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We know that our PHEVs are travelling 40 per cent of their distance in electric". Volvo's CEO Hakan Samuelsson recently told Top Gear, "Our Volvo on-call system tells us how much electricity you use. But that doesn't mean people buy it and run it just on petrol. It does indeed take a carving knife to your BIK tax. The boot's a bit smaller here, but not so's it'd break the deal. A practical cabin with great contemporary decor, and lots of space. Distinctive design on the outside – chunky but not aggressive. Otherwise is the PHEV situation-normal XC40? It's FWD-only, so not the SUV for snow or tow. The Inscription trim I tested rides well, and Volvo usually makes a bit of a shuddering mess of things when it tries to do sporty. You can get a stiffer-sprung R-Design version but I'd hesitate.
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Doesn't matter the steering is numb – if accurate – and it's not a car that invites you to crack on too much.Īmple compensation comes from a quiet and sweet ride that settles well on motorways and takes urban road-hits with relaxing suppleness. I fancy the suspension isn't as well damped on undulating roads as I remember of the original XC40, and that mass could be the reason. The 3cyl auto hybrid is about 100kg more than the 4cyl auto petrol. The battery pack sits in the centre of the car, and adds weight. It's OK, they'll do an emergency stop well enough. But not often.Īs with most hybrids, the brakes aren't any too progressive in mid-weight use, but then you should be using them gently anyway. If you use power mode often you probably aren't the person for a PHEV, but it can be useful to have in certain windy-road circs.īack in the 'pure' eco-hybrid mode, the transmission sometimes holds a high gear so the engine groans like a distant avalanche. Still, when everything is primed, the performance is lively enough, as shown by the 7.3sec 0-62 time.ĭriving in 'power' mode makes the performance usefully more alert, by preventing the engine from shutting down, and using lower gears. Make a big and sudden demand for power and there's a pause while the engine wakes and comes on boost and the transmission shuffles the gears. In hybrid mode, the petrol engine cuts in without much of a murmur as long as you're gentle. In electric mode, as quiet and smoothly as you'd expect and hope.