The Volvo V40 - a real green cake-and-eat-it car

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In the first of our series of reviews on the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards cars of the year, GreenMotor.co.uk's Lem Bingley test drives the Volvo V40

Like all modern Volvos, the new V40 is stuffed with advanced electronic systems, so it takes a while to spot where the Swedish engineers have hidden the handbrake. On the larger S60 there's a small flap...

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