VW Eos or Volvo C70

[craigiep]

Please give me the pluses and minuses of these cars, & tell me which is better to buy. Thank u

[sddsddean]

We've had a C70 since the new shape came out last May. I love it! The roof takes about 30 secs to go either way and when it is folded away there is a button in the boot to give you access to the boot under the folded roof, without having to put the roof totally back up. There are lots of little pockets for odds and sods. The glove box flap looks big, but when you open it up its a bit small inside. We have got the SE (middle of the 3 grades) which has leather seats as standard. Electric drivers seat is standard, but elec passenger seat was extra (which we decided not to have). Apparently they were having problems with the manual seats, so we got an elec one for free! Don't know if they have sorted this out yet. We have the 2.4i engine, which accelerates well, but has to be at about 2600-3000revs to really get you going. The mechanics advise us it will probably go better after its first service (in May). We don't do a lot of miles, only about 4000 so far, so we'll see what happens. Rear legroom isn't brilliant (especially if I'm driving as I'm 6' 3"), but I don't have a problem with headroom with the roof up. Lots of friends have said how good the car looks and one even said to my wife that she could easily go out 'on the pull' in it! If you want to ask any other specifics, I'll try and help.