앵글시에서 아말피까지: 플러그인 하이브리드 Volvo XC90으로 3000마일

We put the XC90’s touring credentials to the test with a road trip to Italy via Wales

Sometimes the job calls for a soft, spacious machine that makes an art of being undemanding. In other words, a wafter.
A certain elegance to the design is always nice to have – a 5.0-litre Jag XJ will look rather better on your driveway than an ID7 – but ultimately the calibre of any wafter boils down to effortless cruising and high levels of isolation.
I needed a wafter not long ago. There were several candidates among the test cars at Autocar HQ in London. Some of them were electric, including a Polestar 3 that I know rides supremely well, but because of the sheer mileage planned, the prospect of charging up every day wasn’t an enticing one. I settled on a gleaming Volvo XC90, returning it 13 days later with 3000 miles added to the odo and fingerprints all over the huge touchscreen.
Averaging 230 miles daily for nearly a fortnight is a foolproof method of flushing out the weaknesses of any car. T