The Volvo XC70 was developed in parallel with the second-generation Volvo V70 and was launched in autumn 2000, badged as the Volvo V70 XC. It was not Volvo’s first Cross Country model, but it did give the XC concept a stronger profile than before.
When the Volvo XC90 was introduced in early 2002, there were people who thought that the in-house competition would badly hurt the company’s highly successful Volvo XC70.