Volvo’s XC60 D5 is over-priced and over-stuffed

IT IS coming around to that time of the year when all the many and varied Car Of The Year prized are given out globally — and locally.

It goes of course without saying that the single most important of these is the Irish Examiner Motoring Car Of The Year award which is currently being fulminated upon.

There are, as ever, a variety of contenders for this hugely longed-for gong and car manufacturers should note that the cash-filled brown envelope, along with their pitch (no more than 150 words please) should be sent to the usual address before their vehicle can be properly included on the shortlist for consideration by the expert judging committee (ie, me).