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Volvo XC40 Recharge

@rsp_ingram

Performance

0-62mph/top speed

7.4 seconds/99mph

Practicality

Boot (seats up/down)

452/1,328 litres

I HAVE a young daughter, so practicality is important to me. While I no longer need to take a pushchair everywhere, a night away inevitably requires several changes of outfit, a basket of books and countless cuddly toys. Her car seat isn’t exactly compact, either.

So when I unwittingly signed up to cycle the annual RideLondon-Essex 100 at the end of May with some colleagues and friends at Ford, I knew I needed to come up with a way of transporting my bike that wouldn’t impinge on our Volvo’s versatile load space.

This isn’t

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