According to a report by Automotive News Europe, the replacement for the Volvo V40 will not be in the shape of compact hatchback. Volvo’s senior vice president for the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) region, Lex Kerssemakers, told the portal that the V40’s successor will instead be higher-riding as buyers are more keen on SUV-styled cars.
“There are two trends in society that we have to include. First is that people want to sit high and second is that if you launch a car, it needs to facilitate an electric variant,” Kerssemakers said.
The latter will require a car that offers sufficient space to accommodate a battery large enough to provide a driving range of at least 300 km, which a low-seat compact car might not be able to do.
Currently, the V40 is the last model in Volvo’s range to be built on a Ford legacy platform (Global C), and its replacement will be built on the Compact Modular Architecture (CMA).
Volvo co-developed the platform with Geely, and it is used on the XC40 as well as Lynk & Co vehicles. The versatile platform is not only capable of accommodating conventional powertrains, but also hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fully electric ones as well.
The company has previously showed what a possible body style for a new compact model could look like with the 40.2 concept in 2016. At the time, many believed the concept served as a preview for a new S40 – a model that was discontinued in 2012. Imagining the 40.2 as a wagon with a hatchback could be a rough indicator of what a new V40 might look like.
GALLERY: Volvo 40.2 concept
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Leaving space for a lower priced compact hatchback? Perhaps to be developed from a Geely joint team, maybe with P1 involvement as well? Exciting times indeed.
VolvoCar, Geely, P1, Mesidis, VolvoTrucks, L&C, Lotus > all
P1 will not involve. P1 is assigned by Geely just to sell their products and not allowed to involve in any car developments. Habisla john!
All, VolvoCar, Geely, Mesidis, VolvoTrucks, L&C, Lotus > Proton
Ya ya. U think Geely is like ur Toyota lords, so stingy with their cars and only allow lower partners like P2 to just rebadge them? Geely even allowed P1 to gip local market input into redesigning elements in Boyue when developing into the X70.
P1 will not involve. P1 is assigned by Geely just to sell their products and not allowed to involve in any car developments. Habisla john!
All, VolvoCar, Geely, Mesidis, VolvoTrucks, L&C, Lotus > Proton
The real game changing replacenent for Volvo, habisla P1!
C’mon bring in the S40 to compete with the A3 & CLA!
Rebadged Proton X60 Turbo AWD
I hope no Geely or Proton fanboy is going to come here and say this is gonna be the next Proton.
Now already fanboys are saying the Proton X70 already got AMG technology from Mercedes because Geely owns 10% of Daimler AG Germany.
Aiyooo fanboys, if this is so, nobody will buy Volvo and Mercedes lah
Copy paste: https://paultan.org/2018/10/10/proton-gets-ai-company-behind-mercs-mbux-to-develop-malaysian-english-voice-recognition-system/
You are right bro! Nobody is as shameless as the fanboy that said this:
“YB Kunta Kinte on Jan 30, 2019 at 7:16 pm
Lexus is top quality because it uses Toyota engineering. This is why Perodua cars are top seller in Malaysia, everybody trust Toyota quality!”
Wait a minute…..
that trademark Gen2 rear sloping roofline finally caught up on big brother, Volvo design. After much fanfare with BMW X6, GLE coupe & Audi.