There is an intersting cultural difference here. Of course when I talk about Volvos I mean the 740 series and the 940 series and previous. I am used to people asking me why I want to drive a car the size of the Ark Royal (or to US readers, the Missouri). Most women refuse to drive it because it is too big. It comes as a shock to have people dismiss a Volvo (at least one of that ilk, not the Fords now badged as Volvos) as "too small".