Where is the need for this actually? The XC40 is comparable in most aspects. Just seems to be wasted that it's a different XC40 than a new updated, more minor (ish) version of an XC40? Odd. I still can not believe Volvo hasn't put a bigger screen or a new interior design.
I love the look of it but being tall I cannot sit in the back seat as my head hits the roof before hitting the headrest. Also the dark interior totally put me off plus unlike the Atto 3(BYD) that panoramic roof has no blind on the inside for hot days(Australia).
Both Volvos are really easy to drive and the regen means you never need to use the brakes. I prefer them, particularly the C40, over the Polestar but the range is disappointing compared to other options.
Maybe it's me behind the times, but I would say £47k is extremely expensive for a car. For your normal person I would say £35-40k would have been what you would expect a premium car to cost, with more expensive "executive" cars, but not ones that joe public would usually buy. We seem to be being pushed to accept £30k is as a base price for a low end car.
@@ElectricVehicleMan I went to check out the fiesta electric not realising you meant ice 😂 of course they've canned the fiesta, £18k used to be about the starting price for a Golf which most would consider more premium than a fiesta.
I have one of these and I mostly love it. I compared it against the usual competition (Model Y, Mach-E, Enyaq, Polestar etc) and against the criteria that were important to me it rarely came first but when I totalled up the whole package it was a clear leader. More practical than a Polestar, but better looking and slightly better handling than the XC40. I love the way it drives, the throttle mapping and brake regeneration is brilliant, and it is extraordinarily sure footed in bad weather. Android Auto, though not perfect, is excellent for long distance navigation and the voice commands address all the complaints in the video about stuff being buried in screen menus. Battery pre-conditioning makes charging in cold and hot weather very reliable. The achilles heel is efficiency and therefore range. This is mediocre at best. Having said that, I did a two thousand mile round trip to Spain in the summer carrying both a roof box and bike carrier and, despite the additional hit to efficiency, felt that my bladder range was less than the battery range. The downside has been the reliability - especially software and electronics. A software bug left it completely bricked, a TCAM failure broke the navigation and central locking, parking sensors have failed, the charge port flap has stuck and pieces of trim have fallen off. All fixed under warranty, but these faults have shaken my confidence in the car. Would I get another one? Probably, as I think Volvo is still learning how to make EVs and will improve.
I'm really curious how many people have 'throttle mapping' on their list of priorities when writing the algorithm which tells them which car they should be driving....!? I suspect you'll go a LONG way to find anyone who knows what it even is........! ....in fact, I think you might be it...!
is yours a MY 2022 or 2023? I have a 2023. I have not encountered the electrical issues. I hope not to. I will say -- as you mentioned.. Volvo works out the kinks.. as any company. When I first switched to volvo it was for the new generation XC90 in 2016.. that one had a few problems -- the first year model. Then I went to an XC60 after my lease was up on the 90. Never had a problem with that one.. and then I got an XC40 -- never a problem. Both were in their 2nd year of the news generation (well the 40 was all new but 2nd year) HOPING the 23 XC40 got the 22's issues worked out.
I have recently purchased a C40 and am very pleased with it, the only thing missing for me is a rear wash wipe. I don't like S.U.Vs and the C40 is not too high. The car will easily do more than 200 miles in winter and the driving settings do not have to be changed each time you set off.
Im literally just back from a Polestar test drive. I suspect this is similar, Once you add the extras on to get things like heat pump pano roof, you are in Tesla MY price territory because you cant just buy, say, heat pump but have to buy a whole package that includes it. The P2 awd i drive which presume would be similar to this, drove very nicely... but at the end of the day youve paid a tesla price and don't get a decent range or full tesla SC access
I don't get the Model Y territory thing. For me, Volvo is a much better built car. I realize Tesla has a lot of tech and efficiency and the network and such, but as a car,, I think it falls way short of the refinement and build quality of Volvo (even with some of the trim falling off, which should not be happening).
@@benjaminsmith2287 read Steve Evans post below which perhaps puts your comments about better built in context. I don't recall reading many (any?) reports on Tesla's having these type of software issues which nowadays are just as much a part of build quality as hardware. I watched a UA-cam the other day of someone with either a polestar or Volvo I forget which was completely bricked by software. So I'm not convinced about build quality difference at all And having driven EVs for 5 years now range and charger reliability come very very high up my list of requirements and key features.
