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THIS attractive beast is the Jannarelly Design-1, a Nissan-powered retro motor built in Dubai and which will be coming to the UK next year.

The carbon-bodied sports car is available as either a coupé or a convertible, with

VOLVO is striding ahead with plans to electrify all its models, and make each a pure EV. a modest, 300bhp Nissan

3.5-litre naturally aspirated

V6 engine.

I reckon it looks great. The price is £86,000 with taxes, which isn’t bad for a handbuilt car. Don’t expect mainstream quality, though – you need robots for that. driving – gets all-black trim. Our B5 R-Design Pro comes in at £60,835, less a handful of options such as the Bowers & Wilkins audio system that add £3,000 to the tally.

At least in the XC90 you feel like you’re getting your money’s worth.

All versions come with seven seats as standard and voice-activated infotainment that in my experience seems to work better than rivals,’ although it’s far from achieving a 100% success rate.

Also standard are LED headlamps and, as you’d expect from a company whose whole brand image is to do with safety, loads of driver assistance and protection systems.

A world first is the front seats that have a section in their frames that is collapsible to reduce the risk of spinal injuries.

All Volvos, not just the flagship XC90 range, have stunning interiors right down to the cheapest XC40.

And that goes for the entry-level (if you can use that expression in a range that kicks off at £52,235).

There’s plenty of space, as you’d hope in a large SUV that weighs more than two tonnes. The luggage area isn’t quite as large as on the previous D5 model, because those 48v batteries have taken some of the space, but it’s still massive.

For a big, heavy motor, the XC90 handles and rides well.

But if you like to show off your eco credentials with badges and gimmicks you’ll be disappointed. There are no fancy gauges in the instrument panel to tell you when you’re charging the batteries or driving economically.

All that’s going, as Volvo assumes you don’t need to know about it as the results will be clear at the fuel pumps.