This artist’s impression of the next generation Volvo S40 is thanks to German magazine Autozeitung. The talented artists took design cues from the latest Volvo XC60 Concept, which has also manifested in the new Volvo V70. I heard through the grapevines that the 2009 Volvo S40 will replace both the current S40 and S60 models, as the differences in interior room for the S40 and S60 is pretty much negligible. This would mean the 2009 Volvo S40 will likely be based on the Ford Mondeo/Mazda6 chassis instead of the current Focus/Mazda3 chassis.
Europeans seem to have gone the sleek coupe-like liftback style with all their designs. The new Ford Mondeo has a similiar kind of rear windscreen design, and spyshots of the new 3rd generation Renault Laguna shows a similiar roofline too, sloping so much that it requires a rear wiper.
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Love the design; the high back makes the car look very aerodynamic. Reverse visibility would be poor though.
Yuck. The front is plain yuck. TOO big is the grill…
sloping so much that it requires a rear wiper,
like Gen2, sloping too much but cant use the rear seat for a 6 footer, women driver acctracted of the nice designs but all of them panicked because rear view too small.
back to the S40 artist impression 2009, the design look like it coming in 2 years time..cool
facelift by facelift the design of the front gets even more bigger!!!…but nice side profile n back!
ugly! its a HULK!
Quite a sporty outlook, but the rear slope seems too much of an angle. Maybe poor for rear view when reversing, but ofcourse, there's the many sensors.
the front is a bit too werid for me but the rest of it is nice!!! i want one! (after theres a front change)
omg, invasion of Japanese….do you guys realise now all car looks the same? no more boxy european design :(
The front was OK on the XC 60 befitting a SUV. It looks too bulky for a sedan.I agree that the rear is too sloping. Even my S60 suffers from reduced rear space due to the sloping roofline.Side profile looks aerodynamic and muscular with the wheelarches.
Nice back, front, well hopefully it does not come out like that
its so sexy..if its prices at the current s40's price..i will save up all the moeny in the world for it…its such a head turner..imagine drvin this car thru a happenin area and the ammount of heads tat will be turned..they gotta tone down the fornt a il though..b
great design!!! like the rear more…
Looks like the current S40 got melted…
no good
still VOLVO!
I freakin love it!!! Great body style looks classy and yet still sporty!!
the car have silky design, clean and smoot, very élite and i think it’s designed for a women driver. After all the designers are females.
I think its a great design. Welldone! do you know when is it arriving? is it in 2012? anyone knows?
Love it! Great lines! If VOLVO will make it, I’ll buy one.