Twinned with the larger XC90 on the Scalable Product Architecture developed by Volvo with financial assistance from Chinese automaker Geely, the second-generation X60 has received a second facelift.

OK, so a year or so ago I drove Volvo’s spiffy looking XC60 SUV, but it was the plug-in hybrid version, then known as the Recharge, now the T8. This year, I just logged a week in the all-gas version, ...