I have had two Volvo's prior to my latest one. An XC60 D4 Auto. Never had a problem with any of them. Very pleased with my present one which is probably the SUV version of the S60. This is a lot of car for the money and a bargain if you intend to keep it for a very long time. Main dealer costs are very high, like BMW etc but after two services/ three years the warranty runs out so a good independent needs to be found. Worth think about if you are ready to change.

Cheers Concrete

Petrol Volvos are very thirsty: friends have a petrol XC40 T5 and get 32 mpg at best out of it.

And that is why we are considering an XC40 as out next car. We tried the T4 and really liked it but now that has been replaced by the B4P (mild hybrid) and the T5 is the B5P its probably the B5P we would go for.

HJ real mpg gives the T5 a figure of approx 30 mpg, perhaps the B5P may do a little better. our current 1.6 Pulsar averages about 36 mpg so over our recent annual mileage of 6000 a year (much less at present) it would cost us an extra £156 a year on petrol which is nothing.

Perhaps if we did a higher mileage we would be thinking differently but in that case we would probably still be looking at diesels or something like a Skoda Scala 1.5 TSi in which owners seem to be averaging in the high 40's.

Wonder what happened to make them switch to BMW? Can't speak for the fuel consumption but it is a factor for some.

cheers Concrete

Lease / residuals / total cost of ownership / fleet discounts. Same reason as police cars are silver, the get a better resale value.