Used Volvo cars for sale

Volvo has come a million miles since its ‘boxy but good’ tagline dreamt up by Dustin Hoffman’s character in the 1979 film Kramer and Kramer. Back then, Volvo really was purely about safety and space, as embodied by the (now officially cool) 240 estate. These days you’ll still find echoes of the Swedish maker’s proud heritage in the brilliant V90 and V60 estates and related S-badged saloons, but its line-up now represents the thinking person’s alternative to default German premium choices, with desirable design, spacious interiors, quality materials and frugal downsized engines.

Safety remains at Volvo’s airbag-protected core, with everything from Run-Off Road Protection (it pre-emptively tightens seatbelts, plus there’s extra squish above the seat frame to protect spines) to Large Animal Detection (watch that moose!). More recently, sustainability has dovetailed perfectly with Volvo’s pioneering safety efforts, and sometimes overlapped – Volvo has now limited all its cars to a still very adequate 112mph, and also introduced mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure electric variants to drastically cut or eliminate vehicle emissions. Even sustainable materials such as premium textile trim and carpet fibres made from recycled plastic bottles help please eco-conscious buyers.

Volvo is unusual in having a relatively small line-up that includes no hatchbacks, convertibles or sports cars, though it has previously produced examples of each. For a brand dedicated to safety and synonymous with wintry landscapes, it was also incredibly late to the SUV/crossover/all-wheel drive craze, but it is now a leader in the off-road arena, starting with the full-size XC90 with its handy seven-seat layout, which was followed by the mini-me XC60 and the Range Rover Evoque-rivalling XC40 with its trendy urban design.

They’re still boxy, they’re still good, but today’s Volvos offer so much more. Check out the tempting cars offered at Motorpoint.