
Volvo must think it’s on to something with their C30, because they’ve gone ahead and updated it and have been deluging the press with what’s so new and hot about it. On the one hand, the C30 makes sense. It’s sort of like Volvos answer to Audi’s A3, especially the three-door A3 that we, sadly, cannot get here in the states. The C30 comes across as small and sporty and stylish, not to mention a car that’s just begging to have the performance aftermarket have a go at it.
On the other hand, Volvo walks that precarious line between needing to branch out with new products yet not blow off its core constituency. They’ve seemed to be accomplishing this though. I see those enormous Volvo SUVs all over the place, to mention just one break from tradition. So what does the new C30 bring to the table?





