dashboard and center console, controls, fittings and materials are just what they will expect.

For newcomers, getting settled in is a matter of using the myriad of adjustments available for seats and

steering wheel. Once the right fore/aft and up/down moves are made, driver and front-seat passenger will be

comfortable in snug, supportive seats, and will have plenty of glass around them for unimpeded visibility.

Leg- and headroom are abundant.

The back seat is a different matter. Getting in requires some squirming, after which adults will find space

rather limited. If said grownups slouch enough to avoid having their heads contact the roof liner, they'll

be short of legroom. In any case, the back seats are suitable only for short trips.

With two aboard, however, the C70 interior is first-rate. The instrument cluster has black numerals on

gray-faced gauges; this changes to white on black when backlit at night. A trip computer is also provided.

Knobs and switches feel substantial; they are large, laid out well, and easy to use. That's especially true

of the radio and vent system controls.

Having an audio system speaker sticking out of the top of the dashboard looks odd but it, along with nine

other speakers, is driven by a 400-watt amplifier and delivers unusually good sound reproduction. A

three-disc CD changer is part of the package, which also includes AM and FM radio plus a cassette player.

This in-dash three-disc changer seems like the perfect compromise between having a six-disc changer

inconveniently located in the trunk and a CD player in the dash that holds only one disc.

Unlike many earlier coupes, the C70 has plenty of luggage space, accessed by a large trunk lid that opens

right down to bumper level. The 13 cubic-foot compartment is squared off and fully lined.