At Geneva, Volvo had a crowd pleaser with its all new V40 which looked like a sure class winner. This all-new Volvo V40 is an expressive car with a Scandinavian luxury look and feel, a high-quality aura and meticulous attention to detail. It comes with a new, fully graphic instrument cluster with personalised layout and information that enhances the intuitive and uncomplicated driver experience. This Volvo V40 boasts class-leading driving dynamics thanks to focused attention to a number of vital areas. The chassis is designed to offer the agile, connected experience that creates true driving pleasure which has been missing in past models but felt in the all new S60 and XC60. A Volvo with SOUL.
The engine range spans everything from Volvo Car Corporation’s first diesel with CO2 emissions of just 94 g/km to the turbocharged T5 petrol engine with 254 hp and acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.7 seconds. All engine versions feature start-stop and braking energy regeneration, no matter whether they are fitted with a manual or automatic gearbox. This all-new Volvo V40 will feature class-leading safety and driver support package, including Volvo Car Corporation’s groundbreaking Pedestrian Detection with Full Auto Brake and several other new features.
Among the new features are a world-first pedestrian airbag, Lane Keeping Aid with haptic auto steering, and an ingenious Park Assist Pilot that makes parallel parking easy. The City Safety low-speed collision avoidance system has been further developed and it now operates at speeds up to 50 km/h. Volvo Car Corporation expects to sell 90,000 units per year of the all-new Volvo V40. A massive 85 percent of the total volume will go to European customers. Production of the all-new Volvo V40 starts in May 2012. The car will be built in Volvo Car Corporation’s plant in Ghent, Belgium. Watch for news of this V40’s arrival in Malaysia before the end of this year.
