My old V40 T5 CC (old school 5 cylinder 256 bhp) had a dreadful auto box, it didn't have any engine braking to speak of. Pretty good usable performance handling was bad. My 2019 V60 T5 CC (4 cyl 190 BHP) had a slightly better gearbox, and a little better after its Polestar chipping. Handling was dreadful compared to my 335xdrive. XC40 was a T5 mild hybrid whilst its hadling was very SUV it was better than the V60 and V40 - the gear-box was close to BMWs. I wouldn't buy a Volvo again for a number of reasons (not least the mumerous problems they have)
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