---
title: "Looking Across the Iberian Peninsula in the Volvo S90"
description: "Setting a new record in Spain and Portugal."
date: "2016-10-07"
modified: "2017-01-04"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/setting-records/4329/looking-across-the-iberian-peninsula-in-the-volvo-s90"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "luxury"
  - "S90"
  - "sedan"
  - "Volvo"
---

# Looking Across the Iberian Peninsula in the Volvo S90

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![volvo-iberia-gal-1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/volvo-iberia-gal-1.jpg>)
*Barcelona's nightclubs are turning out the last of their customers as Roy and Cantle start their day.*

![volvo-iberia-gal-2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/volvo-iberia-gal-2.jpg>)
*Roy checks the time. Departure is calculated to beat both the morning rush hour in Barcelona, and the afternoon rush hour in Lisbon.*

![volvo-iberia-gal-3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/volvo-iberia-gal-3.jpg>)
*Luggage secured, Roy looks longingly at a nightlife he missed out on, prefering instead to sleep in preperation for the record run.*

![volvo-iberia-gal-4.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/volvo-iberia-gal-4.jpg>)
*The first light of dawn signals that it's time to depart.*

![volvo-iberia-gal-5.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/volvo-iberia-gal-5.jpg>)
*The first look at the GPS map is always daunting.*

![volvo-iberia-gal-6.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/volvo-iberia-gal-6.jpg>)
*Spain and Portugal both have fantastic, high-speed toll roads. Perfect for record setting at sensible, even legal speeds.*

![volvo-iberia-gal-7.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/volvo-iberia-gal-7.jpg>)
*Careful planning dispatches city traffic. The record appears to be in the bag.*

![volvo-iberia-gal-8.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/volvo-iberia-gal-8.jpg>)
*The 25 de Abril Bridge spans the Tagus, and whisks the team into Lisbon. Designed by the same firm behind San Francisco's Bay Bridge, the span is a Lisbon landmark.*

![volvo-iberia-gal-9.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/volvo-iberia-gal-9.jpg>)
*Record: Set! Perfect weather and unimprovable road conditions allow Roy and Cantle to pilot the Volvo to Belém Tower in Lisbon ahead of schedule.*

![volvo-iberia-gal-10.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/volvo-iberia-gal-10.jpg>)
*Satisfied with his effort, Roy basks in linen and the Portuguese sunlight.*

![volvo-iberia-gal-11new.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/volvo-iberia-gal-11new.jpg>)
*The Volvo takes to Lisbon's streets like a duck to water.*

![volvo-iberia-gal-12.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/volvo-iberia-gal-12.jpg>)
*With hours of daylight remaining, the team gets a lay of the land, starting with the monuments and fountains of Rossio Square.*

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