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THE Volvo EX30 is the smallest SUV in the brand’s line-up but it brings over so much from larger, more luxurious models that it outclasses almost all other cars of its type when it comes to luxury and

Of all the bad habits that we accumulate across our motoring lives, one of the worst might just be to presume that we have to pay well above a car’s basic price for a respectable motoring experience.

WHY WE RAN IT To see if this veteran might actually be the pick of Volvo’s growing, tech-first EV range Such is the reassuring familiarity of a Volvo SUV that when this EX40 arrived on our fleet sever

Not so long ago the combination of seven seats and all-electric seemed outlandish. But now it’s completely normal, and available in four distinct flavours

FINAL RECKONING

THE ELROQ IS DESPERATELY hard to fault. And believe us, we’ve tried. Basically a shrunken Enyaq, it looks tremendous, drives neatly, is efficient and roomy, balances tech and switchgear, and still dar