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Volvo’s spacious V90 Cross Country could tempt Hong Kong’s crossover fans back to wagons

Cross Country edition is higher than the standard V90 and has lots of handy extras, including full LED headlights that bend around curves

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Volvo V90 Cross Country. Photo: handout

Nicole Kidman’s Celeste in Big Little Lies should have driven a Volvo V90 Cross Country.

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It is the perfect conveyance for a character like that – someone with a delicate feminine demeanour,

Scandinavian-ish good looks and distinctive, sleek style. (Oh, and a pair of rambunctious twin boys.)

Volvo is offering this car in an attempt to take the edge off our addiction to sports utility vehicles.

“The V90CC will be tentatively launched in late September in Hong Kong,” Volvo Hong Kong spokeswoman Yoko Yeung said this week. “Its price is not yet fixed, but we will have T5 and T6 engine models for selection.”

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The brand already has the excellent XC60 and XC90 SUVs, but it is betting that it can make a station wagon stylish and aggressive enough to garner a slice of that market. After all, the wagon was once its bread and butter in the United States and popular in Hong Kong.

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