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- Volvo V90 D5 AWD
Blimey, Autocar must have had some column inches to fill 
"Perhaps nothing exemplifies this more than the engine’s capacity to languish in the background. Muffled would be an unfair description - instead it hums benevolently in the background, waiting to be whisked up by a brilliantly tuned throttle. Prodding it around town incites just the right brand of forward motion; purposeful and spiked with dormant energy."
And there's more....
"Given the E400’s ability to waft (not in untouchable S-class style, but with a putty-like acceptance of most nooks and crannies on 18-inch wheels), the V6’s ability to make greasing its stately wheels seem effortless is undeniably endearing. Even cranked to maximum effort, it gives off a nonchalant air - unwinding into each of the 7G-Tronic’s conspicuously long ratios, as though full throttle was a new and novel concept to leisurely pursue."
So, it's civilised but nippy for a big car.
"Perhaps nothing exemplifies this more than the engine’s capacity to languish in the background. Muffled would be an unfair description - instead it hums benevolently in the background, waiting to be whisked up by a brilliantly tuned throttle. Prodding it around town incites just the right brand of forward motion; purposeful and spiked with dormant energy."
And there's more....
"Given the E400’s ability to waft (not in untouchable S-class style, but with a putty-like acceptance of most nooks and crannies on 18-inch wheels), the V6’s ability to make greasing its stately wheels seem effortless is undeniably endearing. Even cranked to maximum effort, it gives off a nonchalant air - unwinding into each of the 7G-Tronic’s conspicuously long ratios, as though full throttle was a new and novel concept to leisurely pursue."
So, it's civilised but nippy for a big car.