Overview

The V70 estate is effectively the second generation 850 model, restyled and rebadged in keeping with the softer lines and new model designations that Volvo adopted for the late ’90s. Beneath the smoothly sculpted bodies there were hundreds of minor revisions, but the chassis and engines from the 850 were not changed much, so the driving characteristics remain pleasing.

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