Volvo S60 News

Amidst all the excitement of new car brands arriving in Australia (seemingly by the day), it's easy to forget that not every member of the class of 2025 will be joining us in the new year.

The writing has been on the wall for a number of years now but Volvo has officially axed its remaining sedan and wagon line-up in Australia.While Volvo still may have examples of the S60 and V60 Cross Country left in its dealer network, both of these passenger cars have been axed locally. No more shipments of either are coming.It follows the larger S90 getting discontinued locally in 2019 and the flagship V90 Cross Country getting the axe locally in 2021.The Sino-Swedish brand now doesn’t have any passenger car in its line-up until the flagship ES90 electric sedan arrives. This is currently earmarked for an Australian launch in late 2025.As a result, the Volvo Cars Australia current line-up only consists of the EX30, EX40, XC40, XC60, XC90 and EX90. The C40 electric SUV was axed locally earlier this year.The Volvo S60 sedan has lived through three generations, with the latest version being first revealed in 2018 and launching locally in 2019.Third-generation S60 models were initially sourced from the United States, but in 2022 a minor update saw production shift to China.The V60 wagon launched locally in 2019 and was replaced by the higher-riding V60 Cross Country in 2021. The latter was always sourced from Belgium.It remains unclear whether Volvo is working on successors to the S60 and V60, especially given it has dropped its plan to only sell EVs from 2030.In the first six months of 2025 Volvo sold a total of 37 S60 examples and 78 V60 Cross Country examples, which is a drop of 56.5 per cent and 4.9 per cent, respectively.The brand’s top-seller continues to be the XC40 small SUV. A total of 1287 examples were sold in the first half of 2025, which is down 24.1 per cent year-on-year.In fact, Volvo as a brand has been experiencing a slump in sales locally. 3597 new vehicles have been sold year-to-date, which is down 24.1 per cent year-on-year.Looking to the future, Volvo is planning to launch the aforementioned ES90 electric sedan later this year. It will also launch the EX30 Cross Country, which is a jacked-up version of the EX30 small electric SUV.

Volvo Australia has adjusted pricing for some of its models ahead of the 2024 model year, with three of its SUVs and its more traditional models all now pricier than before.Starting with the most popular Volvo model so far this year, the XC40 small SUV is

Volvo Car Australia is on-track for another record year in 2023, as sales soar past 8000-units to the end of August and could top 12,000 by year’s end.

Pricing is up across the range for most of Volvo’s new car offerings for 2023, with the adjustment leaving some models thousands of dollars more expensive.

Sometimes carmakers mess with the recipe when it comes to different vehicle niches with great success.Whoever rolled the dice on combining an SUV body style with a coupe is probably laughing now because they have become ubiquitous.

Volvo Australia has updated the S60 sedan for MY22, with the mid-size car now exclusively available with mild hybridisation

Volvo Australia has rejigged its mid-size car line-up for MY21, with the S60 sedan and V60 wagon getting better-equipped entry-level variants – at a cost – and losing their slow-selling plug-in hybrid (PHEV) flagships

Volvo Australia has recalled 9,205 vehicles over a potential issue with their autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system

The Volvo range is now more affordable to own, with slashed pricing for service plans.