Review: Volvo EX30, mostly impressive but part badly flawed compact SUV
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Date: 2023-11-06
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Steve
So he marks it down based purely on the infotainment system! He states it drives well, we all know it's well priced and personally I've never ever changed my wing mirrors once set up for me. It has profiling to adjust seat position and mirrors to auto adjust for each driver once set up so once e. g. it senses the wife getting into the car with her keycard, it adjusts to suit her. Yes, I may well find heating adjustment annoying but I bet Volvo change that with software releases so you can have your own homepage with most used functions. Who in God's name reaches over to open a glove box while driving? Your sunglasses go in that big storage space under the glovebox next to the mobile wireless charging. He's nit picking, he just came across as a miserable biased bloke who decided he wouldn't like it before he got in it. 2. 5 out of 5 based on not knowing how the infotainment system works is a very immature piece of journalism, 3. 5 at least if you're having a strop about something as he clearly was. Jeez. haven't yet found another review that takes his stance.
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So he marks it down based purely on the infotainment system! He states it drives well, we all know it's well priced and personally I've never ever changed my wing mirrors once set up for me. It has profiling to adjust seat position and mirrors to auto adjust for each driver once set up so once e. g. it senses the wife getting into the car with her keycard, it adjusts to suit her. Yes, I may well find heating adjustment annoying but I bet Volvo change that with software releases so you can have your own homepage with most used functions. Who in God's name reaches over to open a glove box while driving? Your sunglasses go in that big storage space under the glovebox next to the mobile wireless charging. He's nit picking, he just came across as a miserable biased bloke who decided he wouldn't like it before he got in it. 2. 5 out of 5 based on not knowing how the infotainment system works is a very immature piece of journalism, 3. 5 at least if you're having a strop about something as he clearly was. Jeez. haven't yet found another review that takes his stance.
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mad4tar77
Great review. Potential buyers beware of the reviews which will be published by influencer types rather than reputable automotive journalists like Matt. The usability issues described in this review make it an immediate no for me as other brands have done a significantly better job in this regard.
Interesting that Matt mentioned the new Hyundai Kona and it's implementation of assist systems, I had the same experience on my test drive of the Kona. It is the most distracting and down right dangerous car I've ever test driven. On a very leisurely 10 minute test drive with all the family on board I had five different sets of beeping warnings assaulting me. The new Kona is the worst car I've ever driven. The omens for this EX30 don't sound good either. Some manufacturers are implementing the new safety regulations better than others, choose wisely people and only after a test drive to experience it for yourself.
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Great review. Potential buyers beware of the reviews which will be published by influencer types rather than reputable automotive journalists like Matt. The usability issues described in this review make it an immediate no for me as other brands have done a significantly better job in this regard.
Interesting that Matt mentioned the new Hyundai Kona and it's implementation of assist systems, I had the same experience on my test drive of the Kona. It is the most distracting and down right dangerous car I've ever test driven. On a very leisurely 10 minute test drive with all the family on board I had five different sets of beeping warnings assaulting me. The new Kona is the worst car I've ever driven. The omens for this EX30 don't sound good either. Some manufacturers are implementing the new safety regulations better than others, choose wisely people and only after a test drive to experience it for yourself.
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androo4519
Been waiting for this review and it still seems this is a significant new car. It will put the wind up Stellantis who may have to rethink their pricing. As others say, the voice control is the likely answer to the interface problems. Especially for people who are now incredibly used to using voice assistants. I might even say that for those people, having to use knobs and buttons, however nice they are, may seem old hat. If it's foggy just say, 'Hey car, it's foggy' and your fog lights are on. That would be fine. But it has to be flawless, the voice stuff, and maybe it can get better with updates. Having said all that, electric operation of gloveboxes is just dumb in all cars and surely doesn't fit with reducing complexity to keep the price low.
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Been waiting for this review and it still seems this is a significant new car. It will put the wind up Stellantis who may have to rethink their pricing. As others say, the voice control is the likely answer to the interface problems. Especially for people who are now incredibly used to using voice assistants. I might even say that for those people, having to use knobs and buttons, however nice they are, may seem old hat. If it's foggy just say, 'Hey car, it's foggy' and your fog lights are on. That would be fine. But it has to be flawless, the voice stuff, and maybe it can get better with updates. Having said all that, electric operation of gloveboxes is just dumb in all cars and surely doesn't fit with reducing complexity to keep the price low.
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JohnnyNr5
A Volvo, made in China makes me cry. .but that aside: THANK YOU for ranting against clearly and obviously dangerous interior design choices. Instead of just accepting such cost saving ideas, we need reviewers to call out those who implement them. I'm still appalled that dors can be electrically opened, and that anything (besides perhaps linkage between gas pedal and engine) by wire is allowed to exist. Who got offered how big bribes to allow these things?
Anyways: Great work as always good sir. Motor journalism is lucky to have a man like you.
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A Volvo, made in China makes me cry. .but that aside: THANK YOU for ranting against clearly and obviously dangerous interior design choices. Instead of just accepting such cost saving ideas, we need reviewers to call out those who implement them. I'm still appalled that dors can be electrically opened, and that anything (besides perhaps linkage between gas pedal and engine) by wire is allowed to exist. Who got offered how big bribes to allow these things?
Anyways: Great work as always good sir. Motor journalism is lucky to have a man like you.
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Carfan
Imagine being in heavy trafic in a town you are not familiar with and having to fiddle with the central touchscreen to settle this and that, all the while not looking at where and how you are (not) driving Completely bonkers and all the more so coming from Volvo. They ought to wake up and fine tune things in the real world, not on their drawing boards. Unbelievable! Sad, because this EX 30 is a rather good looking medium sized car.
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Imagine being in heavy trafic in a town you are not familiar with and having to fiddle with the central touchscreen to settle this and that, all the while not looking at where and how you are (not) driving Completely bonkers and all the more so coming from Volvo. They ought to wake up and fine tune things in the real world, not on their drawing boards. Unbelievable! Sad, because this EX 30 is a rather good looking medium sized car.
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FtangFtang
Why not use the voice control to set the temperature etc when on the move? It comes as standard and completely removes the problem of taking your eyes off the road to change the temperature, heated seats, etc. It works really well in a Tesla so it would have been good to see that tested here too, or at least mentioned.
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Why not use the voice control to set the temperature etc when on the move? It comes as standard and completely removes the problem of taking your eyes off the road to change the temperature, heated seats, etc. It works really well in a Tesla so it would have been good to see that tested here too, or at least mentioned.
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edwowen
It really is staggering how manufacturers can bring a car to market where basic functions are hidden in a touch screen that means you have to take your eyes off the road to just change the temperature or adjust the mirrors. What a clusterf ck.
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It really is staggering how manufacturers can bring a car to market where basic functions are hidden in a touch screen that means you have to take your eyes off the road to just change the temperature or adjust the mirrors. What a clusterf ck.
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Big
Unbelievable how a brand that used to be sold on Safety, can be so compromised with those distracting screen controls and instruments. Appalling.
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Unbelievable how a brand that used to be sold on Safety, can be so compromised with those distracting screen controls and instruments. Appalling.
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Олександр
a very reasonable criticism about safety and ergonomics flaws, which don't correspond with Volvo's fundamental safety concepts
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a very reasonable criticism about safety and ergonomics flaws, which don't correspond with Volvo's fundamental safety concepts
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46since96
Standard massive tablet which as pointed out makes you not look at road and is legal, yet caught with mobile in hand. joke
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Standard massive tablet which as pointed out makes you not look at road and is legal, yet caught with mobile in hand. joke
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