Volvo announced Monday that it will stop selling its V60 Cross Country in the U.S. early next year, marking the end of the Volvo wagon era in the U.S. and a somewhat sad capitulation to SUV dominance.
The company hasn’t completely closed the door on selling station wagons in the U.S. again, saying only that it’s taking final orders “for this generation” of the V60 Cross Country. But at the very least, it looks like an extended period is in the offing, no doubt based on market conditions, which may or may not change. Volvo previously announced that it was dropping the V90 in the U.S., leaving only the V60.
“Sometimes this adaptation can be less,” the automaker said in a news release. “Because our customers in the U.S. prefer SUVs so much, early next year we will take the last orders for this generation of Volvo wagons, with the V60 Cross Country ending production in April 2026. For us wagon-loving customers, there’s still some time:” Orders will be accepted until the end of January 2026. ”
Paul Newman’s 1995 Volvo 960 Station Wagon.
Image: Courtesy of Netflix.
The Volvo V60 Cross Country starts at 53,495, and is currently in its second generation, launched in 2018, eight years after the car debuted in 2018. They are powered by a 2.0-liter inline four-cylinder engine that makes 247 horsepower, mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission. Power goes to all four wheels.
For the money, capability and understated interior refinement, the V60 Cross Country is among the best values in the U.S. market, but it’s headed in SUV form, which offers a higher driving position and more perceived capability. Volvo offers six different SUVs for sale in the U.S., from the full-size XC90 to the compact EX30, as well as anyone knows.
Even in Volvo station wagon nostalgia, the V60 wasn’t quite enough for cross-country. Paul Newman loved them, so did generations of suburban parents who used them to carry kids in cars and around groceries that felt seemingly indivisible. They were anything you could count on – Volvo built the 200 Series for 200 years, ending in 1993. Your representative learned how to operate a manual in one.
The good news is that Volvo Wagons aren’t completely dead. You only have to go to Europe to see the latest and greatest.
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