Until recently appeared on Volvo’s sales radar you will need either the police or someone with a lot of furniture or children to move or maybe both. There are only a few times in the long history of the Volvo automobile in which they have a reputation of a car design that solid and reliable if not very attractive trembling. P1800 is a classic design, but considering they stopped making in 1973 and basically anything new sports car from the stables Sweden is a long time coming.

other previous efforts in a small two-door hatchback have resulted in much maligned 340 series with a Renault engine or the somewhat troublesome 480 which burning electric smoke when you turned the ignition. As a result of the disaster rather forays into the smaller car market, Volvo rather rapidly returned to produce a larger rear-wheel drive cars which they have traditionally been pretty good.

Volvo, which was founded in 1927 surprised the automotive world in 1999 and decided to sell the family silver to good ol Ford ‘and as a result the two blue badges (oval and a small square) is wrong. This is a very smart move by Sweden as Ford has more or less let the Volvo to continue it and in turn Volvo has sent a healthy profit back to Detroit (a reported $ 700 million in 2004). Despite falling sales in the U.S., sometimes the only profitable car maker in the House of Henry.

Turning our attention now to the C30, Volvo has benefited from Ford’s ride and handling prowess, especially because the highly praised Focus chassis and line-up of gasoline and / Peugeot Ford diesel engines, Volvo now has the tools for a small car to do business.

C30 has a competition like the Audi A3 and BMW 1-series with softer lines and less suitable coupe old corner. C30 is strongly against the market “young and dynamic” for people with “intense urban lifestyles” who they are, although Volvo is still expecting a couple of cars to sell to all us ordinary people. Production will be at Volvo’s Ghent factory in Belgium with some 65,000 C30 is expected to throw a line each year.

As you would expect with all Volvo C30 has a very good quality easy to build a German rival. Gaps in the panel where the paint shiny and then take you into the cabin is well designed with high quality. Soft interior lining with a cleverly designed central cause “floating” console that provides a hidden storage space behind. Optional navigation system is clear from the dashboard when you have lost.

No large amounts of luggage space as you would expect in a two-door coupe, but hey if that is your family car after barking up the wrong tree here.

C30 comes with a choice of either engine size from 1.6 liters to 2.5 liters of gasoline turbocharged T5 model. Some of the oil burners are also available including 1.6/2.0 and the top spec 2.4 D5 unit. A good level of performance, especially T5 which will make you hold on to your seat at a top speed of 149 mph, which is quite good considering the car weighs 1.4 tons (Volvo’s never mild). A good ride quality as a service drive to beat the Ford Focus. In accordance with all of Volvo, safety is still a big factor and the C30 is packed with features.