Volvo XC60 review: ‘Jaywalking moose can rest easy’ | Martin Love

The bestselling SUV from Volvo is the safest car on the road" but don't ask it to park itself

Volvo XC60
Price 36,405
0-62mph 8.8 seconds
Top speed 127mph
MPG 53
CO2 139g/km

My daughter failed her driving test last week. It was her first attempt and, though she was disappointed, she wasn't too surprised. In fact, a month earlier she was all set to postpone as she'd done so little practice. Besides, more than half of those sitting their test fail the first time. What did cheer her up was the result of a recent study which showed that clever people are more likely to fail than those who are less academically, shall we say, competent. The researchers found it was all to do with over-thinking a challenge, compared to those who have a more practical and straightforward approach to a problem. Either that, or it was the pedestrian who at the last moment stepped off the kerb. My daughter didn't spot her so the examiner had to grab the wheel and hit the brakes.