Volvo XC40 | 2019 | interior| review| specs | hybrid | features| price | canada | cargurus | top 10s
2019 Volvo XC40 review - subcompact luxury crossover SUV
The smallest XC’s exterior styling retains the Volvo DNA, with plastic-clad wheel arches that say “crossover” in today’s design language. But a kicked-up beltline and an optional white roof with matching white wheels add some youthful goofiness. The uplevel T5, with all-wheel drive and a 247-hp turbo four, boasts quick steering and lively acceleration; the front-drive 180-hp T4 arrives by mid-2018. A 9.0-inch touchscreen, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and active safety tech are all standard.
The new Volvo XC40, on sale in March, doesn’t overtly challenge the class norms. Volvo hasn’t disrupted the segment with a V-12, gullwing doors, or even a longitudinally mounted engine. It’s as conventional as the rest of its ilk, but—and this is a major differentiator—the XC40 isn’t boring. These little vehicles may be useful, inoffensive, and loved by customers, but to those of us who value driving dynamics they’re almost all terminally dull to pilot.
I, Robot
“Tough little robot” is how Volvo characterizes the XC40’s exterior styling. Unlike the larger XC60 and the XC90 that trade on clean, smooth, and aggressive forms, the XC40 is a little goofier, especially when fitted with the available white roof. There’s a clamshell hood with a tiny plastic Swedish flag flapping out from under it, a punched-in grille, scalloped doors, and a kicked-up beltline. The XC40’s design ensures that the small Volvo isn’t simply a homunculus of its larger kin. You can avoid the white roof—the XC40 looks better with a body-colored or black roof—but there’s no removing the elongated rectangular trim piece in the C-pillar that hides the seam between the roof and the rest of the body—or the fact that the rear door appears to have been pulled off a previous-generation Jeep Compass.Read More: https://www.caranddriver.com/volvo/xc40
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