>FAST FACTS

Volvo S60 / V60: Four doors, five passengers, midsize sedan / station wagon. PRICE: S60 sedan: Momentum T5 — $42,400; Momentum T6 4WD — $47,400; R-Design T6 4WD — $52,400; Inscription T6 4WD — $53,900; T8 / T8 Polestar Engineered hybrid 4WD — $TBA; V60 wagon: Momentum T5 — $43,900; Momentum T6 4WD — $48,900; Inscription T6 4WD — $55,400. ENGINE: T5 models — 2.0-litre four cylinder, double overhead camshafts, four valves per cylinder, turbocharged, direct injection. T6 and T8 models — 2.0 litre four cylinder, double overhead camshafts, four valves per cylinder, turbocharged and supercharged, direct injection. POWER/TORQUE, horsepower / lb.-ft.: T5: 250 @ 5,500 r.p.m. / 258 @ 1,500 — 4,800 r.p.m. T6: 316 @ 5,700 r.p.m. / 295 @ 2,200 — 5,400 r.p.m.; T8: 313 @ 6,000 r.p.m. / 295 @ 2,200 — 5,400 r.p.m.; T8 Polestar Engineered: 328 @ 5,800 — 6,000 r.p.m. / 317 @ 4,500 r.p.m. FUEL CONSUMPTION, Transport Canada City/ Highway, l/100 km: N/A. Premium unleaded fuel. COMPETITION: Audi A4; BMW 3-Series; Mercedes-Benz C Class. WHAT’S BEST: Stunningly beautiful inside and out; good ride and handling; justly famous seat comfort. WHAT’S WORST: Manual shift pattern simply wrong; some functions in Sensus Connect system unnecessarily complicated; as always, semi-autonomous driving function is a complete waste of time and money. WHAT’S INTERESTING: Watching Volvo walk the tightrope between Swedish logic and the idiocies of the American car market.