Volvo V40 R-Design all set for Paris premiere

Volvo V40 R-Design all set for Paris premiere

Volvo is set to introduce the V40 R-Design at the Paris Motor Show. The Geneva debutant gets spruced up with a host of R-Design elements, starting with a nose dressed up with a reworked bumper and a silk-metal frame high-gloss grille.

Other exterior add-ons are twin exhaust tailpipes, a new rear diffuser, five-spoke diamond-cut alloys – in 17- and 18-inch sizes – as well as more silk-metal finish details. There’s a choice of seven exterior colours, including the Rebel Blue signature shade as seen in the photos.

Inside, the list is led by R-Design seats, which feature a blend of black Nubuck textile and perforated leather, replete with an embroidered R-Design logo; full leather seats are available as an option. Other items include a specially-designed steering wheel, gear shifter, handbrake and sport pedals, and the interactive dashboard is illuminated by a single blue colour on this one.

Volvo V40 R-Design all set for Paris premiere

As is the case with R-Design kit, no mods to the powertrain (unlike something like the Heico-tuned V40), so the dress-up stuff can be specified across the model’s entire engine range, from the 115 hp D2 diesel right up to the 254 hp T5 version.

There is one performance upgrade, and that comes in the form of a sports suspension system, which has been developed in cooperation with Polestar and Swedish racing driver Robert Dahlgren.

Key changes are a lowering of 10 mm to the ride height, and the springs and shock absorbers have been firmed up – the front McPherson struts are equipped with 25 mm piston rods, while the rear monotube dampers feature compression and return damping via the same valve. Thicker anti-roll bars complete the handling upgrade.


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Anthony Lim

Anthony Lim believes that nothing is better than a good smoke and a car with character, with good handling aspects being top of the prize heap. Having spent more than a decade and a half with an English tabloid daily never being able to grasp the meaning of brevity or being succinct, he wags his tail furiously at the idea of waffling - in greater detail - about cars and all their intrinsic peculiarities here.

 

Comments

  • Peanut on Sep 13, 2012 at 11:00 am

    I prefer the minimalist, slim-lined volvos of the past – the recent new designs have been evolving towards something less timeless

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  • Ash Menon on Sep 13, 2012 at 11:16 am

    Sweet merciful Jeebus I want one.

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  • uncertain buyer on Sep 13, 2012 at 12:11 pm

    wow..stunning volvo!

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  • Joe Radzif on Sep 13, 2012 at 12:17 pm

    Saya mesti pileey…

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  • Davincci on Sep 13, 2012 at 12:44 pm

    Nice design

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  • Ex Volvo on Sep 13, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    Had a Volvo once, maintained it with an arm and a leg as its components expensive and does not lasts, sold it for pittence and now a happy German follower. Now realized why their tag line is “Volvo for Life”

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    • Adoyai on Sep 13, 2012 at 3:04 pm

      thats why they used it for the cullen’s car in twilight, get it – FOR LIFE

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  • fireblade on Sep 13, 2012 at 2:02 pm

    too feminine…

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  • NICE! Job well done Volvo.. sexy as ever.

    Euro Ncap has introduced a new safety guideline as this new guideline being implemented. All 4 to 5 stars rated vehicles are now rated poorly or moderately. Except for Volvo which passed the new test.

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    • sorry, its US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Not Euro Ncap

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  • No resale value, maintenance so demn expensive, drivg experience so so only cant beat the german, why buy volvo? Toyota is the best! Buy volvo, suffer for life. Hehe

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    • AutomobiliEvolve on Oct 12, 2012 at 8:56 am

      Beng, you are piss drinking, sh*t eating, cum snorting, blood chugging and shameless Toyota salesman. Like the company you promote, you are fake, soulless and money minded. May the accelerator on your puke inducing Camry malfunction..

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  • Is volvo s40 using the same chassis of the new focus or other way around?

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  • Bell&Ross on Sep 13, 2012 at 9:03 pm

    volvo malaysian hasnt even launched the normal model yet…so is bmw…wheres the 1 series?

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  • Hi Anthony, is there a problem with the code? The pics on the main article seem to be stretched.

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    • Anthony Lim (Member) on Sep 14, 2012 at 9:44 am

      izso, not that I know of. You’re right, does look like some optical anomalies, though it’s all faithful to the originals. Strange.

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      • it’s because of a large pic that’s all if you mean the jagged lines, unless you use a smaller pic linking to the original pic. you should notice if you click on it, the jagged line disappear

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  • nice car, however it doesnt make any sense for them to omit the must have paddle shifters these days..

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