Price: R995 900 0–100 km/h: 3.69 seconds Top speed: 180 km/h Power: 315 kW Torque: 543 N.m Claimed range: 460 km
Feels suitably future-focused and, indeed, compelling. Unavoidably steep pricing and ‘quirky’ EU-focused driver aid systems are the only drawbacks for our market
Ian McLaren
I like that it feels sprightly by default, even before you realise that it’ll do 0–100 km/h faster than most sportscars
Kyle Kock
What initially seemed like an unlikely relationship, the custodianship of Volvo Cars by Chinese automotive giant Zhejiang Geely Holding Group has over the past 14 years borne impressive fruit. A fan of the Swedish brand, founder and chairman of Geely, billionaire Eric Li Shufu, initially encouraged Volvo (using Geely funding) to continue with the kind of thinking and execution of products that historically stood out for their inherent style, sophistication and, of course, a focus on safety.
While Volvo has since successfully used its impressive current XC family of SUVs to implement a strategy of introducing hybrid
