Road Test
Volvo V50 2.0D Sport
Test date 29 May 2006
Price as tested £20,795
What most distinguishes this newest Volvo estate, the V50, is how utterly unlike a traditional Volvo estate it is. If you always thought the Volvo estate as a kind of road going freighter – large, ugly and quite unfeasibly capacious – then you will need to prepare yourself for the V50. It’s small, conspicuously attractive and one of the least effective load carriers money can buy.
But this need not matter – it’s shaped the way it is for styling purposes and to create just enough of the illusion of practicality to sell to those who want Volvo strength and a good street image but need just a smidge of extra carrying capacity.
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