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Volvo XC90 (2002 - )

Handsome-looking, safe 7-seater brimming with kit and practical touches in its high-quality cabin. D5 is the one to go for.

A BMW X5 is a more accomplished drive on and off-road. Timing belt engines need new belts and waterpumps every 60k miles.

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Introduction

There are a few excellent four-wheel drive cars, like the Subaru Legacy, that ride at normal car height and handle like a normal car. There are lots of jacked-up, Jeep-like 4x4s that carry their passengers half a metre higher, and cannot quite manage to defy gravitational forces on corners. And now there is the Volvo XC90, which is essentially a jacked-up estate car.

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Last updated 2 February 2012

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