It is showing it's age. The XC60 is a sign of things to come for the XC range, so I'd expect the next gen XC90 to inherit it's charming, good looks.

Volvo is a very non pretentious, unassuming brand selected by those that want the most for their money, and as suggested, are also a little conservative. Some people view the latter characteristic as being detrimental to the potential for growth for Volvo. However, with market driven products like the XC90 V8 Sport, it shows that Volvo does indeed have the initiative to make more sporting, fun to drive products that appeal to the "German" minded consumer. From what I know this is most certainly not that last of this kind of product in the pipe line, a Mondeo derived S60 is on the way for next year, and much much more.