I have owned a 2009 Volvo C30 T5 R Design since new. The car handles great, is comfortable and has a lot of power from the 5 cylinder turbo engine at 238 hp. I average about 28 MPG on mostly highway ...

Sometimes the sum of a car's qualities exceeds the reality of its particulars. Take our Volvo C30, which arrived at Automobile Magazine's New York bureau for its Four Seasons test in September 2007.

As you can see from the list of engines and prices you can have a C30 with anything from a 100PS 1.6 chain-cam petrol engine to the same fire-breathing 220PS 2.5 turbo as the Ford Focus ST. It's not ...