i dragged my wife out to get the safest car possible when we suddenly found ourselves with kids and of course landed in the volvo showroom looking at xc90’s. the biggest surprise is that they were a lot more expensive than bmw x5’s at the time. brace yourself.
Are Volvo cars considered the 'safest' based on recent analysis or historical data (reputation)? Surely there are a raft of SUVs that should be safer just by virtue of height and modern safety features.
it’s not volvo cars that i’m aware of being super safe, it’s specifically the xc90 that had the reputation of nobody ever dying in one. this was around 2019 so i don’t think the SUV market in the UK was quite so saturated.
Yeah that's got to be an urban myth.
What did it pick?
Porsche, Aston and Bentley for luxury and comfort. I’ll get the full list.
i think it was trueish 6 years ago
If flying insects were big and tame enough to sit on, what would you have?
Over 1 million XC90s sold since it started production. I still think that's a propagated urban myth. Statistically impossible ?!
Like one of those American RVs that have swivel armchairs for the driver and passenger's seats.
That depends on what the container was filled with. Bricks? OK, the vovlo is not at fault. But if it was filled with helium balloons you'd expect better.
Might be awkward trying to find somewhere to park it.
Mine would be near identical :
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Electric cars are pushing that limit further - or should I say bringing it to the masses. The new Xiaomi SU7 does 0-100kph in 2.78 secs. the absolute fastest Ferraris do it in 2.5 secs.
I don't think Driving Tests bear any resemblance to real world driving though. 10-15 definitely too much. Maybe base it on points accumulated? If U21 then 4 points re-do, U25 6 points, U35 9 points.
