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Overall reader verdict 4 out of 5 stars

  • What's it like to drive
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Running costs
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Quality, practicality and equipment
    4 out of 5 stars

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19 reader reviews for Volvo C30 Hatchback.

  • 1.6D SE 3dr

    Callum Peters , . Date: 06/04/2007
    • Overall verdict
      4 out of 5 stars
    • What's it like to drive
      3 out of 5 stars
    • Running costs
      4 out of 5 stars
    • Quality, practicality and equipment
      4 out of 5 stars

    My car

    The C30 is far from unimaginative - look at the back end and profile!!!!!!!! It's four thousand times more imaginative than the Golf or Focus!!!!!!!

    It isn't really cramped, either - the two seats in the back are better than those in the MINI anyway!!!

    I love it, and is my second favourite car in its class after the Civic. The Nissan Qashqai comes a close third.

  • 1.6 S 3dr

    tom davies , hants . Date: 03/03/2007
    • Overall verdict
      5 out of 5 stars
    • What's it like to drive
      5 out of 5 stars
    • Running costs
      4 out of 5 stars
    • Quality, practicality and equipment
      5 out of 5 stars

    My car

    This car is fantastic! I got the base model 1.6 S, and I got it at six months old to 'cost-cut' a bit.

    It's my first car, and it's so good I don't see myself changing it in a good five years at least - possibly more. It copes very well with my 40 miles a day to and from my college, it has never let me down, the interior fixtures and fittings are great, and surprisingly I've been able to get 45mpg from it, and I don't drive slowly!

    So overall, it's brilliant, apart from the cost (it's a little expensive), and the boot is a little small. However, that doesn't matter to me at all - I could carry 10 rucksacks! I test-drove the Seat Leon, the VW Golf, and the Mazda 3, but this was the obvious choice.

  • 2.4 D5 SE Lux Auto 3dr

    Leigh Wall Date: 26/02/2007
    • Overall verdict
      5 out of 5 stars
    • What's it like to drive
      5 out of 5 stars
    • Running costs
      3 out of 5 stars
    • Quality, practicality and equipment
      5 out of 5 stars

    My car

    This car is funky, stylish, small, safe, heavy, quick, has a phenominal stereo, superb handling and the interior is like a Swedish millionaire's city apartment.

    Against it, it's far too heavy to go round corners at pace, and far too expensive to see other C30s on the road.

    Overall, I love it (I still feel protective and loving when I see it first thing in the morning), but still think it could be priced £1500 lower across the range.

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