Finally, Real Pictures Of The Volvo V40

Derek Kreindler
by Derek Kreindler

Today is Wagon Day, a brand-new made up holiday when North Americans are tortured with photos of wagons that will not be available to us despite our endless pleas. First up, the Volvo V40.

Reports are stating that a 1.6L 4-cylinder will be present in the V40, but Volvo’s new modular engine family, with its 500cc per cylinder capacity, would suggest a 2.0L mill instead. We’ll find out for sure once the car is unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show. Since the C30 was such a spectacular sales flop in the United Sates, don’t look for this to make its way over here.







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  • Racer-esq. Racer-esq. on Feb 28, 2012

    "Since the C30 was such a spectacular sales flop in the United Sates, don’t look for this to make its way over here." Really? The C30 was a sales flop? It's the only new Volvo I ever see on the road. I'll let someone else lookup the sales figures, but I can't belive that any other Volvos outsold the C30, except for maybe the big SUV. At some point I want to pick up nice used C30. Sure it's just a tarted up previous generation Mazda 3/Euro Focus. But damn is it tarted up nicely with the waterfall dash and P1800 mimicking all glass rear hatch.

  • Junebug Junebug on Feb 28, 2012

    The C30 was an overpriced turd, my local Volvo dealer still has a new one (3 years old) still sitting for sale.

    • Avatar77 Avatar77 on Mar 01, 2012

      Bingo, overpriced, underperforming and under content-ed. Knock $5-7K off the sticker and it would have been compelling.

  • TheMrFreeze That new Ferrari looks nice but other than that, nothing.And VW having to put an air-cooled Beetle in its display to try and make the ID.Buzz look cool makes this classic VW owner sad 😢
  • Wolfwagen Is it me or have auto shows just turned to meh? To me, there isn't much excitement anymore. it's like we have hit a second malaise era. Every new vehicle is some cookie-cutter CUV. No cutting-edge designs. No talk of any great powertrains, or technological achievements. It's sort of expected with the push to EVs but there is no news on that front either. No new battery tech, no new charging tech. Nothing.
  • CanadaCraig You can just imagine how quickly the tires are going to wear out on a 5,800 lbs AWD 2024 Dodge Charger.
  • Luke42 I tried FSD for a month in December 2022 on my Model Y and wasn’t impressed.The building-blocks were amazing but sum of the all of those amazing parts was about as useful as Honda Sensing in terms of reducing the driver’s workload.I have a list of fixes I need to see in Autopilot before I blow another $200 renting FSD. But I will try it for free for a month.I would love it if FSD v12 lived up to the hype and my mind were changed. But I have no reason to believe I might be wrong at this point, based on the reviews I’ve read so far. [shrug]. I’m sure I’ll have more to say about it once I get to test it.
  • FormerFF We bought three new and one used car last year, so we won't be visiting any showrooms this year unless a meteor hits one of them. Sorry to hear that Mini has terminated the manual transmission, a Mini could be a fun car to drive with a stick.It appears that 2025 is going to see a significant decrease in the number of models that can be had with a stick. The used car we bought is a Mk 7 GTI with a six speed manual, and my younger daughter and I are enjoying it quite a lot. We'll be hanging on to it for many years.
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