Volvo c40 recharge

When the idea of an estate car with a tougher brief, a chunkier look, some extra ground clearance and four-wheel drive first emerged in 1997, it did so in opposition to Volvo’s halo models of the time

THE Volvo EX30 might be the smallest car the Swedish marque makes, but we think it’s the company’s best work – as evidenced by the EV picking up the Best Small Premium SUV title at the 2025 Auto Expre

THERE’S been a Estate version of the C-Class ever since the model arrived to replace the 190E in 1993, and Mercedes is on to its fifth generation, known internally as the W206, which arrived in 2021.

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I RECENTLY completed my annual pilgrimage to the Auto Express New Car Awards photoshoot and used the opportunity to grab a quick picture of our long-term EC40 test car beside Volvo’s award-winning EX3

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