Volvo S60 looks like a smaller version of the big S80 luxury sedan. It's handsome in a Lars-in-a-cable-knit sweater kind of way. Not a remnant remains of the "boxy but safe" styling that Volvo championed so doggedly for decades. The S60's design predates the S80, so the bigger car is actually the copy. Volvo crafted this shape back in 1994 but lacked the funds to build both, so they launched the more profitable S80 first. The man who led the S60's design team, a Hungarian named Geza Loczi, likes to say that the mid-range Volvo represents ''the essence of contemporary Scandinavian design," whatever that means. The S60 seems compact at first glance, and there's a hunched-shoulder look to the part behind the rear doors, suggesting a hockey player ready to lead a charge up the ice.
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