XC40 elected Car of the Year 2018

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Originally Posted by techwatcher

Saw and sat in an XC40 at a Volvo event back in December and TBH wasn't too impressed. I agree - not much bigger than the V40 inside; it may SEEM that there's more room as the insides of the doors are different.

We REALLY wanted to like the XC40 and it does look better in the metal than in the renders and we liked the XC90/XC60 technology but the interior, for us, let it down somewhat. Having said that we are probably not Volvo's demographic for this car and I have no doubt they will sell lots of them.

FWIW we bought an XC60 a while later and are really pleased with it.

Funny, I sat in one today and thought it substantially roomier than the V40. I did my usual trick of seeing whether I could sit behind myself and found that I had more knee room than in the V40. I found headroom also to be better, ditto boot space. Not as pretty as the V40, of course, but definitely more practical. I'm tempted...