Volvo's new EX60 is causing an uproar nobody saw coming — not over acceleration, not over styling, but over a single option. The Plus trim doesn’t get headlight washers. And you can’t order them separately. Want the feature Swedish Volvos have carried for decades? You’ll have to step up to Ultra. That’s another 80,000 kronor, roughly $7,600, for the exact same powertrain.
The numbers speak for themselves: the rear-wheel-drive EX60 P6 Plus starts at 689,000 kronor in Sweden, while the P6 Ultra starts at 769,000. The same 80,000-kronor gap separates the P10 and P12 versions. Coincidence? No — it’s the price of an option Volvo decided to stop selling on its own.
Calling that sum the “price of the washers” would be unfair, of course. Ultra buyers also get HD Pixel headlights, a Bowers & Wilkins audio system, an electrochromic panoramic roof, upgraded trim, and a 360-degree camera. But the fact remains: Plus simply doesn’t offer washers. Ultra does — bundled with the HD Pixel optics, not sold apart from them.
The base Plus makes do with simpler Matrix LED headlights. In Sweden, that’s no small detail. Winter snow, salt, and road grime cake the lens surface within a matter of kilometers, and headlight washers have been taken for granted on Volvos for decades. Some buyers expected them on the well-equipped Plus — and weren’t happy to find them missing.
Here’s the twist: the pricier Ultra won’t necessarily take you further. Volvo’s official Swedish configurator lists up to 611 km for the P6 Plus and up to 600 km for the P6 Ultra; the P10 comes in at 660 km versus 648 km. Heavier equipment and different wheels shave a little off the official WLTP figure. Only the P12 stays unbothered, holding 810 km in both trims.
Despite all this, the model itself launched to strong demand. Back in spring, Volvo counted more than 3,000 EX60 orders in Sweden and decided to ramp up production in Torslanda, with the first customer deliveries starting in mid-July. So the washer saga isn’t a flop for the EX60 — it’s a contentious trim-level call on a car that’s already selling fast.
Earlier, Tarantas.news reported that Volvo will launch XC60 production in South Carolina by the end of 2026. In its first full year, the plant could build at least 20,000 crossovers — only about 13% of its total capacity.
