with diesel stretches back to 1979 and the introduction of the 244 GL D6, a model that claimed a world first by using a 6-cylinder oil-burner in a passenger car. Another first came in 2012 with the V60 D6 model featuring a plug-in hybrid diesel powertrain, and although in 2008 some 95% of XC90 sales