@@benjaminsmith2287 But the number of non teslas you read about having software issues is many times that of teslas, which says something when there are so many more tesla EVs than others. Which reminds me, the Polestar 2 i test drove yesterday actually had a small software glitch which the guy had to reboot it to recover from (it was the view on the reversing camera). Talking of which how is the 360 view on the reversing camera? It was abysmal on the car i drove, very distorted I'm wondering if that was a one off ? The 360 on my friends new RAV4 is awesome, you'd honestly think there was a drone above the car its that good. Very impressive. Pity its an ICE. I have a friend who has a P2 i will ask him to show me the 360 on that
@@Joe-lb8qn Maybe. Teslas had more software problems in their earlier time. You have to give non-software companies time to build up their software. Volvo/Polestar have Zenseact but they're working on autonomous driving, or more accurately, toward autonomous driving. But the whole working on is what makes me like Volvo and the legacy cars (Polestar is just a sporty offshoot of Volvo, they are in no way a startup like Lucid or Rivian). They know how to make suspensions and brakes and make the body structures stronger and tighter with each new model. Tesla has a ways to go to learn that and I'm not sure how much they're focused on that. And while Tesla has dialed in a lot of fun to drive aspects of their cars, they don't seem to have that seat-of-the-pants feel that a solid German car, Italian car, British car, sporty Japanese or a sports outfit like Polestar put into Volvos. It's more of a computer-controlled created version of such. I think Teslas better days as cars are ahead but they should may be slow down how fast they make cars and expand and focus on dynamic qualities, build quality. They have safety down. But there's still more to the basic hardware and car to work on IMO. However, that's my values I look for in cars. If you're looking for software and integration, then others have their ways to go to match Tesla. To me a lot of the focus I hear from Tesla fans is expansion and profits and agile this and that but not as much on how a Plaid, beyond acceleration, compares to a Taycan in terms of traditional car qualities and dynamic qualities.
On the lack of rear wiper... this week my car got absolutely filthy, I think because there have been several sub-zero days when gritters have been out, but no serious rain to dilute or wash away all the salt and grime. Going down the motorway there was a spray of this stuff from passing tyres, but not enough moisture to wash any of it away. My front and rear screen wash were both used a lot more than usual. Will fancy aerodynamics and a ceramic coat (interested to know what that is though?) *really* combat those kind of conditions? I am somewhat sceptical... (and I know you can still theoretically drive without seeing out the rear window, but as mirrors also get murky in the same conditions, being able to apply a wash/wipe to the back window feels a lot safer).
I think by ceramic coat something like RainX was meant ?. Its meant to be good though i've never used it. Its a pity they didnt put a wiper there it could easily have been hidden in the spoiler without offending any designers who want clean lines over practicality
@@Joe-lb8qn Agreed about the wiper in the spoiler. I tried Rain-X years ago on the front windows and it worked well in rain but to apply it properly needed some elbow grease and it also wore off over time. Not sure Rain-X is still the same, and still not convinced it would cope with winter grime. I thought the ceramic coat thing mentioned might be something more permanent though.
Volvo have a great voice command system for many basic car controls "Set temperature to 20 degrees", "Set defroster to Maximum" - so you dont need to touch the centre console for many 'on the go' functions. As I tell my wife ' Read the manual !'
If you need to read the manual it's not intuitive enough And as much as I loved Knight Rider I don't want to have to talk to my car to perform basic tasks
First glance, they've put the 'gearshift' in back to front again, forwards on the lever to go back, and back to go forwards - totally illogical! Shame you didn't get into the boot, to show if it could be used as an emergency sleeping bag!
You talk about kilowatts and charging up to, etc.. what does this mean in my world? What is the real range and how long does it take to recharge? And how reliable are the charge points and can I go 450 miles easily without stress? This is what I want to know…. Also, you were thrown around in that thing like you were at a fairground so how comfortable was it really?
Real range: not enough. Time to charge: too long. Reliable charge points: no. 450 miles without stress: absolutely not. But none of things things should stop you buying one.
I drove from Northumberland to Oxford and back in a day in December (~500 miles round trip). 4 charge stops en-route of ~30-40 minutes each at 350 kW chargers (about once every 2-3 hours driving). I needed to stop anyway (for fluids in and out). No hassle at the charge points. Cold, wind and rain hammer the efficiency (and so range), but that's true of any vehicle however it's powered.
Volvo's are a wolf in sheeps clothing..... Had loads of models over the years never a fault. Plus my insurance was always cheaper years ago. Volvo v70 part limo part hearse my mate used to say. Sleeper is a great description.
i think the xc40 is far more sensible than the c40 (squashed xc40). Is the one you tested the new rwd platform? apparently theyve swapped from fwd to rwd
They won't sell many of these, too expensive compared with the far superior EV6 and Ioniq, range very poor and will be dreadful for towing. 3 year warranty compared with 7 years on the Kia and Hyundai. Polestar good, but not in this heavy body. Thanks for your review. I had an XC90 from new it was very unreliable went through 3 turbos in a year, always letting me down, so I have brand disloyalty.
