Volvo XC60 an excellent mid-range SUV

VOLVO pulled off the automotive public relations coup of the decade last month, when it announced that it would stop making diesel and petrol engines from 2019.

The company stole a march on every one of its manufacturing rivals and, more pertinently, its rivals among the exclusive band premium car-makers, such as Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar/Land Rover, and Audi.

In announcing that it was ‘going green’, Volvo assumed the moral high ground on industry efforts to reduce carbon emissions.