For The Volvo S60’s cabin is classy, comfortable and spacious. It’s keenly priced and comes with a huge array of standard and optional safety kit.

Against The five-cylinder diesel engines are boomy and the T6 petrol model is expensive to buy and own.

Volvo S60 Saloon
33 5stars

The Volvo S60 is a well-rounded and appealing alternative to its German rivals. It scores particularly highly for safety and comfort.

What Car? readers say

4.75
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There are 27 Volvo S60 versions available

Saloon 1.6 T3 ES 4dr £22,785
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 1.6 DRIVe ES 4dr £23,745
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 2.0 D3 ES S/S 4dr £24,745
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 1.6 T3 SE 4dr £24,885
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 1.6 T3 R-Design 4dr £25,440
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 1.6 DRIVe SE 4dr £25,845
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 1.6 DRIVe R-Design 4dr £26,400
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 1.6 T4 SE 4dr £26,435
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 2.0 D3 SE S/S 4dr £26,845
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 1.6 T4 R-Design 4dr £26,990
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 2.4 D5 215 ES S/S 4dr £27,395
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 2.0 D3 R-Design S/S 4dr £27,400
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 1.6 DRIVe SE Lux 4dr £27,695
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 2.0 T5 SE 4dr £28,140
What Car? says:2 stars out of 5
Saloon 1.6 T4 SE Lux 4dr £28,285
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 2.0 D3 SE Lux S/S 4dr £28,695
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 2.0 T5 R-Design 4dr £28,695
What Car? says:2 stars out of 5
Saloon 2.4 D5 215 ES auto 4dr £29,045
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 2.4 D5 215 SE S/S 4dr £29,495
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 2.0 T5 SE Lux 4dr £29,990
What Car? says:2 stars out of 5
Saloon 2.4 D5 215 R-Design S/S 4dr £30,050
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 2.4 D5 215 SE auto 4dr £31,145
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 2.4 D5 215 SE Lux S/S 4dr £31,345
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 2.4 D5 215 R-Design auto 4dr £31,700
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 2.4 D5 215 SE Lux auto 4dr £32,995
What Car? says:3 stars out of 5
Saloon 3.0 T6 R-Design auto 4dr £35,410
What Car? says:1 stars out of 5
Saloon 3.0 T6 SE Lux auto 4dr £36,705
What Car? says:1 stars out of 5

Buyer's notes

Target Price team says:

The Volvo S60 is aimed fairly and squarely at the German cars that dominate the compact exec market – the Audi A4, BMW 3 Series and Mercedes C-Class. It’s an interesting and mostly appealing alternative.

The S60’s key strengths are its comfy, classy cabin and list prices that are a lot lower than those cars’. It’s good to drive, too, although it errs more towards effortlessness than fun.

Running costs for the five-cylinder diesel models are okay, but they’re not a match for a BMW 3 Series. The T6 petrol is prohibitively expensive, so it may well be worth looking at the lower-powered petrol models – called T3, T4 and T5 – or the DRIVe diesel version.

Reader test team says:

Volvo S60 Saloon 2.4 D5 SE Premium 4dr

What a fantastic car! I have only owned this for a few days but I can't ever imagine my opinion changing. It drives superbly, accelerates like a…

Richard PUTLAND

5 out of 5 stars

Volvo S60 Saloon 2.4 D5 215 SE Lux Premium S/S 4dr

I have recently bought this car, and it is my first purchase of a Volvo. Design - I have to say that when you compare the S60 to the German…

Stephen Baldwin

5 out of 5 stars

Volvo S60 Saloon 2.0 D3 R-Design 4dr

Beautiful car in Passion Red. Really well balanced. Great road holding and suspension, with minimal body roll in corners. Very precise steering. Great…

Joe Walsh

5 out of 5 stars

Volvo S60 Saloon 2.0 D3 SE 4dr

I have test driven the S60 D3 twice. Once just to get the feel of it and second to compare it against other cars I'd test driven (Audi A4; Audi A5…

Ian Burgess

4 out of 5 stars
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