Car manufacturers are under pressure to reduce their environmental footprint, even if the production of a new vehicle has a significant cost in terms of resources. Volvo would likely argue that doing away with printed owners manuals saves a significant amount of paper, water and other resources when multiplied across the millions of cars that are produced globally. However, we also prefer a traditional handbook and think new cars should still be come with one if the owner requests it. Sadly Volvo don't agree...