Should we buy a RAV4 or an XC60?

My husband and I have now retired at the age of 70 and would like your opinion on these two used vehicles, either of which will be the last we purchase: the Toyota RAV4 petrol or the Volvo XC60 Volvo petrol. Our current vehicle is a C30 Volvo.

Asked on 23 March 2013 by JS, via email

Answered by Honest John

I think the nicest RAV4 is the 2.0i Valvematic Multidrive S 4WD, available since 2009. This has been carried over into the new range that arrived on 1 March. It is actually slightly lower CO2 than the diesel automatic. XC60s are almost all diesels.

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