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Article: Volvo's redesigned Cross Country disappointingly handsome.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- September 22, 2000
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Volvo's press propaganda for its redesigned Cross Country model, or XC, leaves the distinct impression that the Swedish automaker originated the concept of basing a sport-utility vehicle on a conventional station wagon.
"In the truest sense, the Volvo Cross Country is a very Swedish vehicle, as Swedish as the SUV concept is American," Volvo says. "The XC creation is Swedishness at its finest: a hybrid product that takes two unique concepts _ the wagon and the SUV _ and combines them into one vehicle that offers flexibility to meet many different tasks."
For the record, the Cross Country, a jacked-up V70 wagon with sport-ute styling cues, was introduced ...