We put Volvo’s new XC90 T8 Hybrid to the test. Video shot and edited by Jennifer Hahn. (video link)

Volvo’s XC90 SUV marks a new chapter for the Swedish automaker. It’s the first vehicle to be built using Volvo’s new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), a platform that’s also used by the new S90 sedan and V90 station wagon. The XC90 is also destined to be Volvo’s best-selling vehicle here in the US—by April of this year, the company had already found customers for almost 11,000 XC90s in one of the most competitive segments in the market.

The XC90 is a vehicle packed with clever technology. Much of this technology has to do with Volvo’s core focus on safety of course—which now means lots of active semi-autonomous driver assists—but this SUV marks the debut of the company’s new Sensus infotainment system, too. On top of all that, the T8 variety of this range-topping vehicle is a hybrid. After spending several hundred miles in both T6 and T8 versions of the XC90, it was easy to come away with an appreciation for Sweden’s latest.