Volvo XC60 2018 Video Review

Hybrids have always been kind of like the vegetarian option at a restaurant. You know, carmakers will have a whole menu of diesel and petrol variants in a range, and then maybe a hybrid version, if you're lucky.

Well, Volvo is changing that because the top of the XC60 range is a hybrid – not a token variant, not a half-hearted attempt to be seen to be doing the right thing, not a side salad. Nope, if you want the top-grade XC60 then you can only get the twin engine R-Design T8, which is a plug-in hybrid.

This an indication that Volvo's serious about its claim that by 2019 every new model the Swedish manufacturer builds will have an electric motor.

Read the full Volvo XC60 R-Design T8 2018 review.