[General Car News]Swedish police will use Volvo V90 estate as a police car

[VR6OC News Bot 30]

Swedish police decided to use V90 estate as a police car, and the first delivery will take early next year after the vehicle recently achieved 9.2 out of 10, which is the highest rating ever in the Swedish police’s highly demanding driving test
Volvo Cars has a long history in providing police cars that date way back in 1929. In the decades that followed, classic vehicles such as the Amazon and 144 as well as V70 and XC70 estates have been used by police in Sweden. At the time of its introduction, the XC70 was the best police car ever tested by Swedish police. Now Volvo has continued that tradition with the all-new V90. For that purpose, the Volvo further develop the car to meet the specific demands of police forces. The chassis is now stronger and more dynamic, the brakes and suspension are upgraded and the car is fully equipped with all necessary tools and communication equipment. The transformation lasted about a week and was done at a Volvo special manufacturing facility in Torslanda, Sweden.

The Swedish police car test focuses on five areas: a brake test, an obstacle course, evasive action tests with and without breaking, and high-speed emergency driving. With the overall score 9.2 out of 10, the V90 estate achieved the highest rating ever by any car in this demanding test.
The final test protocol on the V90 prepared by Swedish police test drivers concludes that “overall, it is difficult to find any faults at all. Chassis, steering, suspension, traction control and powertrain all show exemplary performance. Quick lane changes at high speeds feel almost deceptively easy, the car does what it is told to do and shakes off lateral forces without any protest.”
The first delivery of the Volvo V90 police cars will take early next year, but the vehicle will be made available to any interested police forces around the world.

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