Volvo's 審査する folly: New EX30 compact crossover 欠如(する)s a dashboard behind the steering wheel, says RAY MASSEY

It's hard not to like Volvo's new EX30 compact crossover, its smallest SUV. And I did, in the main, while 運動ing it for the first time on potholed UK roads.

This is a smart electric car with 同時代の looks, a 範囲 of up to 296 miles, good 業績/成果 and acceleration, a smart clutter-解放する/自由な 内部の, 柔軟な space ― 含むing 倍の-負かす/撃墜する seats and a small 前線-trunk or 'frunk' ― and some clever touches.

But it's also a 欠陥d genius. Because for all my enjoyment, there remain some irritating niggles which I hope the Swedish car 会社/堅い ― owned by car 巨大(な) Geely ― will put 権利 in the Chinese-built SUV.?

Volvo has stripped out physical buttons and knobs, and put far too much 強調 on the 選び出す/独身 central upright iPad-style dashboard 審査する.

As a result, there is no driver (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) 審査する behind the steering wheel. So I had to コースを変える my gaze from the road to the 審査する centre of the car to check the 速度(を上げる) 限界 or keep an 注目する,もくろむ on the sat-nav 地図/計画する.?

Flawed genius: Volvo's EX30 lacks a dashboard behind the steering wheel

欠陥d genius: Volvo's EX30 欠如(する)s a dashboard behind the steering wheel

Tweaking the 味方する mirrors is also 経由で the 審査する. This is surprising from a car 会社/堅い that has built its 評判 on safety.

This 重要な 欠陥 aside, I enjoyed the EX30, 定価つきの from £33,795. I drove the 272hp 後部-wheel 運動 model costing from £38,545 which 加速するd from 残り/休憩(する) to 62mph in 5.3 seconds and has a 範囲 of 296 miles.?

The more powerful 428hp twin モーター 見解/翻訳/版 costs from £42,045 and 加速するs from 残り/休憩(する) to 62mph in 3.6 seconds.

Volkswagen Multivan has slowest 価値低下?

New cars lose value the second they leave the 売買業者's forecourt. But the degree of 価値低下 変化させるs hugely between models.

A new 報告(する)/憶測 by magazine WhatCar? looking at cars under £50,000, based on three years' 所有権 and 36,000 miles, says the seven-seater Volkswagen Multivan is the best performer with the sl owest 価値低下, 保持するing 62 per cent of its value as it 減少(する)s from £48,340 to £29,975 ― a 落ちる of £18,365.

Top spot: Volkswagen Multivan has the slowest depreciation, retaining 62 per cent of its value as it drops from £48,340 to £29,975

最高の,を越す 位置/汚点/見つけ出す: Volkswagen Multivan has the slowest 価値低下, 保持するing 62 per cent of its value as it 減少(する)s from £48,340 to £29,975

It is followed by the Renault Scenic E-Tech, 保持するing 60.7 per cent of its value and the Honda 市民の Type R (60.5 per cent).

Biggest depreciators are the Vauxhall Mokka Electric which 保持するs 27.9 per cent of its value and DS3 E-緊張した (28.5 per cent).

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