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05/09/2008 11:13. It's the ultimate package when you look at it. The Volvo C70 is a four-seater with a folding hard roof that makes the car look good with it up and even better with it down. With this D5 turbocharged diesel engine it has the blend of power and economy that means you can afford to run it, and with Volvo's reputation for passenger protection it's one of the safest cars on the road.

That's the reason I took it down into Cornwall for a couple of weeks with two of my children as fellow testers. Close on a thousand miles of mixed motoring later we had a better idea of what the car was all about, but for some reason we never properly bonded with it.

This top-of-the-range SE Lux version looks sexier than a Volvo should with the sweeping lines of the roof, rising and falling over those clean... // CARkeys