WEBVTT 00:00:03.020 --> 00:00:08.760 Here we have the Volvo S90 Recharge and I got it because it might be the best plug-in hybrid 00:00:08.760 --> 00:00:13.440 on the market. That's not what we're going to look at first. Holy freak. The sound system in 00:00:13.440 --> 00:00:18.960 this thing is freaking amazing. Just come on over here, Brent. Look at this. It's a $3,000 option, 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:24.380 but holy ball, is it ever worth it? I think this one down here is made of Kevlar. This one's 00:00:24.380 --> 00:00:30.280 aluminum. That one's aluminum covered in this nice stainless steel. Looks amazing. In the center, 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:37.040 we have a tweeter and then two center speakers. There's 19 in total. So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 00:00:37.140 --> 00:00:47.980 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. That's not the start of the show. Back in here, we have a 00:00:47.980 --> 00:00:52.520 9.8-inch subwoofer that's bonded directly to the chassis. Just come and look at this, Brandon. 00:00:53.120 --> 00:00:56.840 It being bonded directly to the chassis means it transmits all of those vibrations 00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:00.040 through the entire car straight to your butt. 00:01:00.140 --> 00:01:00.260 Now, 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:06.300 I've felt a lot of bass in a car before, but it's not the same when it's your buddy's 00:01:06.300 --> 00:01:12.940 Jetta and he has 220s in the trunk and the lid comes off when you play it. This is the most 00:01:12.940 --> 00:01:16.840 refined sub bass that I've ever felt in a car. It'll make you go to the movies and be like, 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:22.600 huh, that's a pretty casual subwoofer they have there. I wish it was better. Let's have a listen. 00:01:23.100 --> 00:01:26.440 I went ahead and got a title subscription just for these speakers. Normally, 00:01:26.440 --> 00:01:31.040 Spotify quality is more than good enough. In here, you notice the 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:49.100 difference. It's just so good. I'm sorry that my mic probably isn't really doing it justice. 00:01:49.660 --> 00:01:55.400 Now, right now, I have it on the stage mode with the subwoofer just cranked because I really like 00:01:55.400 --> 00:02:05.240 the bass. It's so good. But if we come over here and put it in studio mode and reset it, 00:02:06.940 --> 00:02:19.840 it's the flattest EQ I've ever heard in a car. Well, I didn't even know that it tailed off like 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:24.200 that before. You just hear these little details in your songs that you've never heard before. 00:02:24.200 --> 00:02:30.860 It's absolutely amazing. We're going to do proper sound testing stuff on it later. I'm guessing, 00:02:31.060 --> 00:02:36.180 based off my ears, that it's almost completely flat in this, and we'll verify that with a graph 00:02:36.180 --> 00:02:42.970 right here. Anyway, let's look at the actual car bits. Now, we have the inscription model of the 00:02:42.970 --> 00:02:49.290 S90, which is just straight grandpa spec. Like, all of this chrome up here, it does look really 00:02:49.290 --> 00:02:53.510 good. Like, all the Volvos for the last 10 years have looked great, especially, like, 00:02:54.010 --> 00:02:54.330 there's a nice... 00:02:54.330 --> 00:02:54.470 ... 00:02:54.490 --> 00:03:00.020 Thor's hammer headlight. Awesome. I would get the R-Spec. It just blacks everything out. 00:03:00.740 --> 00:03:06.400 Moving around over here, right here, we have our charging port. So, this gets you, what, 00:03:06.460 --> 00:03:12.180 like, 60 kilometers of range, pure electric. Now, I am a little bit disappointed there's no 00:03:12.180 --> 00:03:18.160 fast charger, but again, like, whatever. It's a plug-in hybrid. If you don't fast charge, 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:24.200 you just use the engine. It's fine. Let's take a look at that. In total, we have 450 horsepower, 00:03:24.200 --> 00:03:31.960 and 312 of it is coming from this guy right here. It's a two-liter four-cylinder that makes 312 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:38.020 horsepower, thanks to a big old snail on the back there. Now, this used to come as a supercharged 00:03:38.020 --> 00:03:43.600 and turbocharged engine. I'm really glad that it only has a turbo now. Like, you don't need 00:03:43.600 --> 00:03:49.000 the supercharger when you have the electric, and it's just one less thing to fail in a car that has 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:53.180 so many things that can fail. Get the 10-year warranty. Wow. 00:03:53.180 --> 00:03:58.380 This hood's really high. Look at that. That would probably hit the roof in my parking garage. 