Content Summary : PRESS INFORMATION All-new Volvo XC90 - The next-generation SUV The all-new Volvo XC90 sport-utility vehicle represents the company s first foray in themid-size premium SUV market. With its attractive styling, exemplary handlingcharacteristics and innovative safety features, the XC90 marks the introduction of thenext-generation of sport-utility vehicles. Adhering to Volvo s core brand values of safety, environmental consciousness and value, the XC90 also manages to accomplish no fewer than five automotive world firsts:Roll Stability Control (RSC), an inflatable side curtain for all three rows of seats, ani ntegrated sliding center booster seat for children, seatbelts with pretensioners in allseating positions and the availability of a Dolby 5.1 Pro Logic II surround sound stereosystem featuring a 305-watt Alpine amplifier and 12 premium speakers. Built off the venerable P2 large-car platform that is also utilized by the flagship S 80 l uxury sedan, the XC90 is the largest vehicle in the Volvo lineup. Unitized construction i ncreases torsional rigidity and helps to reduce noise, vibration and harshness. Volvo sunique vehicle architecture mounts the engine transversely, allowing increased roomwithin the passenger compartment for an optional third-row of seats, boosting seatingcapacity to seven. A full 93.2 cubic feet of cargo capacity and over 9.5 feet of cargo l ength are available when the second and third rows and the front passenger seat arefolded flat. Adding to the vehicle s versatility are no less than 64 seating configurations,more than any other of the XC90 s competitors.