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Don't look at this if you drive a Ford F150

A mid-size luxury crossover SUV, the Volvo XC90 made its debut in 2002 at the Detroit Motor Show. Recognized for its safety, practicality, and comfort, the XC90 is a popular vehicle around the world. The XC90 proved to be very popular, and very good for Volvo's sales numbers, since its introduction in model year 2003 (North America). P2 platform.
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Don't look at this if you drive a Ford F150

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Wow.....
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Good Lord

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https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/acf3a35.pdf, see how the XC90 GEN1 "safety cage" was purpose designed and manufactured.
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That's very interesting, thanks.
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That's pretty impressive. Good to keep in mind whenever I start to feel like "maybe I need a pickup truck"... :)
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Mother of God!

Aleve is not going to help the F150 driver
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Post by Krons »

This makes me feel great about the 05 XC90 2.5T I just bought!
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The lines on the top car look wrong for a Ford. Can anyone who knows trucks comment ??
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This is corporate-level negligence, or the upper body structural engineering manager forgot to include the header pages in the drawings that day....

Remember when you could run into the side of a Chevy pickup and the tank would explode? Or that Pinto thing....
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