2026 Volvo EX60 P10 AWD

The electric Volvo that quietly gets almost everything right.

The EX60 is a hugely important car for Volvo, its entry into the busy premium electric SUV class where the brand-new BMW iX3 and Mercedes GLC are already circling. BMW and Mercedes got their cars to customers first, and Volvo's deliveries are only now ramping up, but production is already booked solid for the next twelve months, which is a sublime start. We have driven all three and rate them highly, so the real question is which one comes out on top. We spent a week in the P10 AWD, and it is the Volvo that answers it.

Design: minimalism done properly

The EX60 is unmistakably a Volvo: clean, simple and deeply minimalist, and in a world of overwrought designs we love it for that. The Thor's hammer headlights are still here and still look great. The flush door handles that caused Volvo so much trouble on the EX90 and ES90 are gone, replaced by small handles with a physical button on top; the position takes a moment to learn but quickly becomes second nature, and it makes for a beautifully clean line down the doors. The rear is the biggest adjustment, a little more angular than we are used to from Volvo, but it works. Our car rode on 21-inch wheels, which look great, though for daily use we would take the 20s: you want the extra comfort more than the extra stance.

Practicality: the small clever touches

Volvo has thought this through. There is a small frunk up front, opened by a lever inside the cabin. It works, though it feels a little old school next to the push-to-open frunk in the Mercedes GLC, which is still the slickest way of doing it. The boot is huge, with an underfloor compartment split into two so you can grab your charging cable without unpacking everything on top. You can also option integrated booster seats built into the two outer rear seats, which fold up out of the cushion when the kids need them and vanish again when they do not. For families it is truly brilliant, and nobody else in the class offers anything so neat. These are the pragmatic solutions we love. Getting going is just as slick: with the Digital Key on your phone you simply open the door, sit down, select drive and go. It is so seamless you stop noticing it, which is the highest compliment.

Interior and quality: where it beats the Germans

Inside, the EX60 is beautifully finished. Where the BMW iX3 still uses plastics that feel a touch cheap and the Mercedes GLC throws a few too many screens at you, everything you see and touch in the Volvo feels genuinely solid. Only the lower door trims give the game away with harder plastic. There is no gloss black to keep clean, the displays are crisp without being enormous, and it is all the better for it: you are not distracted by a hundred moving things. Safety first, because Volvo. Our one gripe is the lost glovebox, which we still cannot explain.

Technology and controls: calm, and Google inside

The menus are simple and well laid out, so you are never hunting for anything. Almost everything is touch, but there is a physical volume control and two buttons to skip tracks, and the steering wheel keeps physical buttons, at last. The annoying safety chimes are easy to silence, either through a custom shortcut on the wheel or a single tap on the screen. There is no Apple CarPlay, but we did not mind: through your Google profile you download the apps you actually use, Waze, Spotify and the rest, and after a few days we did not miss CarPlay at all. The one thing we would change is the cruise control: it is adaptive only, with no plain cruise or simple speed limiter. Volvo considers that safer, and you can always override it by accelerating, but in busy traffic a human can still anticipate better than the system.

Space and driving position: spot on

The seating position is excellent, with generous legroom even for long legs and plenty of headroom. The steering wheel is fairly compact and the driver display sits above it, which gave us mild Peugeot i-Cockpit vibes, but unlike Peugeot the position simply works. Storage is minimalist but sufficient, with good door and console bins and two neatly hidden central cupholders. Adjusting the wheel and mirrors is done through the screen rather than physical controls, which is the one time we missed a button, though you rarely need to.

Driving: the softest steel springs in the class

On the road the EX60 is sublime. You can tune the drive modes, the steering weight across three settings and the adaptive dampers; there is no air suspension on the P10, yet the softest damper setting comes remarkably close to it, staying genuinely comfortable even on the 21-inch wheels. Then there is the thing Volvo does better than anyone: one-pedal driving. It is still the best in the business, wonderfully judged and easy to modulate, and you can choose whether the car creeps at walking pace or comes to a full stop. Within minutes you simply stop touching the brake pedal. It makes you drive more smoothly, which helps efficiency too.

Range, charging and efficiency: genuinely frugal

The P10 AWD pairs 510 hp and 710 Nm with a 95 kWh battery, and it is impressively efficient for a big all-wheel-drive SUV. When we tried, we dipped under 14 kWh/100km without much effort; over roughly 1,000 km we averaged 15,9, still low for a car of this size. Volvo claims 660 km of WLTP range, and we comfortably saw 600 in the real world. Once you reliably clear 500 km, living with an EV becomes genuinely easy and the range anxiety fades. Charging is rapid too, peaking at a huge 370 kW on Volvo's 800-volt architecture, so top-ups barely interrupt a journey.

Price, versions and the one option to tick

Prices start at around €69,500 for the P10 AWD, with figures varying from market to market. In the range we think the P10 is the sweet spot: if budget is no object the P12 is the most fun, with bizarre power and a much bigger battery for even more range, but the P10 gives you almost everything for less. Volvo has excelled on colours inside and out, and the one option we would call a must is the Bowers and Wilkins audio. Our test car had the Bose system, which is already very good and even puts speakers in the headrests, but the Bowers and Wilkins is pure theatre for any music fan.

AutoNext Verdict

The EX60 is the car Volvo needed, and then some. It looks clean and modern, the cabin is finished to a higher standard than either German rival, the driving position and comfort are excellent, and the one-pedal drive remains the best on sale. It is efficient, it charges fast, and it does all of it in that calm, unflustered Volvo way.

It is not flawless. Losing the glovebox is odd, adaptive-only cruise will not suit everyone, and a couple of adjustments hide in the touchscreen. But these are minor notes against a genuinely accomplished car.

We rate the iX3 and the GLC highly, yet the EX60 edges ahead for us. If you want a premium electric SUV that feels special without shouting about it, this is the one to beat.