As well as permanent all-wheel drive as standard and an extra 60mm of ground clearance, the V60 Cross Country gets Hill Descent Control and an Off Road Drive Mode setting. The on-the-road price is £38,270.

Extra styling touches include bodywork protection elements finished in charcoal grey. These include wheelarch extensions, lower sill mouldings and a rear bumper embossed with the Cross Country logo. It also gets five-spoke 18-inch alloy wheels, which are specific to the Cross Country.

The boot has a capacity of 529 litres with the rear seats up (1441 litres with the rear seats folded down), along with underfloor storage and cargo hooks on both sides of the boot. The rear seats fold 60/40.

In common with all other V60 versions, the Cross Country benefits from Volvo's Sensus multimedia system, enabling quick and easy control of a wide range of vehicle functions, satellite-navigation, entertainment and information systems through a central nine-inch touchscreen.

The V60 Cross Country is available with a 190PS 2.0-litre D4 diesel engine, one of Volvo's new family of highly efficient Drive-E powerplants, matched to an eight-speed automatic transmission. Torque is 400Nm from 1750rpm which means a braked towing capacity of 2000kg. Using the standard 18-inch wheels, the official efficiency figures are 55.4mpg combined cycle fuel economy, with CO2 emissions of 135g/km.