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This large Volvo is very safe and gave a good all round performance, especially in side impact where the driver's head is well protected by a drop-down curtain airbag. Euro NCAP has previously tested the rear-facing child restraint system that is ...

My eldest is showing disturbing signs of becoming just that. He can recite whole chunks of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" call out the names of more interesting models as they pass and has begun asking awkward questions about why we don't own a Maserati

DESPITE what we see out on the road some days, top executive cars with big engines sell in very small ...

WALES meets Scandinavia in the Volvo S80 3.2. The latest version of Volvo's big car model is now ...

VOLVO'S updated executive saloon is a triumph of evolution over revolution.

It used to be called 'Carriage Trade?. Now 'Private Hire?

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN - For some reason or another, Volvo's first attempt at a serious luxury car didn't win the respect it deserved

The S80 features all kinds of other advanced technology, but the bottom line is that it's a really great car to drive - comfortable, powerful and agile

Comfortable seats, good ride quality on smaller wheels.

Doesn't have the cachet of competitors, nor is it as good to drive.

An improvement over predecessor, but it's still not up to the German competition.

Mainstream players like Ford and Vauxhall stopped building big luxury saloons when it became clear they were struggling to compete in a declining market. The once proud and imposing Vauxhall Omega and Ford Scorpio were consigned to the great scrapyard ...

The new S80 is a brave car; it is launching into a market for premium large saloons that is at best dubbed "mature" - industry speak for level at best and probably shrinking, with inroads from other faster growing market sectors such as 4x4s..

The S80 deserves to do well, but is hampered in a crucial area; this segment is 80% dominated by diesels. However, Volvo only offer 163 or 185hp diesel units, which while decent are not enough to match the 3-litre diesels of the German competition. ...