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  Volvo V90 D5 Road Test 1 Jul 2016 (roadtest)
  Volvo can't claim to have invented the estate but over the last sixty years it's certainly championed them more than most. But in the last decade, cars like the V70 have fallen out of fashion. Blame big SUVs for their decline because compared to an estate they offer a commanding
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  Volvo XC90 T8 Road Test 22 Feb 2016 (roadtest)
  With the XC90 T8, Volvo would seemingly have achieved the impossible: a huge, 407HP 7-seater four-wheel drive SUV that emits just 49g/km CO2 and achieves 134.5mpg on the NEDC lab test combined cycle. However, that depends on plugging it in and driving 27 miles
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  Volvo XC60 2008 Road Test 29 Sep 2008 (roadtest)
  Guest Test of 2008 Volvo XVC60 by Chris Rees. Video by Honest John. It was a Brit – Paul Horbury – who changed forever Volvo’s shoebox styling ethic by penning cars like the original C70 and S80. Now another British designer is radically changing
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  Volvo V70 2007 Road Test 21 Jun 2007 (roadtest)
  Have a crash in a new Volvo 2007 V70 and your chances of stepping out intact are better than in any other station wagon. There are now extra airbags in the seat squabs to protect your lower body in impacts from the side, while the front crumple zone is built from
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  Volvo C30 2006 Road Test 3 Nov 2006 (roadtest)
  Those nice people at Volvo are only planning on selling 5,000 C30s in 2007.  They’d better make some more. If the idea was to turn a Ford Focus into a rival for the Audi A3, then Audi must be worried. First the looks. The C30 isn’t
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  Volvo C70 2006 Road Test 6 Jun 2006 (roadtest)
  I wasn’t a fan of the old Volvo C70 convertible. It shook, shimmied, leaked through the door mirror housings and did not drive anything like as well as its styling promised. Surprisingly, and this is a very subjective thing, the 2006 Volvo C70 doesn’t look quite as good from
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  Volvo V50 2004 Road Test 22 Feb 2004 (roadtest)
  Here I look at the new Ford/PSA 2.0 litre diesel version of the Volvo V50, which is anticipated to account for 50% of V50 sales, and the All Wheel Drive 220bhp Volvo V50 T5, which arrives later in the year.  Last year I wrote
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  Volvo S40 2003 Road Test 1 Nov 2003 (roadtest)
  It’s not often I get to test a new car and it turns out to exceed all expectations. Okay, just about anything would have been better than the old Mitsubishi Carisma based Volvo S40. And the Mazda 3 had already given a foretaste of what to expect in the chassis department
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  Volvo XC90 2002 Road Test 17 Aug 2002 (roadtest)
  on corners. And now there is the Volvo XC90, which is essentially a jacked-up estate car. It’s not much longer than a Lexus RX300 or BMW X5. Just 4.8 metres exactly (15’ 9”) But, amazingly, manages to contain three rows of seats with more than half a metre of luggage space
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  Volvo XC60 B4 2019 Road Test 18 Sep 2019 (roadtest)
  The Volvo XC40 B4 Inscription is just one electrified model with which Volvo intends to continue disrupting the new car market. And it’s a strategy that is working. Volvo’s UK sales this year are already 27% up on the same period last year, against a general fall of 3%. Buy
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  Volvo XC40 T5 2018 Road Test 22 Jun 2018 (roadtest)
  The Volvo XC40 T5 is so exceptionally pleasant it’s easy to understand why it was voted European Car of the Year. Now and again, a car comes together exactly right and, to Volvo’s credit, that it what it has done with the XC40. Quiet, easy to get on with, a doddle to drive, yet
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  Volvo V60 D4 2018 Road Test 24 May 2018 (roadtest)
  The handsome new 2018 Volvo V60 will eventually be offered with a choice of two hybrid powertrains, but for the time being we’re getting 150HP and 190HP diesels and a 250HP petrol
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  Volvo XC40 D4 2018 Road Test 27 Nov 2017 (roadtest)
  The Volvo XC40 isn't just a good alternative to the usual premium crossovers like the Audi Q3 – it’s a different and arguably better car altogether. Why? Well it’s full of practical, family-friendly touches, it has a great interior and comes well-equipped. Add
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  Volvo XC60 D5 2017 Road Test 22 May 2017 (roadtest)
  Volvo is in resurgent form, currently refreshing its line-up of cars and offering something different in their respective classes from the all-too familiar Germanic competition. The XC60 is the latest, a compact, premium SUV, it’ll take on BMW’s
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  Volvo XC90 D5 2015 Road Test 26 Feb 2015 (roadtest)
  XC90 represents the start of a new chapter for Volvo. It's the first model made entirely by Volvo since the brand was sold by Ford in 2010. And with XC90 being almost a brand in itself - and the top of the tree in the Volvo line-up - there's plenty riding on it. This is one car that Volvo wants to get
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  Volvo V60 Polestar 2014 Road Test 13 May 2014 (roadtest)
  After years of flirtation with high-performance concepts and prototypes, Volvo has finally answered the calls of marque enthusiasts and launched its first race-born production model. The V60 Polestar is the result of a five year development project between Volvo and its official racing
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  Volvo V40 D2 2012 Road Test 12 Jul 2012 (roadtest)
  Amazingly it has been 20 years since Volvo had a five-door hatchback in its range. But with the premium hatchback market - currently dominated by the BMW 1 Series and Audi
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  Volvo S80 DRIVe 2011 Road Test 1 Aug 2011 (roadtest)
  John Slavin tests the very big Volvo S80 DRIVe, which is fitted with a very small 115PS 1.6 litre diesel engine. Everyone wants to be green, which is good news, whether you believe the eco-speak or not. Most car makers now offer low emissions models that are designed
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  Volvo S80 D5 2007 Road Test 12 Dec 2006 (roadtest)
  It used to be called ‘Carriage Trade’. Now ‘Private Hire’. Those Middle Eastern guys in sharp suits, sunglasses and E220 CDIs who show up to take you to a TV studio. I wondered what they would think of the new Volvo S80 D5. It’s a big
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  Volvo V60 Cross Country 2019 Road Test 1 Mar 2019 (roadtest)
  In a world obsessed with SUVs, the four-wheel-drive estate car is in danger of becoming extinct with both Audi and Subaru moving away from rugged estates towards SUVs. That leaves the Volvo V60 Cross Country almost in a premium class of its own. Volvo