If you read the the conditions and cover of the MG warranty you soon discover the Volvo warranty is a lot better and the MG warranty headline of 7 year is, in my opinion just headline grabbing hoping that buyers don't look too deeply.
The driver in every car should be able to just tell the car what to do and not have to mess about with the buttons. That should be compulsory in every car
I've got this C40 just been delivered last month, I got the single motor version which is more than enough. These twin motors just has too much unnecessary power. For me the downside to this car is efficiency, I'm just not getting the range or even close to what's advertised, could be fixed with a software update. The upside is the android os system, I never have to connect my iPhone via carplay because it has Google maps, and play store so I can download Spotify app without connecting my phone. I'd say the best car infotainment system all cars should have this.
I have an xc40 EV and find the infotainment system to be awful! The road speed indicator is often completely inaccurate, no audio notification of speed cameras (which you get with google maps if you connect it via CarPlay, ironically), google assistant constantly barking error messages in response to simple requests like playing a radio station, radio stations not reconnecting after going through a no-signal area, connectivity (internet connection) mysteriously disconnecting for an entire journey and then reconnecting for the next. The last update slowed the entire system down…..just garbage and a good reason why - if it doesn’t improve - I’ll never get another Volvo. Love everything about the car but infotainment system badly let’s it down.
This is a Google Android based system so the manufacturer had little to do with it. Many will disagree, but Google aren’t good at usability vs apple so I’d agree with you. Should and could be miles better. Reliability of the google system in this car is poor (I have an xc40 EV) - it’s getting better but it’s buggy.
Why would you want one? I suppose if you want to pretend you've bought a sportier car than you actually have? I much prefer the practicality AND looks of the XC40 - but I wouldn't have one of those due to the poor efficiency and range. Also that centre screen looks so dated Suggestion for EV Man - do a video comparing all these extended warranties to show what is actually covered. When I looked at the MG one there were lots of exclusions
Two things ... the tow-bar has electrics built in and stows away/fold out from a button press in the boot. Second ... no need to deal with the screen just use the voice button or say "hey Google" to alter any heating, change music, switch any features on or off - best I've come across. A Wolf in Sheep's clothing ... my XC40 made an aggressive Audi driver very, very angry when he tried to overtake ... oh how amusing that was, foot down, bye, bye Audi 😁
What does price have to do with how dated a car is? There are plenty dated cars that cost a lot. Volvo is now creating their new generation starting with the EX90 .The EX30, a car smaller than this, will be introduced in the summer. But, at some point, all cars get dated. Teslas are dated too, IMO. But they updated the S and X interiors and they look up to date now.
We picked the c40 over all the competitors after trying all of the main ones in our next car, The c40 nuked the opposition for feel, handling, shape, looks and performance, it’s great!
@@lordvoldemort2564 between the Xc40 and c40, looks swung it to the c40, but also sunroof in the c40 is standard, but an extra on the xc40. They are basically the same vehicle though
Hopefully, manufacturers of all cars will bring buttons back, especially for heating controls. Touch your phone you get fined fiddle with your screen that's OK bizarre. Meanwhile still waiting for some affordable transport before we are all forced to buy these things.
I have a single battery C40 and I get 235 miles of range at the moment. I only took delivery late December 2022. The model I have, has a heat pump. To change settings in the car, I ask the Google assistant to change them for me. Works every time
Volvo driver since 1995. I had the XC40 recharge dual motor for 16 months on lease, quick car, comfortable with good boot space for dog cage but frustrating UI until they finally got Apple Car Play. Ultimately I wouldn’t buy one outright due to the limited range for the price. Drove the C40 but the smaller boot let it down. Ultimately still drive an EV but a different make which is more efficient.
I think Volvo have made the leap the premium, their interior used to be too utilitarian for their cost but that's long gone. However it's literally pretending to be a car above it's class, it should be a 60 for the money and then the footprint could be bigger and it'd be ok on value, I don't understand why they did it with the 40, I thought they'd be offering value and try and snaffle up all the disgruntled people waiting for the Germans to get their act together but no, not efficient enough and overpriced, they aren't even sharing the savings they have made with the shared platform, pay more get less, nah mate Korean, it'll be genesis; if you know you know soon enough
Problem is not touchscreens, it's that these old car companies don't know how to make proper UI. If they can't do it right, then they should stick to what they know or ask someone else - like Apple or Google - to do it for them. Better than dealing with things like the VW's ID.x software mess for the last few years.
£6000 cheaper pre tax in Australia and a better spec. Volvo are way too expensive, don't even get a rear view camera on the £46k XC40 and then there is the reliability. A PCP or lease car, certainly not one to own out of warranty. The car in itself is excellent though.
