V60 wagon / cross country acceleration & handling experience? 2018 & newer

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I'm researching replacement wagons for my 1995 850 Turbo Wagon.
So I would be looking at buying a 2019-2022 used. I dont want the 2023 "google infected" navigation/infotainment system.

The article has bad things to say about the V60. What is actual experience? I understand the 2019 year was a "refresh" that started production in mid 2018 ::: 2018–present Volvo V60 Cross Country ( V443 )

And the article doesn't talk about the T5 handling & acceleration, only the T6.

Mostly interested in experience with acceleration lag. And exactly how do you disable the idle stop safety hazard - is it an on-screen toggle, or a dealer only tweak?

https://www.cars.com/reviews/2019-volvo ... 757055378/
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2019 Volvo V60 Review: Many Strengths, Drivability Notwithstanding
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POOR HANDLING Smaller wheels (17s or 18s are available) and their taller-sidewall tires might improve things, and you might also want to drive the standard fixed-rate shocks to see how they affect things.

The steering has numb feedback and a slow overall ratio, and the all-wheel drive does little to hide the platform’s front-biased layout. Apply enough gas through a corner, and the V60 sends a little more power rearward to nudge the tail and reorient the axis. But it’s far from the balance you get from true, rear-drive-based AWD or even front-drive-based systems with more proactive power distribution.

With 316 horsepower and 295 pounds-feet of torque, the T6 moves vigorously once all systems are go, but noticeable accelerator lag and a lazy automatic engine stop-start system delay movement until a few moments after you hit the gas. (You can permanently disable the idle-stop, at least.)

Depress the pedal for highway passing power and the V60’s standard eight-speed automatic transmission lags too long before initiating a downshift. A selectable Dynamic driving mode does little to lessen it.

Volvo says the V60 T6 hits 60 mph in 5.5 seconds versus
6.5 seconds for the T5 engine (250 hp, 258 pounds-feet of torque).
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EDIT - the more I read, the more confused I get. The below indicates that if I'm looking for a used wagon by searching for "cross country," I will miss wagons that are not labeled "cross country" ??? Did some model years have wagons not labeled cross country, and also wagons labeled cross country? If so, what was the difference ?

viewtopic.php?p=577854&hilit=v60+cross+country#p577854

by matthew1 » July 10th, 2021, 4:23 pm
V60 and V90 wagons discontinued for 2022

On Thursday, Motor Trend reported Volvo will stop offering the special-order-only V90 wagon in the US. We contacted the automaker for confirmation, and sorry to say, it's true. But to add insult to injury, a Volvo spokesperson told us the smaller V60 wagon is getting the axe, too. Sad trombones all around.

It's not all bad news, though. "The wagons will live on in the Cross Country variant," Volvo's spokesperson said, and the high-performance V60 Polestar Engineered plug-in hybrid will stick around, as well. The models being discontinued are the front-wheel-drive V60 T5 and V90 T5 and the all-wheel-drive V90 T6.

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/volv ... continued/