LIFE COULDN’T HAVE started much better for the Volvo XC40. Just three months after its launch in early 2018, it had already won the What Car? Car of the Year award and (cough cough) the far less important European Car of the Year trophy. Good to drive, plush inside and ultra-desirable, this family SUV made the BMW X1 and Mercedes-Benz GLA of the time seem almost agricultural.