00:03:58.540 --> 00:04:07.560 Holy s***. Anyway. The rear wheels are driven entirely by electric, so they contribute 143 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:13.940 horsepower, but 228 foot-pounds of torque. Now, that's just awesome, because you can take off, 00:04:14.040 --> 00:04:18.380 the electric gets you going, and then by the time that, like, it's starting to peter out, 00:04:18.380 --> 00:04:24.030 the turbo's spooled up, and you can just rocket it. Now, it's kind of down here, 00:04:24.110 --> 00:04:28.030 and you can't really see it, but whatever. Trunk's nice and big. You can fit, like, 00:04:28.030 --> 00:04:33.900 four or five bodies in there. Easy. Our first really big problem, though, is in 00:04:33.900 --> 00:04:40.540 this area. The trunk might be big, but this is a Volvo, and it's not a wagon. That's just dumb. 00:04:40.660 --> 00:04:47.680 Like, why would you buy the S90 when the V90 exists? Volvos, wagons, Volvo Canada, get us a 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:54.210 V90, please. I want to drive it. Anyway, Brandon, you're really wrong. Wagons are sick. Let's get 00:04:54.430 --> 00:05:02.590 a backseat. Back here, we have the executive seating, so I can do fun things, like annoy the 00:05:02.590 --> 00:05:08.460 person in front of me by just moving their seat back and forth. You know, want more leg room? 00:05:08.740 --> 00:05:16.080 Move them up. Want to crush them? I can. Excellent. We also have must-haves of saloons, like, you know, 00:05:16.640 --> 00:05:22.800 the good old peasant blockers here, even blocking the rear peasants. Awesome. We even have control 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:24.760 of the sunroof in the back, although I'm not going to do that. I'm going to do it in the back. 00:05:24.780 --> 00:05:30.600 I don't think this camera will be too happy about it. Aside from that, we have your typical 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:35.720 comforts that you have in luxury cars. You know, you have climate control back here, rear heated 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:41.260 seats. Ventilated is an option. And, okay, you normally don't have this, but there's also 00:05:41.260 --> 00:05:48.590 a little cigar ashtray. One thing that's kind of weird about this is that in here, where you 00:05:48.590 --> 00:05:54.600 normally have storage, there's almost none. But there's a good reason for that. All of your 00:05:55.840 --> 00:06:01.200 seats are right in here. Now, I appreciate this placement because in some other hybrids, 00:06:01.320 --> 00:06:05.660 they'll have just a bunch of your trunk space taken up with it. Or, like, you won't be able to 00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:10.620 push down your seats properly because there's a big battery in the way. Getting in the driver's 00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:16.220 seat, like, hot damn, is a nice place to be. These are some of the most comfortable seats that I've 00:06:16.220 --> 00:06:21.280 ever felt in a car. There's heaps of adjustments. You can do length of the seat, the size of the 00:06:21.280 --> 00:06:25.820 bolsters, lumbar, forward, backward, all of that good stuff. And, you know, you can do a lot of 00:06:25.840 --> 00:06:32.440 so comfortable. Absolutely love it. Everything in here is real genuine leather that cows died for. 00:06:32.660 --> 00:06:39.700 All of the wood that you see here is actual oak that trees died for. It's all, it's all very 00:06:39.700 --> 00:06:45.630 nicely put together. I just, it's a very premium spot to be, despite the fact that, like, you know, 00:06:46.070 --> 00:06:51.630 the chrome and the wood and the stuff is, again, very grandpa spec. I appreciate it, though. 