Ultimate Recharge T8 455 310+145 AWD Twin Engine 18.8kWh Start/Stop 5dr

Superb BUT for the software.

The cabin and particularly the seats are very comfortable and spacious. Volvo have put on to my model virtually everything you can think of from tilt and slide panoramic glass roof to front seat heating, cooling and even massaging.
The performance and road-handling are extremely good for normal road-users, and the battery now delivers sufficient mileage that suffices for most day's usage without using the petrol engine. (Over the winter with low temperatures that reduce range, I have got between 28 and 32 miles from a full battery.)
However there are a couple of "BUTs"
If you want to change drive mode say from hybrid to pure (electric only), as opposed to the previous model where there was a roller switch near the gear lever, now there are three button presses on the main screen, all in different parts of the screen to get through the menus to achieve what you want.
A similar number of button presses is needed to change the battery usage mode.
Additionally to change from speed limiter to cruise control (pilot assist), the same problem. Infuriatingly the switches on the steering wheel that used to achieve this are still there!!! They look fancy but don't actually do anything.
The problem with all of the above is that making any changes all of which are usually required when the car is moving. necessitates removing the eyes from the road for a significant period, whereas previously (other than battery mode), all could be done by touch. For a company that justifiably prides itself on it's safety record, this borders on the nonsensical.
Many other functions previously controlled by buttons also have the same issue, but at least these respond to the voice command system. Driving settings don't.
The main screen is configurable, but not to the extent of allowing you to put your needed driving functions (see above) on it.
The final gripe is that although the car is advertised as being able to download and install apps, this doesn't apply to the range available on Play Store. There are only a paltry few, and these are largely (for the UK market) irrelevant. This is made worse by the fact that is an Android system car, the software designed in tandem with Google, but it doesn't even have Android Auto as an available App although paradoxically it does offer Apple Car Play!
All of the above are largely correctable in software by making it possible to have the drive settings on the front screen. The cruise control/speed limiter issue could even be put back on the buttons if the wiring loom behind hasn't been altered.
Oh yes, it would also be nice if one could see for how many miles the petrol engine has been used overall (or better still, on a journey as well)

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