

A depowered three-cylinder engine is expected later in the car's life, as Volvo continues its quest to electrify its range. Check out the latest Volvo Crossover Cars: Models, Prices, Review, News, Specifications and so much more on Top Speed Cars Makes Types Topics Guides Games.

Buyers can pick from a choice of front- or all-wheel drive, and all XC40s will be powered by 2.0-litre four-cylinder engines, stretching in power from T3, T4 and T5 petrols up to D3 and D4 diesels. Our mild hybrids recover energy produced when braking and store it in a 48V battery. Volvo will expand output of its XC40 in Belgium and start production of the compact crossover in China next year to meet stronger-than-expected demand, the company said Thursday. It'll be built at Volvo's Ghent factory in Belgium and first UK deliveries are due in spring 2018. UK V olvo XC40 prices start at £27,905, pitching it into the heartland of one of Europe's - and the world's fastest growing segments. We haven't driven the XC40 yet, but all the omens are stacking up kindly for the baby Volvo crossover. It's one of the first products spun off the new Copmact Modular Architecture (CMA), developed alongside parent company Geely, and will sire a whole family of smaller Volvos, all badged as the 40-series. Volvo has made a name for itself with its SUVs and crossovers - and now the XC90 and XC60 have a smaller brother: the Volvo XC40. Click on the links below for all of CAR magazine’s news, reviews, videos, scoops and spy photos of the XC40 car range. Volvo XC40 information: everything you need to know if you own it, are thinking of buying one or just want to find out more about the new, smaller SUV.
