Volvo S60 joins dead sedans after 2025

• Volvo S60 compact sedan ends production at the end of the month in Ridgeville, South Carolina
• The plant now produces the Volvo EX90 three-row electric crossover SUV
• The 2025 Volvo S60 starts at about $44,000

The Volvo S60 sedan will end production at the end of this month, but dealers will still be selling the 2025 Volvo S60 until supplies run out in the U.S. Volvo hasn’t yet confirmed whether the V60 wagon and V60 Cross Country will be discontinued after 2025 as well. 

The V60 wagon versions are imported from Ghent, Belgium, whereas the S60 has been made domestically at Volvo’s plant in Ridgeville, South Carolina, for the past five years. That plant will enable Volvo to “focus on the EX90” three-row electric crossover SUV, Motor1 reports.  

The latest iteration of the Volvo S60 debuted in 2019 in Ridgeville, which was Volvo’s first U.S. production facility. Volvo began exporting the S60 to global markets in March 2019, then began production of the EX90 there this month. The Polestar 3 is also built there. Because it’s built domestically, base versions of the seven-seat EX90 should qualify for the $7,500 tax credit. It starts just below the $80,000 threshold for the revised point-of-sale credit, but most versions will likely exceed that threshold when sales start later this year. 

It’s priced between the less expensive Kia EV9 and similarly to the Rivian R1S in the nascent three-row electric SUV segment. That shows where the market has been going for years, and why the S60 ends after a nearly 25-year model run. The first two generations were mostly built in Sweden, and aimed at European rivals such as the BMW 3-Series and the Mercedes-Benz C-Class. While those benchmark sedans continue on, the S60 lasted longer than the Jaguar XE, Maserati Ghibli, Kia Stinger, Mazda 6, and other recently deceased sedans. 

The V60 wagon series had the utility preferred by SUV shoppers, but rode low to the ground like a sedan. Enthusiasts clamor for sedans and wagons in a disproportionate reflection of what nearly all other car shoppers want. The S60 benefited from Volvo’s austere styling and loaded feature set, but its performance couldn’t match that of its European rivals. Most versions used a 247-hp 2.0-liter turbo-4 mild-hybrid system with an 8-speed automatic transmission and either front or all-wheel drive. Recharge models offered a plug-in hybrid variant rated at 455 hp. 

The 2025 S60 will stay on sale while supplies last, starting at about $44,000 for base T5 models and stretching to $53,000 for starters of the S60 Recharge PHEV.