The XC40 also comes with a unique car-sharing feature. Volvo has also discovered that spinal injuries are very common when a car crashes off the road into a ditch and have come up with a unique collapsing seat frame that disintegrates as you crash so as to protect your spine. It comes with a host features including Pilot Assist, City Safety, Run-off Road Protection, Cross Traffic Alert and the 360° camera to help with parking. If you do manage to crash it, you’ve managed to do something heroically stupid – or have been exceptionally unlucky. For the risk-averse, this little car really is belt and braces. Inside story: the interior of the new baby Volvoīeing a Volvo, safety is off-the-scale.
There are also endless tiny details that will surprise and delight: there’s a special space for phones with inductive charging, a foldout hook for small bags in the boot, a removable waste bin in the central console, hidden storage shelves under the front seats, the armrest lifts to create a space the exact size of a box of tissues… It sets dizzying standards in terms of design, connectivity, performance, luxury and safety. The car is Swedish, alternative, urban, youthful and a bit left field. And that is exactly what Volvo has tried to do. To have any chance of being the cream that floats, you have to out-premium the best of the rest. It’s one of the fastest-growing motoring segments (these cars are particularly popular in China, the world’s largest car market) and it is ferociously competitive. To understand what’s involved imagine a big posh car, stuffed with luxury geegaws and advanced gadgetry, and then shrink the whole thing so it fits into a smaller space. There is one crucial difference between the small premium SUV sector and the large premium SUV sector – size.
It’s a year of firsts for them: the XC40 is also the only compact premium SUV Volvo has ever made.
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