Mumbai, Jan 12(UNI) Swedish luxury car Major, Volvo Cars XC60 has

been crowned the best performing large off-roader, and the car with

the best overall performance of 2017 in the prestigious Euro NCAP

2017 Best in Class safety awards.

The XC60 scored a near-perfect 98 percent in the Adult Occupant

category and in its Large Off-Road class, showed a clear advantage

in Safety Assist with a score of 95 per cent - 20 percentage points

higher than the nearest Large Off-Road competitor - underlining

Volvo Cars’ position as a leader in automotive safety.

'The new XC60 is one of the safest Volvo cars ever made', said

Malin Ekholm, Vice President, Volvo Cars Safety Centre. 'It is

fully loaded with new technology designed to assist drivers, to help

protect vehicle occupants and other road users, such as pedestrians

and cyclists, plus mitigate collision risks. We are proud that our

ongoing commitment to innovating new safety features has been

recognised with another Euro NCAP Best in Class award for Volvo

Cars.'

The Euro NCAP award for the XC60 follows in the tracks of Volvo

Cars’ XC90, which in 2015 was also named the best performing large

off-roader, and the car with the best overall performance that year.

Volvo Cars’ V40 is another previous Euro NCAP winner, in the Small

Family class.



'Our vision is that by 2020 no one should be killed or seriously

injured in a new Volvo car,' said Malin Ekholm. 'The achievements

of the XC60 are examples of our commitment to developing the latest

safety and support systems as we strive towards that vision.'

The XC60 also joins the S90 and V90 in making history for Volvo Cars

as the first manufacturer to hold all top three car rankings in Euro

NCAP’s Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) tests-AEB City, AEB

Inter-Urban and AEB Pedestrian. The three Volvo cars are the only

cars to have achieved perfect scores in all three AEB categories.

The S90 and V90 also scored highly at the Euro NCAP 2017 Best in

Class awards, achieving 95 per cent in the Adult Occupant category

and 93 per cent in the Safety Assist category.

The Euro NCAP award follows the XC60 being named Japan’s 2017-18 Car

of the Year. The XC60 also won the UK’s 2017 Car Tech Awards for

Best Safest Car, Best Safety Technology and Best Sat-Nav; and was

crowned Luxury SUV of the Year in the UK’s Professional Driver 2017

Car of the Year awards. The XC60 has also been named as one of three

finalists for the 2018 North American Utility of the Year award, the

winner of which will be announced on 15 January 2018.

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