Don't get me wrong, even if the Volvo's are ugly, there are tons of good things about them. Safety is one of them. Crash with a other car and I can assure you'll almost with certainly walk away. However, if you are hit by a volvo you simply can prepare going towards the light.
A other thing is their life span. Man, you can see volvo's that looks like they have been hit by a train, but still goes as a charm without having any problems. It's ugly, but it's worth every penny! (that's better than a lot of the other crap cars out there).