Volvo V90 review

Paying cash? The V90 starts from £50,315 for the entry-level B4 petrol, and rises to £70,780 for the all-singing, not-so-all-dancing T8 Recharge.

You can sign-up to the ‘Care By Volvo’ service that lumps pretty much everything (including insurance, if you so choose) into one rolling monthly payment and lets you cancel or even swap cars with three months’ notice after an initial 30-day trial.

A V90 Plus B4 costs £546.83/month on the scheme, and that includes all servicing/maintenance, roadside assistance, 24/7 customer support and so-on. Plus as we said, the flexibility to swap cars or cancel entirely with three months’ notice. There is no deposit or initial rental to pay. It’s not a lease, remember, but a subscription. There is no minimum or maximum term, and you at no point own the car and can’t buy it afterwards. 

In order of least to most standard equipment, and lowest to highest RRP, the V90 range goes: Plus, Ultimate and... well, that's about it. Volvo's recently simplified its V90 range (as well as chopping out other cars from the UK like the XC40 Hybrid, S90 and V90 Cross Country).

The B4, B5 and T6 Recharge are all available in Plus trim, while Ultimate is reserved for the B5 petrol and T8 Recharge.

There's far too much kit to list here, and there's a load of standard kit thrown in - lots of safety tech, park assist, LED lights, 18s, leather, and a 10-speaker stereo, for example. Plus adds cruise control, a 360-degree parking camera (invaluable), 19s, a better Harmon Kardon stereo, powered seats and a heated steering wheel.

On top of that, Ultimate adds a HUD, 20s, adaptive air suspension, an even better Bowers & Wilkins stereo, and tinted windows.