The wagon is back: I’m spending a month with the Volvo V90 Cross Country
When I was little, my father drove a gold-colored Volvo 245 Turbo wagon. It had a cavernous cargo area that was regularly used to haul arcade video games, and to my four-year-old ears, the turbo whine sounded like a police car siren. That wagon eventually bit the dust, most likely from mechanical issues with the turbo. After a dalliance with a Subaru, it was eventually replaced with a gold Volvo 850 wagon — and that was the car I drove most often after I got my driver’s license.
There’s a new Volvo wagon now, more luxurious than the old ones and aimed at a slightly different, more upscale audience. It’s called the Volvo V90 Cross Country and it’s the wagon version of the XC90 SUV and S90 sedan. And, if first impressions are to be...