| The front bucket seats are ergonomically shaped and very comfortable.
The front seats slide forward with the touch of a button to ease the boarding of passengers into the two rear seats.
Leather upholstery is standard on the 2011 C70.
Standard is Sovereign Hide, but it's also available in Off-Black, Calcite, Cacao, or Cranberry.
The instrument panel has been redesigned for 2011, giving it a wider, sleeker look.
The surface of the panel has a new texture that enhances the feeling of quality.
The instruments are new, and the gauges and graphics are specific to the C70.
Volvo's flat-panel center stack fits in a world of flat panel computer monitors and television screens.
It features a horizontal information screen over a column of buttons for radio and climate controls.
Four big knobs dot each corner.
As with many Volvos, interior storage space is in short supply.
There are storage compartments in the cabin, some of which are lockable, useful when the car is parked with the roof down.
Other compartments can be locked with a separate key, when leaving the car with a parking attendant, for example.
The trunk is small with the top down.
The trunk has 12.8 cubic feet of cargo space with the roof up, and about half that when it's retracted: enough room for two sets of golf clubs, says Volvo.
Golf club bags have to slide under the roof, so there's an electric mechanism called Load-Aid, which lifts the roof sections and window glass eight inches.
There's also a hatch between the rear seats that allows long things like skis to be carried in the trunk, extending into the passenger compartment.
The Dynaudio system delivers vivid sound, so we recommend the Multimedia Package.
A nice feature: With the top down, as the speed of the car climbs, the volume automatically increases, then decreases when you slow down.
The standard system includes an auxiliary input for iPods and other MP3 players, a USB port, and MP3 playback capability from the in-dash CD player.
Sirius satellite radio is standard.
The Blind Spot Information System, or BLIS, includes cameras mounted in the side mirrors that detect vehicles approaching from behind, in daylight or darkness.
When an approaching vehicle closes from behind and to either the left or right of the C70, the system activates one of two small amber lights mounted just inboard of the mirrors, calling the driver's attention to the situation.
The BLIS option adds a power-retractable feature to protect these intelligent outside mirrors. |