00:06:52.050 --> 00:06:55.810 To turn the S90 on, you just turn this little dial to the right, 00:06:56.190 --> 00:07:01.200 turn it off, you might expect you'd turn it to the left, but, uh, nope, that's also to the right as 00:07:01.200 --> 00:07:06.960 well. Kind of weird, but, uh, whatever. Up front here, we have Android Automotive. It's easily one 00:07:06.960 --> 00:07:11.880 of the best infotainment systems on the market right now. It works great, and you're able to 00:07:11.880 --> 00:07:16.960 have different people's Google profiles in there and match to your key, so you get in and, like, 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:22.560 your Spotify title, what have you, just signs into your account. Freaking awesome. Now, if you want 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:25.760 to learn more about Android Automotive, we went into a lot of detail. 00:07:26.320 --> 00:07:32.420 In our Volvo XC40 Recharge review, but, again, the TLDR, freaking awesome. The only thing that 00:07:32.420 --> 00:07:38.880 concerns me is that they haven't added Android Auto or Apple CarPlay into it yet. They say it's 00:07:38.880 --> 00:07:44.560 coming, but they also said it was coming back when we did the XC40 review in, like, December. 00:07:45.280 --> 00:07:53.040 So, when will that arrive? Will it ever arrive? Probably. How much do you trust Volvo and Google? 00:07:53.380 --> 00:07:56.020 For media controls, we get nice physical buttons, 00:07:56.020 --> 00:08:01.740 and even though the climate control is entirely touchscreen, I don't hate it. Like, 00:08:01.780 --> 00:08:08.840 it works pretty well. I just, in general, haven't been annoyed by it. Even my father, who's over 60, 00:08:08.840 --> 00:08:15.120 had no trouble just navigating this and getting it all to work. Good job, Volvo, I guess. 00:08:15.760 --> 00:08:20.620 The funny thing is, though, watching reviews from, like, 2018 when they first put out this system, 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:25.100 people had no clue how to use it. They hated it. And now, a couple years later, it's 00:08:25.100 --> 00:08:26.480 all perfect. 00:08:26.500 --> 00:08:32.740 It's perfectly fine. Makes sense now. To shift into drive, you just pull back on this incredibly 00:08:32.740 --> 00:08:41.520 fancy Oreo 4 shifter. Just like that. And now I'm in neutral. You have to click it twice. It's 00:08:41.520 --> 00:08:46.760 really stupid. And to get reverse, you have to go forward twice again. I go into neutral on this 00:08:46.760 --> 00:08:52.120 thing all the time. It should just be one click. It's two. That's dumb, Volvo. Change it. 00:08:52.500 --> 00:08:57.360 Thanks to Linksys for sponsoring this video. They want to help you take your Wi-Fi to the next level, 00:08:57.360 --> 00:09:04.300 with their Hydra Pro 6 router. The Hydra Pro 6 uses 160 megahertz channels on Wi-Fi 6 to deliver 00:09:04.300 --> 00:09:10.280 up to four times more Wi-Fi capacity compared to older Wi-Fi 5 routers. 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But Volvo, why do you 00:09:56.580 --> 00:10:02.420 think people are not using your drive modes? Is it because people don't use them, or because your 00:10:02.420 --> 00:10:03.100 drive modes suck? 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:09.920 I think it's the latter, because even though this has four-corner active suspension, I can't tell the 00:10:09.920 --> 00:10:15.200 difference between power and hybrid and all of the different modes. Like, even in my Golf GTI, going 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:20.040 from sport to comfort, you can really just feel the whole thing go from, like, tight and wanting 00:10:20.040 --> 00:10:26.780 to go, to just kind of relaxed and sort of glides over bumps. In this, you have the suspension, and 00:10:26.780 --> 00:10:33.420 it is well set up, but I just really wish that they allowed you a little bit more range of the 00:10:34.020 --> 00:10:40.290 suspension, and the chassis, and everything. Instead of just, here's what you get. Anyway, do you want 00:10:40.290 --> 00:10:45.260 to do a little launchy launch, Brandon? I haven't done a launch in this yet. It's not the kind of car 00:10:45.260 --> 00:10:57.010 where you... Oh, wow! It launches pretty hard, damn! There was some wheel spin there. 0-60 in 4.9 seconds, 00:10:57.010 --> 00:11:04.140 and I think there was some wheel hop in the front, and we definitely spun the rears. Damn, that was 00:11:04.140 --> 00:11:06.000 enjoyable. Did you like that, Brandon? 