Volvo S90: car review | Martin Love

This super swish saloon from Volvo is so clever it wants to do everything for you. But what if you don't want it to?

Price: from 32,995
Top speed: 145mph
0-62mph: 6.7 seconds
MPG: up to 64.2
CO2: 116g/km

Douglas Adams once set out his rules to describe our reactions to technology: "1) Anything already in the world when you're born is just the way it works; 2) Anything that's invented when you're between 15 and 35 is cool and you can probably get a career in it; and 3) Anything invented after you are 35 is wholly against the natural order of things." I'm very much in the over-35 gang - and sometimes it seems that new cars are getting just too darned clever. I like driving. In fact, I love driving. So why would I ever let a car do it for me? But that's exactly what Volvo's new saloon wants to do. It's edging us drivers out.