In addition to being more involved in the field of passenger cars, Volvo has also long-term bets on marine and sailing events. The Volvo Ocean Race, which has been held since 2001, is a 3-year, 1-degree global event to celebrate Volvo Ocean Race 2017/18, Volvo has recently released the Ocean Race, based on the V90 Cross Country, and announced the first 3,000 V90 Cross Country Ocean Race cars to be sold, each one The donation of 100 euros, a total of 300,000 euros as Volvo Ocean Race 's Science Program's research fund, the main goal is to deal with marine plastic pollution related research.
Volvo also launched the V90 Cross Country Ocean Race special edition in response to the 2017/18 Volvo Ocean Race, and Volvo said that with a total of 3,000 vehicles sold, Volvo will donate a EUR 100 each, A research fund for Ocean Race's Science Program at Volvo.
Volvo Ocean Race formerly known as the Whitbread Round the World Race sailing event, the first event held in 1973, in 2001 by Volvo undertook the event, and renamed the Volvo Ocean Race, although the first event has been held 40 years of history, but 2017/18 is just the 13th since the event is 3 years and 1, 2017/18 starts from October 22, 2017 and ends in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, Australia, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, New Zealand, Brazil, the United States, Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands and other countries.
V90 Cross Country Ocean Race Features, Looks and Interiors Introducing the design concept of the XC Coupê, the concept car introduced in 2014, the color scheme at the orange detail is the most visible.
In addition to the maritime event, in fact, Volvo took over the race since 2001, will be due to each event launch of the Ocean Race car, the earliest only V70, XC70 car launch, with the expansion of the brand front, one after another In the V40, V40 Cross Country, V60, XC60 and other cars launched Ocean Race Edition; and 2017/18 part of the race, Volvo is the first to launch the V90 Cross Country Ocean Race special edition.
The Ocean Race special edition builds on the general version V90 Cross Country, of course, retains the cross-border multi-purpose V90 Cross Country features, including the four-wheel drive standard, called the V90 a lot higher than the height of the giant land And introducing the design elements of the concept car XC Coupê introduced in 2014 into the internal and external views of the Ocean Race special edition. The exterior styling part mainly consists of white car color, orange and gray detail, The orange paint on the lower edge of the rear bumper, the black scratch-resistant plastic under the original car side, the better texture of the gray paint.
The same as the design, are to maintain the existing product characteristics at the same time, into the XC Coupê concept car bright orange color, so that the interior of the car emits a different charm.
Car interior space is also the concept car XC Coupê design elements into the gray material and color-based substrate, the synchronization is also in many details at the bright orange as the closing edge layout, including seat belts, seat corners on both sides Suture line, the inside door armrest, the edge of the foot pad, etc., are used bright orange configuration.More importantly, but also echo the Ocean Race attention to the original intention of the marine environment protection, V90 Cross Country Ocean Race special version of the interior space Material, using a material called Econy, this material is 100% recycled nylon, and further achieve the goal of environmental protection activities.