The portrait-style screen also has the effect of making the backup camera display seem anachronistically small. But some commonly used features are buried multiple screens deep, such as the drive-mode menu that you might often use to cycle between hybrid and electric operation or to tell the vehicle to hold onto the available electric miles or charge the battery up while driving. On the bright side, it greatly simplifies the control layout since there are hardly any physical buttons. How’s the tech? The vertically oriented touchscreen is probably the XC60's most polarizing feature. The brakes feel capable, too, which we corroborated with a 116-foot panic stop at our test track on all-season tires, a number that puts many a lighter vehicle to shame. The adaptive suspension works like magic on winding roads, making the XC60 feel surprisingly planted at sane cornering speeds. If you suddenly need more power - a lot more - just floor the accelerator through the kickdown switch and here comes the cavalry.Ĭruising around town in hybrid mode, by the way, the electric assist is usually ready with immediate and silent part-throttle torque that makes the car feel exceptionally responsive, though occasionally you'll catch it sleeping.Īs for turning and stopping, the XC60 Recharge T8 acquits itself remarkably well. No one will be impressed by zero to 60 in 11.6 seconds, but there's enough oomph to keep up with city traffic, while a new-for-2022 regenerative braking mode enables one-pedal driving like in a real EV. How about in pure electric mode? We'd say "adequate" is the best way to describe it. That squares with the real-world experience, which is one of never-ending thrust from idle until you've had enough.īut that's with all hands on deck with the four-cylinder engine in play.
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Its 455 horses ran free at our test track to the tune of a 4.7-second sprint to 60 mph and an eye-popping speed of 107.6 mph at the quarter-mile mark. How does the XC60 Recharge drive? Not many plug-in hybrids can boogie like this XC60 in hybrid mode.
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