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Hot hatch or hatchet job?...

Nippy performance. Great stereo. Unusual looks

Unusual looks

Volvo's succeeded in making a cool car. Just don't look at it from behind.

The new R-Design Volvo C30. Classified as an option rather than a trim level, adding R-Design will cost an extra £500 and gets you a host of design tweaks, the most significant of which is the two-tone leather interior and external body kit. The R ...

Yes, absolutely. But only if you're looking on the used market in 2010, when the range-topping C30 will likely be a sub-£12k purchase and a better ownership proposition in every respect.

It costs £18,295, but you can spend £1500 less by choosing the S model if you're prepared to accept smaller wheels and do away with cruise control, front foglights, a trip computer, a bottle holder and various less important fripperies. Alternatively, ...

The Brick is now Quick

Marking Volvo's entry into a new market sector, the new C30 SportsCoupe is the same but different. More of which, later

WHEN Roger Moore had women going weak at the knees in the television series the Saint in the 1960s and ...

This is a bit of an odd one. I can see why Volvo would want to investigate the sports coupé/hatch market, but it's putting itself up against formidable opposition from Audi (with the A3) and BMW (with the 1-Series).

Even so, the styling may be enough to attract people to the car. It could hardly be described as nondescript, and if we're going to make direct comparisons I'd say it's more distinctive than the A3 and less alarming than the 1-Series.

Those nice people at Volvo are only planning on selling 5,000 C30s in 2007

IS Volvo's new coupe a saint or a sinner?