Let me share my dreadful experience to the benefit of other users.
My new Volvo XC90 was built in Sweden on 5 December 2003 and sold retail in Austria on 17 December 2003.
It ceased to function after 78 days out of the factory.
On 21 February 2004 the engine came to a complete stop while I was driving abroad on vacation with my family: no warning signals whatsoever, it simply stopped to function, period.
Total car mileage was then around 3,000 kilometers.
The local Volvo dealer where the car was towed (on my expenses) had to replace entirely the engine with a new one (this on Volvo's expenses).
I was out of the garage with my car and its new engine on 28 February 2004.
This time it lasted approximately 5 minutes, as the engine broke down just 2-3 kilometers out of the garage.
Back to the same Volvo dealer, they were flabbergasted in finding the same problem as before: after further investigations with Volvo Cars, they found out that the same problem had already happened, elsewhere, to other XC90s, and it would seem that at Volvo they still have no idea of the possible cause.
Now I am waiting for another new engine to be put in place (again on Volvo's expenses) but still am unsure whether the same problem will happen again and again ...
As I am still without my car, I am renting one in order to be able to continue my work (again on my expenses).
Having always respected Volvo as a reliable and trustworthy brand, I was really disappointed with the car's repeated breakdowns but even more as Volvo Car Corporation refused to recognize in full their product's liability thus reimbursing me for the expenses incurred.