2.0D3 Momentum Pro

Good but not perfect

Bought the car as an ex-demo with 2,800 miles on the clock. Now up to 43,000. The good points: It's comfortable and practical. Driven with a light foot the D3 150bhp will get 58-60mpg on a long journey and 45mpg round town. There is plenty of boot space and it's a good shape. The rear seats fold completely flat.

The Volvo app works well. Adaptive cruise control is good, as is the heated front screen and seats. I especially like the heated steering wheel when it's cold.

The rear seat cushion is too short for adults and the manual gearlever is awkward to use if you have a cup or water bottle in the cupholder.Satnav occasionally tries to take me up roads which are "unsuitable for vehicles". The touch screen concept takes a while to learn and isn't as good as Mercedes knob for navigation. More buttons and less touchscreen would be better as you have to take your eyes off the road too often. Voice control works probably 80% of the time, but often struggles to find a radio station, preferring VHF to DAB for some reason.

Other minor annoyances include no oil dipstick - swipe and tap to find the oil level, same with Adblue. Does not use much Adblue, only needs refilling about every 10,000 miles. Had to have rear pads and discs at 40,000 miles which was not expected. The central screen occasionally goes completely blank for about 5 minutes after starting, and will then reset itself and work fine. It also occasionally loses road speed signs, but when restarted will work fine again. It can be heavy on front tyres. Pirelli Scorpion Verde last much better than the standard fit Continentals. 19" tyres are expensive!

Dealers have been good and very helpful to date (Inchcape, Chester).

Summary: A nice car in many respects but the touch screen system is clunky and awkward. A few niggling intermittent electronic issues are somewhat irritating and although there's plenty of legroom, you won't want to sit in the back seat for too long.

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