Following the Lincoln Aviator and Cadillac XT6 domestic production, BMW Brilliance X5L and Audi Q6L and Infiniti QX60 will determine the domestic production, this year's major luxury brands decisive focus or domestic high-end SUV market, the latest news shows that Volvo Asia Pacific will also produce a new generation of XC90 models.
According to the information revealed by Volvo parts suppliers, the future of the factory's cooperation projects are 536US, 536 China, in the Volvo model internal code, 536 represents medium and large, 3rd generation, SUV products, combined with previous reports, the new generation of Volvo XC90 will be mass production in South Carolina, USA in 2022, so it is exactly the same as 536US.
And 536 China, combined with the Chengdu Economic Development Zone and Volvo Cars Asia Pacific in July 2020, the high-end spa2 platform project with an annual output of 30,000 units was officially landed, and it can be speculated that the mass production projects of the new SPA2 platform include the new Domestic Volvo XC90.
Looking back at Volvo's performance in 2021, Volvo XC90 sales in 2021 increased by 16% year-on-year, with a good market performance, but mostly thanks to the sharp discounts of terminals, coupled with the multiple pressures of BMW X5 and Audi Q6L will also be domestic, Volvo XC90 only has one way to go. Related reports show that new cars will be available as soon as the second half of this year.
Volvo XC90 domestic production, the biggest competitive advantage will be much lower than the current model price, the current sales in China 2022 Volvo CX90 model market price of 63.89-78.19 million yuan, after the domestic model to save tariffs and reduce manufacturing costs, is expected to start at the starting price of less than 500,000 yuan, nearly 200,000 yuan cheaper than the current model.
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Volvo XC90 has been listed for some years, with the Lynk & Co 09 also uses the SPA platform, volvo XC90 has fewer and fewer advantages, even if the starting price of domestically produced within 500,000 is not low. To know that although the current XC90 starts at 638,900 yuan, the terminal usually has a preferential range of nearly 100,000 yuan, that is to say, the actual starting price is a little more than 500,000, and the estimated price after the domestic is almost the same, want to survive in the middle of BMW Brilliance X5L and Audi Q6L, maintain their own price advantage, the domestic XC90 starting price below 400,000 may have a chance.