If our 234bhp ‘Grand Challenge’ Lexus Soarer smokes its inside rear wheel like a bastard (as they say) at the slightest provocation, then how does our new Volvo C30 T5 manage to put down just 7bhp ...

I’d admired the C30 T5 in the evo car park on many occasions when Chee, our recently departed art editor, ran it, but only this month did I get to drive it, by which time I’d already made up my mind ...