Volvo Car Malaysia has officially launched the facelifted Volvo V40 in Malaysia, which was first unveiled during the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. Available in a sole T5 Drive-E variant, the V40 is also specified with the Inscription trim level (following the trim hierarchy set by the XC90).
Visually, the facelift introduces the brand’s “Thor’s Hammer” daytime running lights to the V40’s LED headlights. There’s also a new Inscription grille, which also hosts the sensors the car’s active safety systems, and the latest interpretation of the iconic Iron Mark logo.
Elsewhere, the car remains pretty much unchanged from before, with the V40 T5 Inscription riding on 17-inch ‘Sarpas’ diamond-cut alloy wheels finished in silver, shod with 225/45 tyres.
Buyers will get to choose from four exterior colours – Ice White, Onxy Black, Osmium Grey, and Luminous Sand – the last being a new addition here.
Inside the cabin, the previous Shimmer Graphite dash inlay has been replaced with a Milled Aluminium finish. New ‘Inscription’ tread plates have also been added, while the updated Iron Mark can be seen in other interior bits (steering wheel, Sensus display and key fob).
Under the hood, the Drive-E T5 2.0 litre turbo four-pot serves up 245 hp and 350 Nm of torque from 1,500 to 4,800 rpm. The mill is mated to an Aisin-sourced eight-speed torque converter automatic, with drive going to the front wheels.
With a top speed of 240 km/h, the V40 will also see the first 100 km/h from a standstill in just 6.3 seconds. According to Volvo, the V40 will offer a fuel consumption of 6.1 litres per 100 km (16.4 km/l).
In terms of equipment, you’ll still find eight-way powered Comfort Seats (with memory function for the driver), black leather upholstery, dual-zone automatic climate control (with CleanZone air filtration), digital instrument cluster with an eight-inch Adaptive Digital Display, and Sensus infotainment system linked to an 180-watt, eight-speaker sound system and seven-inch colour screen.
The comprehensive safety kit here includes Blind Spot Information System (BLIS), Cross Traffic Alert, City Safety collision avoidance and mitigation (works up to 50 km/h), Dynamic Stability and Traction Control, Torque Vectoring, and Active Bending Lights, and seven airbags (with a knee airbag on the driver’s side).
The new V40 T5 Inscription is priced at RM180,888 (on-the-road without insurance), which includes a five-year/100,000 km mileage warranty and five-year Volvo On Call service. Customers who are interested in the less powerful T4 variant (190 hp and 300 Nm) will be glad to know Volvo Car Malaysia has plans to introduce the variant at a later date.
For detailed specifications of the Volvo V40 T5 Inscription, head on over to CarBase.my.
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180k for all these safety kits is a great value!! dam..
Thank you Geely for making Volvo healthy again. Please make sure our Proton also wake up from their deep slumber.
Meanwhile, nobody wants to make takata wake up from deep slumber, noone knows whether jepunis airbags working or not.
180k. Camry Hybrid > ALL
Volvo sales man work very hard. Good luck lah.
Hello Toyota sales man
Takata da arwah baik syarikatnya.
I hope workers in Proton work hard. Too many billions soft loan
They dun need to work har. Just work to takt time is enuff.
I’m sick of this Kunta maniac. He is a jobless keyboard warrior lurking here 24/7
Interior is a bit disappointing
Yeah..outdated dashboard
THE front design = chipmunk head
Dashboard design = worse than 2017 perodua myvi
180k = Failed bigtime
Agree that it looks outdated in pictures. But its actually not bad if you see it in flesh. I have to say the choise of materials used are high in quality and much better than alot of its rivals at this price point.
Facelifted exterior with the same dated interior. Tokmoh won’t approve of this.
If can wait, new gen is coming by end of this year.
But a Volvo is still a Volvo, bang for buck vs Germans for what you’re getting.
Wonder if the coming XC40 will be around this price range… hmmm…
THOR IS HERE!
Hnnnggghhh
Volvo > all
Goodbye DS5
Lucky Geely save Volvo. China brains and hard work has turn the company around.
Hopefully, Geely pump in some brains, hardwork and focus to the existing Proton workers. Then Proton too can turn around.
Enough of lepak, rilaks, minum teh 8x, minum sirap bandung dan makan ketupat whole day long. Time to work hard now!
Now u say geely lepak, rilaks, minum teh 8x, minum sirap bandung dan makan ketupat whole day long. Apa lagi lah u nak fitnah. 1st ur competitor jepunis lord, then Swedes pulak.
Dear john,
By judging on your comment, we would like to invite you to our centre for a free brain checkup.
Kunta’s pet dog follows him everywhere
Wow! More powerful than 320i and yet much cheaper too!
Glorified Ford Focus. Next!
This is legit bmw merc audi killers
Joke of the day
In your dream. German big 3 owner will ask u is volvo still there?
No, because Volvo smoked them all edi. Volvo owner da balik, spend quality time with family, Germans tunggu tow truck cuz gearbox upcar again.
