Volvo
XC90
The Volvo XC90 is a luxurious seven-seat SUV that promotes an enormous sense of wellbeing when you’re travelling in it or sitting behind its wheel. It has been on sale for nearly a decade now, but two facelifts – the most recent carried out in time for 2025 – have kept it competitive in its class, while it is only sold here these days with hybrid drivetrains. It’s not a cheap vehicle, but it is thoroughly brilliant.
The volvo xc90 is a luxurious seven-seat suv, it’s not cheap, but it is thoroughly brilliant
EX90
The long-awaited Volvo EX90 doesn’t disappoint in terms of design and quality. The flagship seven-seat SUV is a worthy rival for established premium and luxury competitors, including Range Rover. Available with 408hp or 517hp outputs, the EX90 uses a large 107kWh battery for a driving range of up to 614 kilometres. Whichever version you choose, it’s sublime to drive, exuding real refinement without sacrificing performance and relative efficiency paired with Volvo’s long-standing reputation for safety.
EX40
The electric version of Volvo’s popular XC40 SUV, the EX40 offers style, safety and security in one relatively compact and easy-to-park package. A cool cabin oozes Scandinavian style and is neatly made, with a digital instrument display and a portrait-orientated central touchscreen, while the premium feel is completed by comfortable seats. A quiet and efficient electric powertrain also adds to the upmarket, relaxed feel, while there’s plenty of space in the back and in the boot.
EC40
The coupe-inspired sibling of the EX40, the EC40 was formerly known as the C40. These days, though, the fastback-shaped car is a more aerodynamic alternative to the EX40, but it has a similar cabin in terms of style, technology and space. It’s a quiet, relaxing car with a sensible range and it still has plenty of boot space, which makes it a great mode of family transport that’s very easy to live with.
EX30
The compact EX30 rightly deserves praise for its sales success in a shrinking European EV market, and for the fact that it makes a premium Volvo badge far more affordable and attainable. It’s a great-looking car, and good to drive too, but the all-on-the-screen cabin layout is infuriating, and the space in the rear seats is disappointing. The long-range single-motor version is the best all-rounder, while the 428hp Performance model seems a bit OTT for a small car.
V60
While the handsome S60 saloon has sadly been pensioned off, this gorgeous V60 estate thankfully remains on sale, and it’s an utterly charming car. There’s a choice of two plug-in hybrid models (the T8 version deploying a chunky 455hp) that both can exceed 70km in electric-only guise. The cabin is handsome and simply laid out, and it’s a wonderfully comfortable and practical car, one which offers proof — as if it were needed — that estates are better than SUVs.
XC60
The XC60, like the lower-slung V60, now comes with a larger battery which extends the electric range of the T6 plug-in hybrid system to as much as 80km (with 60km being easily achieved in real-world conditions). The design is ageing a little, but it still looks very smart, and the XC60 remains smooth and assured to drive, with the handy bonus of 350hp from its plug-in hybrid powertrain. And, of course, it’s as safe as safe can be.