As the entry SUV in the luxury brand, Volvo XC40 with a starting price of 200,000 yuan, in the market is also mixed with flourishing. On July 25, Volvo’s new XC40 was officially launched, with a total of seven new models and a major power upgrade, with a 2.0T turbocharged engine and 48V hybrid powertrain, as well as a fully upgraded engine system.
In the exterior and interior design, the new car is basically the original heritage, but the Volvo facade symbol “Thor’s hammer” headlights with a new design, intelligent LED pixel headlights equipped with 84 independent LED lighting modules, more technological sense and elegance, while the new fjord blue, desert green and other four new body color scheme.
Inside the XC40 all upgraded by Volvo and Google to jointly create the native Android car computer, stability and fluency significantly improved; KDDI’s intelligent voice recognition system also synchronized on board, the vehicle’s voice control system performance, and then upgrade a grade.
And Volvo as the benchmark brand of car safety, this time in the XC40 also showed, the new car introduced a new driving assistance system, support more comprehensive active braking scenarios.
For example, the backward automatic braking function: when reversing with the risk of collision, it will automatically brake, some novice drivers will only drive forward will not reverse, Volvo can backward braking function, the safety of the vehicle is further enhanced.
Ready to drive away notification function: when the front vehicle drives away and the congested road conditions return to a condition suitable for continued driving, the vehicle will take the initiative to notify the driver; emergency stop assist function: when the driver is completely unresponsive to the hands-off warning, the system will gradually brake the vehicle to a stop and illuminate the warning light.
Power, the new car is equipped with a 2.0T engine and matched with a 48V light hybrid system. The B3 version has a maximum power of 120kW and a maximum torque of 265N-m; the B4 version has a maximum power of 145kW and a peak torque of 300N-m. Both power models are matched with a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. The B3 version is a front-wheel drive, while the B4 version is a four-wheel drive.
Currently, the current Volvo XC40 has given more than 50,000 yuan of market terminal discount, low models are just 200,000 yuan, compared with the Mercedes-Benz GLA, Cadillac XT4 and other models, the cost advantage is obvious.
