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  The best-guess debut date for the V70 is the Paris Motor Show, in France from October 2-17.

The good looking new Volvo S60 will, as always, be joined by a wagon.

The sedan is planned to go public at the Geneva Motor Show next week but the wagon, expected to continue with the V70 tag of previous models - where V stands for versatile - will be kept under wraps for a while yet.

It is definitely under wraps during winter testing, where it is caught by the Carparazzi scoop crew.  The black cladding hides all of the design detail but, based on the S60, the new wagon is expected to be far more elegant than the outgoing model.

"The all-new Volvo S60 is sculpted to move you," says Stephen Odell, president and CEO of Volvo Cars, and Carparazzi says that also applies to the look of the wagon.  The V70 will also picked up the Pedestrian Detection system first previewed for the S60, which allows the car to brake automatically to avoid a pedestrian at speeds up to 35km/h.

There is no detail yet on powerplants for the S60 or V70, but plug-in hybrids are likely and Volvo is also continuing development of other future fuels including E85 ethanol.  The best-guess debut date for the V70 is the Paris Motor Show, in France from October 2-17.