Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best family electric SUV interior
The key to Zen home living spaces is to keep things as clean, simple and seamless as possible. When you consider how busy modern life is and how long we spend on the road, it’s important our cars feel that way too, and the Volvo EX40 has them nailed.
There’s more to the EX40’s interior than just uncluttered aesthetics, though; everything about it feels high in quality, with a great mix of soft-touch materials, metallic accents and plastics that don’t feel cheap. Better still, everything has been screwed together well and feels ready to stand the test of time and the rigours of family life.
While you’ll have more space inside the Smart #5, the EX40’s interior is roomy enough for four adults and will be comfortable, not least due to its great driving position and supportive seats.
Meanwhile, the Google-based infotainment system is responsive to inputs and gives you features like Google Maps built in. True, some of the menus can be a bit fiddly, but the Google Assistant voice control goes some way to negating that issue, accomplishing many tasks on command and proving far more intelligent than those of many other cars we’ve tried.
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