This is the new edition of the volvo, etc. 40, what . Familiar. Maybe at 1st glance, but not upon closer inspection. All except for the re charge has hit the streets in 2019 and after a small facelift in 2022, its an all gets a bigger revision. Lets take a closer look at all the details. And lets try to answer a question thats been tormenting our car test for decades. Volleyball is known for safety and full, swedish european engineering. And since the acquisition by and julie some years ago, everyone things, oh, how long will they stay . Swedish and not become chinese. Cxc 40 is based on both those Compact Modular architecture platform. More in the platform can vary in width and length, but the distance between the front wheels and the pedals always remains the same. It can be equipped with combustion engines, as well as hybrid and fully electric power trains. The cars that use this platform include the volvo, c 40 some lincoln, koa, 01. But g, leasing your way. And the julie preface a now with a switch to electric cars, the question of cause is, is this really a suite is call . Or if this, its a nice car with a swedish design. But lets come back to that question later. For now, lets check out what the x the 40 has to offer when it comes to driving the driving behavior. It doesnt offer any surprise, a little bit off on the steering in fast driven curves, but very, very small with right, good to control. Busy the exploration also, if i go up, the mountains is very good. Although the car way small then to tons. Thats not surprising when you consider that the twin motor version were testing has 110 killer watts of power at the front axels and 190 at the rear of the major advantages of the 2024 model is the bet. Sorry, the battery is now able to be charged at 200. 00 kilowatts, and the battery offers more range and combination with the new eddings. And so the x, the 40 can go up to 575 kilometers without recharging. But thats the only possible in the extended range version with a 185. 00 kilowatt rear axle drive and a light foot low as no integrated this mont recuperation system in this kind of a vehicle is in front of you because were recuperated up to 2. 5 meters per 2nd and its best no one in front of you with the car, just rolls down the hill. And if the car in front of you brakes, this one recuperate stronger, as i just said up to a 2 and a half meters per 2nd. If he breaks honda, you have to break yourself. Thats something you have to get used to the if you rely too much on the automatic breaking, you might find the gap between you and the vehicle in front of you closing too fast for comfort. Next to me, this looks the class. He is the head of development of all electric Propulsion Systems for this car. Lots this cars, the 1st kind 24 by fuse that is available with a wheel drive 25 years ago. Volleyball said, oh, we dont build rear wheel drives anymore because front wheel drive is safer if this wrong now instead of physics, of course the same, but a lot of changes have happened. Namely its kind of chronic stuff developed tremendously. So all the controls and the video Stability Systems on much, much better than 25 years ago. And the other fact is that as an a battery electric vehicle is much easier to control when it comes to driving dynamics and driving stuff in it to you. On the outside details like the grill differentiate the ecc 40 recharge from its combustion engine. Powered siblings, of course the, the fee for the, with his coup like shape is somewhat more elegant about the ex before and its somewhat more practical, especially when it comes to the rear seats. Your passengers has much more had room in this cause. Some trim levels come with a contrasting glossy black route. What i like is that the seats are not completely made of fabric on the back rest, but with a little bit of plastic here in between. So if you have children with you and they are sitting in their children seats and they are playing with the feed and im hitting the seed and from low them, you can clean it up much easier. The interior of this and all future electric volvos is leather free. So panoramic roof of course is an extra charge, but i like the roomy feeling that it gets to the passengers. Like many cars, cxc, 40 offers the front storage space. 31 leaders fit in here. The large luggage compartment in the rear holds 419 to 1295 liters. And there are more storage compartments under the floor. The. Well, lets come back to our funding question. Lets how much china is in this car. How big is the influence of the chinese model . Yeah, yeah and, and i would say that its a nearly 0 that called like the other mobile is that we have on the roads today is 100 percent developed in speed and nothing broke. That platform is still locked in in death and broke. It is of course, used in other cars, also on the, in the, within the daily group. But its european design, european engineering. What is behind that, the car, the manufacturer to have the car in all plugged in again. For other markets. Its also manufacturers in china, in those 2 regions, are the main components of the costs are localized, so it has to be produced local, 4. 00, local. According to volvo, the quality of the cars is identical. Whether they come from europe or china, where a particular vehicle comes from will depend on import regulations and availability. The car were driving today comes from belgium and ar test or had a clear opinion about it. Its really a great guy. It drives good. Lets see, its comfortable as well. The overall performance is great. The look and feel on the inside is good. You have to get used to the input Payment System and to the climate controlled in the in full Payment System. But if you have found that this nothing really to complain about. Unfortunately, i would love to complain about something, but i cant find anything. Sounds like both of those legendary suite is quality. I have learned that although theyre outside these cos that use the same platform as this one is not a chinese car. It is of the swedish car, the material, the quality of the overall look and feel the design. Everything is just as you expected in avoidable. Unfortunately, also the price is of all volleyball costs, but never famous for being cheap. To be precise, the model we tested goes for 69200. 00 euros in germany. But for that, you get a car with lots of safety and comfort features, a powerful power train and an appealing interior. 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