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:06.500 Uh, yeah. 00:11:07.020 --> 00:11:12.860 You did? Great. So, yeah, this thing is proper fast. Like, you put your foot down, and just... 00:11:15.250 --> 00:11:19.410 It just charges. It doesn't do it, except for back there when I brake boosted it. 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:25.680 It's always very refined. Like, you put your foot down, and I don't think they're giving you the full 00:11:25.680 --> 00:11:31.600 electric, like, all at once. I think they're just smoothing everything out, so that you don't have 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:36.720 that, like... If you've ever been in a Tesla with someone that's a bad driver in one pedal mode, it's 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:38.020 an awful time. 00:11:38.020 --> 00:11:44.180 Speaking of which, though, this is, as far as I know, the only plug-in hybrid that has 00:11:44.180 --> 00:11:49.300 proper one-pedal driving. You give a little pull back on the shifter, and you can go between drive 00:11:49.300 --> 00:11:55.700 and braking. It's just friggin' awesome. I absolutely love one-pedal driving, and it allows 00:11:55.700 --> 00:12:01.460 you to kind of get that feel of a manual transmission car in an automatic. Like, there's 00:12:01.460 --> 00:12:06.500 something about the engine braking that I just love. It makes the whole experience better. It 00:12:06.500 --> 00:12:07.540 allows you to kind of trim your legs a little bit. It's just, like, super fun. I think I've had a lot of 00:12:07.540 --> 00:12:11.120 trim your lines as you're dipping into and out of corners. 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:12.080 I absolutely love it. 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:15.000 And as a bonus, you get more, you know, 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:16.640 energy recovery from the braking. 00:12:16.640 --> 00:12:19.060 So your battery lasts longer. 00:12:19.060 --> 00:12:19.940 Awesome. 00:12:19.940 --> 00:12:23.440 Up front, the center display is just awesome. 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:26.940 It is very similar to the one that we found 00:12:26.940 --> 00:12:29.360 in like the IONIQ 5 and the Kia EV6, 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:32.600 but it's just so much better executed. 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:34.100 So through the steering wheel, 00:12:34.100 --> 00:12:36.600 I can clearly see everything that's up there. 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:39.260 And in the center, you only have two options, 00:12:39.260 --> 00:12:42.980 either nothing or Google Maps. 00:12:42.980 --> 00:12:45.180 I just keep Google Maps on there all the time. 00:12:45.180 --> 00:12:48.380 It is just great to be able to look here, 00:12:48.380 --> 00:12:49.400 have your directions, 00:12:49.400 --> 00:12:52.240 and your passenger can screw around with the infotainment 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:55.020 and you don't have to worry about missing a stop. 00:12:55.020 --> 00:12:56.140 Oh, here's a speed bump. 00:12:56.140 --> 00:12:58.950 How is it going to handle this? 00:12:58.950 --> 00:13:02.280 Let's just hit it. 00:13:02.280 --> 00:13:03.480 Okay, that was actually fine. 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:06.440 Larger bumps, it filters out no problem. 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:07.360 At low speeds, 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:09.040 it can be a little bit cramped, 00:13:09.040 --> 00:13:09.880 a little bit crashy. 00:13:09.880 --> 00:13:11.360 Like it's nothing like an electric car 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:13.160 or most electric cars, 00:13:13.160 --> 00:13:14.960 but there's a little bit more harshness 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:19.160 than I would expect in like a big executive saloon. 00:13:19.160 --> 00:13:21.980 I understand why they did it though. 00:13:21.980 --> 00:13:23.340 Once you get on the highway 00:13:23.340 --> 00:13:27.160 and up to above about a hundred kilometers per hour, 00:13:27.160 --> 00:13:30.300 the suspension in this thing is just sublime. 00:13:30.300 --> 00:13:31.400 Okay, we found some corners. 00:13:31.400 --> 00:13:32.240 Here we go. 00:13:36.680 --> 00:13:39.190 If you really want to, 00:13:39.190 --> 00:13:41.430 it can be quite rapid. 