Volvo XC-90 R-Design is a cultural revolution

WHAT have the Chinese ever done for us? Well, aside from being a cradle of civilisation, having the largest population in the world as well as being the world’s fastest growing economy, it has given us paper and printing, noodles, gunpowder, the compass, the coffin, the rowing oar, Beijing Duck, acupuncture, the banknote, the bristle toothbrush, alcohol, toilet paper, the hand grenade, tea, and the restaurant menu, among other things.

Oh, and they saved Volvo.

Of all the things they have done saving Volvo could well be the clincher in marking down Chinese achievement across the ages. It will, I confidently predict, rank highly as one of the very best things which one of the world’s greatest civilisations generously gave to the rest of us.