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Our Fleet Test Drive: Volvo XC60 - 6th Report

Date: 24 June 2009   |   Author: Tristan Young

[1] You can leave the key in your pocket and simply pull any door handle
Category: Small 4x4
P11D price: £28,785
Key rival: Audi Q5

Driving cars other than your long-term test car is a useful reminder of how good the Volvo XC60 does things.

In the recent past I've been driving a few cars with keyless entry systems, where you just leave the key in your pocket and pull the handle to unlock and open the car, then push a button on the handle when you leave the car to lock it.

But not all systems are as simple and well thought-out as the Volvo's. On the XC60 not only are the front door handles linked up, but so are the rear handles (often missing from rivals' systems). If you've got kids you'll know that you open the rear doors of a car first to put your youngsters in before you get in the front.

That's one-nil to the Volvo then.

Volvo XC60 2.4 D5 SE Lux manual
Mileage9518
Claimed combined
consumption
37.7mpg
Our average
consumption
32.6mpg
P11D price£28,785
Model price range£24,250-£33,740
CO2 (tax) 199g/km (30%)
BIK 20/40% per month£143/£287
Service interval18,000mls
Insurancegroup 14
Warranty3yrs/60,000mls
Boot space (min/max)495/1455 litres
Engine size/power2400cc/185PS
Top speed/0-62mph127mph/9.0secs
Why we’re running itVolvo’s new baby 4x4 is
the best in class and
loaded with hi-tech kit
PositiveComfort, practicality,
safety kit
NegativeDelay in ‘instant’
mpg reading



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