00:13:41.430 --> 00:13:42.350 Like you can, 00:13:42.470 --> 00:13:46.060 flip it into a corner here. 00:13:46.060 --> 00:13:48.160 It is quite fast. 00:13:48.160 --> 00:13:52.310 Like almost shockingly so given the size of the thing. 00:13:52.310 --> 00:13:54.290 But when you like really push it, 00:13:54.290 --> 00:13:56.060 like right there, 00:13:56.060 --> 00:13:58.520 you can feel the whole thing just being like, 00:13:58.520 --> 00:13:59.820 why? 00:13:59.820 --> 00:14:01.710 Why are you doing this? 00:14:01.710 --> 00:14:03.710 You could be driving smoothly right now 00:14:03.710 --> 00:14:05.890 and you should drive smoothly. 00:14:05.890 --> 00:14:07.390 And then you kind of just do. 00:14:07.390 --> 00:14:10.710 It's honestly like a better B-Road cruiser 00:14:10.710 --> 00:14:12.730 than a lot of sports cars that I've been in. 00:14:12.730 --> 00:14:13.930 Because in those, the whole time, 00:14:13.930 --> 00:14:15.930 I'm just thinking, wow, 00:14:15.930 --> 00:14:17.010 this would be really great 00:14:17.010 --> 00:14:20.980 if I could go 200 kilometers per hour right now. 00:14:20.980 --> 00:14:23.040 Whereas instead in this, it's like, 00:14:23.040 --> 00:14:25.700 hmm, I'm happy going 120. 00:14:26.790 --> 00:14:27.990 What else do we have here, Brandon? 00:14:27.990 --> 00:14:29.690 Oh, assists. 00:14:29.690 --> 00:14:32.790 So the steering assist in this is quite good. 00:14:32.790 --> 00:14:36.650 The problem is that I never use it since to activate it, 00:14:36.650 --> 00:14:38.570 you have to go in driving, 00:14:38.570 --> 00:14:42.570 scroll down here and then enable steering assist. 00:14:42.570 --> 00:14:44.230 If they just had a button on the steering, 00:14:44.230 --> 00:14:45.610 I would use it all the time 00:14:45.610 --> 00:14:47.190 because it does work pretty well. 00:14:47.190 --> 00:14:48.030 But at the same time, 00:14:48.030 --> 00:14:49.890 if I have to go in the menus, 00:14:49.890 --> 00:14:51.330 yeah, I don't do it. 00:14:51.330 --> 00:14:54.590 The adaptive cruise control also is pretty good. 00:14:54.590 --> 00:14:58.110 It's excellent up until, I don't know, 00:14:58.110 --> 00:15:02.650 you get down to about 20, 30 kilometers per hour, 00:15:02.650 --> 00:15:04.310 and then it can be a little bit jerky. 00:15:04.310 --> 00:15:06.610 If you're following a Lexus with like 00:15:06.610 --> 00:15:08.110 a proper adaptive cruise, 00:15:08.110 --> 00:15:09.330 it's gonna be nice and smooth. 00:15:09.330 --> 00:15:11.770 But if you're behind someone that has an N 00:15:11.770 --> 00:15:12.870 on the back of their car, it's not gonna be so good. 00:15:12.870 --> 00:15:13.670 But if you're behind someone that has an N on the back of their car, it's not gonna be so good. 00:15:13.670 --> 00:15:15.770 But if you're behind someone that has an N on the back of their car, it's not gonna be so good. 00:15:15.770 --> 00:15:20.070 Overall, driving this has just been fantastic. 00:15:20.070 --> 00:15:22.570 Like ever since I've got it, I've loved it. 00:15:22.570 --> 00:15:26.310 Everyone else that's gotten in it has just loved the car. 00:15:26.310 --> 00:15:27.930 I'm really surprised. 00:15:27.930 --> 00:15:31.590 Like just everything feels really well thought through 00:15:31.590 --> 00:15:35.170 when so many other vehicles feel like they're just 00:15:35.170 --> 00:15:39.730 slapping all the tech in for the sake of it being tech and fancy. 00:15:39.730 --> 00:15:42.450 In Canada, this starts around 70 grand, 00:15:42.450 --> 00:15:43.290 and as spec'd, 00:15:43.290 --> 00:15:45.060 it comes in at 90. 00:15:45.060 --> 00:15:49.560 There's a lot of other cars that are available for $90,000. 00:15:51.790 --> 00:15:52.630 I don't know. 00:15:52.630 --> 00:15:55.010 I don't drive saloons all the time, Brandon. 00:15:55.010 --> 00:15:57.530 Do we even give good consumer advice on that? 00:15:57.530 --> 00:15:59.470 You probably live in a different country anyway. 00:15:59.470 --> 00:16:02.080 It doesn't even matter. 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:06.290 Anyway, the sound system of this thing is fricking amazing. 00:16:06.290 --> 00:16:08.890 So I'm going to get back to listening to it. 00:16:08.890 --> 00:16:10.450 Have a great day. 00:16:10.450 --> 00:16:11.290 See you later. 00:16:11.290 --> 00:16:13.370 Volvo, if you want to give someone a V90 00:16:13.370 --> 00:16:14.750 for a long-term review, for a long-term review, 00:16:14.750 --> 00:16:17.540 I know someone. 00:16:17.540 --> 00:16:18.640 See ya.