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MOTORING
BEST LAID PLANS
SUE COOKE DRIVES VOLVO’S NEW XC60 HYBRID, AN SUV THAT DELIVERS CLEANER, GREENER MOTORING WITH SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE AND LUXURY
good friend of mine is a planner to the utmost. He will always have a plan B and even a plan C just in case plan A goes awry. For him, driving a car powered by a hybrid system is reassurance that if the plan A electric battery runs out, then there is always plan B automatic switch to petrol or diesel. Volvo considers that hybrids are the part-time electric cars that will encourage confidence in and changes in people’s driving behaviour for a transition towards fully electric cars. The Volvo XC60 has a plug-in hybrid model with a powerful petrol engine and a battery powered electric motor. This delivers a virtually silent, zero emission city car, an astonishingly fast performance car or a reassuring allwheel drive car, all at the touch of a button. While
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emitting less CO2 emissions so you pay less road tax, this medium-sized SUV has so many other benefits which I discovered during my week of road testing. CHARITY RUN Having spent lockdown clearing out my wardrobe, I took unwanted clothes to a charity warehouse in Shenstone. A lady came over to the car to give me some instructions and did a double take as she said: “Wow, I love the interior of your car. It is beautiful.” I received comments like that all week, but I was driving the top of the range trim – Inscription Pro. The power operated tailgate closed at the touch of a button as I unloaded black bags from the boot which will hold 483 litres and walked across the road to donate.
october 2020
