Faults:

Not a single fault in 55 thousand miles of comfort motoring.

General Comments:

Without doubt the most comfortable car in the world. The seats are just perfect. Not the most exciting car to drive, but it does what it says on the tin. Lots of equipment as standard and this again beats the competition. Certain German brands seem to charge for the air in the cabin. As for safety. It may have a 4 star rating on NCAP, but don't be put off. This car delivers in every way you would wish in the safety arena. I was recently wiped out on a London motorway and the car was externally destroyed by massive impacts on all four sides. I walked away without a scratch, with every one of the air bags deploying. As you would suspect my replacement car is another S60 SE D5. Well if it isn't broken, don't break it would be my suggestion.

Understated, but effective. Well done Volvo.

Faults:

Nothing.

It was recalled for a turbo hose check though. Nothing wrong.

General Comments:

This is the standard director's car for our company. One director had a blown turbo hose which is why our parent group pushed Volvo to recall them all for a check.

It's comfortable, economical and has an excellent stereo system - Dolby Pro Logic.

However :

The turning circle is appalling and makes you look like an idiot when parking.

The leg room in the back is very poor. One of our directors bought a 2nd hand Mondeo for personal use on account of this.

The climate control system needs to be turned up quite high to get acceptable warmth even in the relatively mild British winter. The climate control panel gets warm to the touch and I suspect this confuses the system's temeperature sensing. My Omega was comfortable set at 22C: the Volvo needs 24 or 25C to get the same effect.