The cheapest, smallest Volvo is now this £33k EX30

It's on: Volvo has now introduced the EX30 single motor Core trim, and it’s cheaper than the base Kia EV3 Air by £145.

Which makes this new entry-level trim £32,850, for which you get a range of up to 209 miles (almost 50 miles shy of the EV3’s range) and a reasonable amount of tech kit.

The spec includes a parking camera, parking sensors, adaptive LED lights, 18in alloys and a 12.3in Google-based infotainment screen.

The Core trim can also be specced out with an Extended Range powertrain, pushing the number of available miles on one charge up to 295. It does this from the same 64kWh NMC battery and ekes out the extra mileage by using an energy-saving heat pump integrated into the climate control system. It’ll set you back £37,050 though.

The Core prefaces the Plus and Ultra trims, where pricing and range begins at £38,545 and 214 miles respectively. Orders are now open and Volvo tells us deliveries of the EX30 Core will begin early next year.

Elsewhere, the Swedish/Chinese car maker also mentions the seven-seater XC90 has a couple of new trims too. The Plus Edition and Ultra Edition replace the, er, similarly named Plus and Ultra trims.

Tagging that extra seven-letter word into the name means fancier seat upholstery, front vented seats, tinted windows and bigger wheels (21in, up from 20in in the Plus Edition and 22in, up from 21in in the Ultra Edition). Wild times.