Mileage 2084 List price £39,935 Target Price £37,610 Price as tested £45,535 Test economy 27.1mpg
SWEDEN. HOME OF rolling countryside, lakes and fresh-air pursuits. And Volvo, a car manufacturer that, on the surface at least, mirrors this clean-living, eco-orientated paradise and, as a result, has forged something of a reputation in recent years for what the kids define as a ‘woke’ attitude.
You might remember a few years back when it became the first car maker to set a deadline for when all its cars would be electrified, for instance – although what it actually meant was that it would have at least mild hybrid systems in place, just like the rest of the industry. And even before that, it ditched the cylinder race, committing to putting only relatively small…