Jeremy Clarkson over zijn 3e XC90 op rij
Geplaatst: 18.01.2009 - 11:43
Uit: Times online 18-01-2009
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"I’ve just bought my third Volvo XC90 in a row and the simple fact is this: it takes six children to school in the morning.
If I were forced to swap it for something smaller, we would need to do the run in two cars. And I’m sorry but two Minis produce 256 grams of CO2 per kilometre. A single Volvo diesel produces just 219. This means the XC90 is actually good for the environment and we should all have one immediately.
Just don’t do what I’ve just done and buy the “sport” version. Because fitting an XC90 with hard suspension and chunky alloy wheels may make it look good but it will ruin the ride. I’ve been in more comfortable jet fighters.
I don’t know what I was thinking of really because I know the Volvo is not sporty in any way. The diesel engine, though better than it was in the early days, is still desperately agricultural. The handling is straight from the playpen and the speed is woeful. Sticking four exhausts on a car like this is a bit like sticking four exhausts on Eamonn Holmes and attempting to sell the end result as a sport model.
Other versions, though, are just epic. People think this car has become such a common sight on the road because it is part of the private school uniform. That may be so. But there’s another, bigger reason. It is by far the best of all the school-run-mobiles because there really is room for seven people, 14 legs and two dogs in the boot as well. No other car maker — and this is strange — has managed to pull off a similar trick without ending up with a bus.
And if it’s a bus you’re after . . . Well, why not get out of my way and use one from the council.
The Clarksometer
Volvo XC90 D5 SE R-Design"
4 uit 5 sterren.
Voorafgaande tekst weggelaten.
"I’ve just bought my third Volvo XC90 in a row and the simple fact is this: it takes six children to school in the morning.
If I were forced to swap it for something smaller, we would need to do the run in two cars. And I’m sorry but two Minis produce 256 grams of CO2 per kilometre. A single Volvo diesel produces just 219. This means the XC90 is actually good for the environment and we should all have one immediately.
Just don’t do what I’ve just done and buy the “sport” version. Because fitting an XC90 with hard suspension and chunky alloy wheels may make it look good but it will ruin the ride. I’ve been in more comfortable jet fighters.
I don’t know what I was thinking of really because I know the Volvo is not sporty in any way. The diesel engine, though better than it was in the early days, is still desperately agricultural. The handling is straight from the playpen and the speed is woeful. Sticking four exhausts on a car like this is a bit like sticking four exhausts on Eamonn Holmes and attempting to sell the end result as a sport model.
Other versions, though, are just epic. People think this car has become such a common sight on the road because it is part of the private school uniform. That may be so. But there’s another, bigger reason. It is by far the best of all the school-run-mobiles because there really is room for seven people, 14 legs and two dogs in the boot as well. No other car maker — and this is strange — has managed to pull off a similar trick without ending up with a bus.
And if it’s a bus you’re after . . . Well, why not get out of my way and use one from the council.
The Clarksometer
Volvo XC90 D5 SE R-Design"
4 uit 5 sterren.