Not liking the Buick Regal face, the old square grille more sporty
I love the V40. Had the T5 version for a long weekend. It is GTI fast with the driving dynamics of a Ford focus which it is based on. The leather is soft and comfortable. It feels so luxurious and refined compared to the unMercedes cheap feeling A-Class and problematic DSG VW Golf. I am happy to see more and more people starting to appreciate modern Volvos.
Pls dont compare with double B
Geely sales man detected
Volvo sales men trying very hard here. Well done.
get your facts right, the new V40 platform is not based on a ford. only the previous S40 is based on a ford focus before ford sucked out volvo like a leach and let it bleed to death
klguy, it is still based on a Ford. Ford’s Global C platform.
L2Google
A bad experienced with Volvo V40CC. Door lock, cabin noise, power point, battery, aircond burning smell and etc have problems since new in 2014 till todate. These issues remain unsettled by Federal Auto. Consider before you buy!
Youre not alone! I’ve this problem too since day 1. Yet, the Volvo after sales service way below par! Volvo needs to do major overhaul for their after sales service. On par with Proton only…think thrice before you buy. Tired of bad after sales by Vol-Vo
Aiyoh, didn’t know Volvo cars are like that.. Hmm, gotto think twice now
Sorry about your predicament, you should try get 2nd opinion from other Volvo service centre.
Plenty other happy owners out there, you should be able to fix those issues too.
Well noted. FYI, i did change my service center too. Glenmarie to Federal. Guess what? Even worse! Then, thought of changing to Jalan Kuching. Then, I was told, oh my, the original volvo service team no longer there, replace by ex- VW. Wow! Shall I try to send to Proton SC then? Long shot Man, Long shot…
Hmm, perhaps you gotta try ask from other V40 owners.
They have an active whatsapp group, u can request to join them on V40 Msia club on fb. They may have experienced what you had and know how to rectify it.
The group seems a happy bunch, usually problem gets solved, then they continue an enjoyable ownership experience.
Servicing Volvo in a Proton SC, it may just happen in the near future lol.
Despite the nasty reputation, Proton never seemed fussy about warranty claims. Some Japanese brands are worse.
U may have a better chance to get better servis in P1 center.
Rebadge as Potong and sell for RM45k perliss
No problem, sir. W/o windows, tayar, aircon, steering wheel, engine, nor any safety feature at all. When gonna order, sir?
Waiting eagerly for the new XC60…..when????
They target by end of the year.
Even so, not surprised will be CBU Sweden only, CKD may need to wait longer.
Wait a bit longer, then Honda will come out with same same for half price.
Substandard copycat vs the original.
This car got RV ?
U want RV, go buy property.
Yes. Yes it has RV. All vehicles also have RV. Bicycle, motorcycle, unicycle, tricycle, van, truck, lorry, crane, jet ski, aeroplane, tanker, hovercraft, spacecraft, helicopter etc. all have RV. Happy?
What is RV? Some kind of turbo system?
Why the hand brake is still on passenger’s side?!!!
So exp for a CKD, and whats with the China center stack? Yuck!
Tell that to overpriced, underspecced Germans.
Tristar has something called BADGE PRESTIGE, thats priceless. Beemer/Audi r just pretender like Volvo.
Still overpriced but underspecced vs the Volvo.
Volvo sales man trying hard.
This car or kia optima GT? Both around RM180k and 240hp
my vote goes for the Kia Optima GT.. it has a more “garang” look..
Jazz Sport fasterer than Kia Optima GT..
Please don’t buy optima GT. You will regret!!!
Better buy this or top up a bit for vw passat 2.0tsi(if u prefer D-segment)
Both tadak RV, so its between EU conti feel and kimchi tadak feeling.
It depends if u need the bigger space of Optima.
If it’s gonna be ur secondary car where space isn’t necessary, Volvo V40 is the better car.
The rear light becoming more like Nissan Juke or previous gen CR-V
this model is long overdue and it came with not a cheap price tag. Golft GTI is more all rounder car.
4 years ago u cant get this car at rm180k with t5 engine. Now this car is even better with more tech and refinement. Golf GTI also RM40k more expensive than V40 T5
looks pretty much same except for the Thor’s hammer.
Still couldnt brain out on why the handbrake on the passengers side. So funny, maybe this car is for those who drives and drifts duo-ly
Imperfect LHD conversion.
Better than French, they too lazy to shift fusebox to RHD version, end up the glovebox become so small as most space taken by fusebox. Not an issue for LHD version as glovebox is on the right side of car.
A long time ago, BMW E30 didn’t convert bonnet release latch for RHD, so if u wanna pop open the bonnet, u gotta go to passenger’s side lol.
disappointing interior design for this era… should have discontinued this model & introduce a brand new one instead
New gen is coming out by end of this year.
when will volvo get rid of that floating centre console? How years stuck with that console, really boring and overdone.
and still no updates on the hand brake placement, same old same old.
Next please!!!
Paddle shifterssssss!!