The apparent success of the Volvo XC90 since its reveal last year (2014) has convinced the head honchos at Volvo that an S90 is the perfect name for the new S80. The S90 will seemingly aim at the luxury sedan market competing with the BMW 5-Series, new Jag XF and Merc E-Class.

Volvo’s S80 has always had a creamy soft ride that makes every journey comfortable but it’s certainly never been a driver’s car. Volvo’s scalable architecture will be used as the base for the S90 much the same as the XC90, the platform is flexible in a similar fashion to VW’s MQB platform that houses much of VW and Audi’s small cars.

S90will make room for Limo model

With the S90 effectively steeping down a segment, it leaves room for a new Volvo to fill the gap at the top end of the luxury sedan market or Limousines. What vehicle itannounces to fitin there isn’t known yet but we could hear about it quite soon.

The S90 is penned to be built in both sedan and estate models – shown above. Power will probably also come courtesy of the new range of 4-cylinder turbo motors, top of which is the 2.0-Litre supercharged and turbocharged T8 unit that combines with electric power to produce 294 kW and 640 Nm.