@@SDK2006b You can get a brand new Ioniq 5 for RRP £43,150.00 or you can go to a dealer and pay under £37000 cash for a brand new SE models and drive away same day. Volvo c40 is presently over 45k cash
@@carlarrowsmith - none of those have anywhere near this power - 407bhp. In other news you can buy a Dacia for £16k, and probably drive it away the same day too 😋 My point - how can this Volvo be overpriced, when it's the cheapest way to this power and tech !
@@SDK2006b Err the basic C40 doesn't have 407bhp does it, it has 238 hp. It's very similar to he cars I quoted that are much cheaper and better equipped. If you go for the AWD C40 with 407bhp and then want pretty standard stuff like adaptive cruise the cost is £60665, that's not even top spec. A Tesla Y long range with similar performance is 53k (could get yourself a Dacia with the change left over 😋) or the performance which is even faster still and still comes in at less than the Volvo. I like the Volvo very much but it simply is too expensive, lacks some basic equipment unless you go up the range and the warranties a bit short.
@@Gr8dane85 owned by China as is British steel, weetabix, lotus the list is endless and soon Jaguar Landrover 😆 even my Tesla is made in China and it’s fantastic
Queda muy bien de cara al público pero luego no se quiere dar por que a la industria Europea no le interesa. Lo de reducir el precio lo hace también la prensa y también confunde a la gente.
Volvo is a scam! My 2023 Volvo has a steering wheel that vibrates very badly, making it quite annoying and UNSAFE to drive, and Volvo doesn’t want to fix it.
That tablet and tablet surround has to be the worse and cheapest looking I have seen in a car for a while. Will Car designers please stop including glossy black plastic - we all know it attracts fingerprints, dust etc, but someone no-one at the car manufacturers cares, it is cheap and nasty and in a £45k+ car that is woefully. Couple that with poor range for the price, Volvo have made some great cars in the past, but also some complete dogs (although build quality has always been good), this one is a dog
Lived off an image from a past long gone. Been nothing but glorified Fords & now expensive cars from china for years. Others do it much better for a lot less.
Good to see you on the right side of the A1 for a change
Great video guys
Where is the need for this actually? The XC40 is comparable in most aspects. Just seems to be wasted that it's a different XC40 than a new updated, more minor (ish) version of an XC40? Odd.
I still can not believe Volvo hasn't put a bigger screen or a new interior design.
Was this the new battery size? Wondering how opinions are with regards to range on the revised model.
Range not impressive for the price, but it does have a rubbish bin. What more could you want .? You’ll be wanting an ash tray next !
Yeah, its quite rubbish
whats the charging curve like? max DC charging speed until what %
Good placement of the charge port, Tesla compatible
I love the look of it but being tall I cannot sit in the back seat as my head hits the roof before hitting the headrest. Also the dark interior totally put me off plus unlike the Atto 3(BYD) that panoramic roof has no blind on the inside for hot days(Australia).
47k and 200 miles on 77kwh = rich man's toy still.
My wishlist is a Chinese BYD yangwang U8! Stunning
Both Volvos are really easy to drive and the regen means you never need to use the brakes. I prefer them, particularly the C40, over the Polestar but the range is disappointing compared to other options.
Maybe it's me behind the times, but I would say £47k is extremely expensive for a car. For your normal person I would say £35-40k would have been what you would expect a premium car to cost, with more expensive "executive" cars, but not ones that joe public would usually buy. We seem to be being pushed to accept £30k is as a base price for a low end car.
Fiesta starts at £18.5k for the base model. Def need to recalibrate what things costs.
@@ElectricVehicleMan I went to check out the fiesta electric not realising you meant ice 😂 of course they've canned the fiesta, £18k used to be about the starting price for a Golf which most would consider more premium than a fiesta.
There aren't many (any) cars with this power and tech for £40k ! [ICE or EV]
@@ElectricVehicleMan Fiesta is cancelled, as with most Ford models except trucks, favorite of US morons.
I have one of these and I mostly love it. I compared it against the usual competition (Model Y, Mach-E, Enyaq, Polestar etc) and against the criteria that were important to me it rarely came first but when I totalled up the whole package it was a clear leader. More practical than a Polestar, but better looking and slightly better handling than the XC40. I love the way it drives, the throttle mapping and brake regeneration is brilliant, and it is extraordinarily sure footed in bad weather. Android Auto, though not perfect, is excellent for long distance navigation and the voice commands address all the complaints in the video about stuff being buried in screen menus. Battery pre-conditioning makes charging in cold and hot weather very reliable. The achilles heel is efficiency and therefore range. This is mediocre at best. Having said that, I did a two thousand mile round trip to Spain in the summer carrying both a roof box and bike carrier and, despite the additional hit to efficiency, felt that my bladder range was less than the battery range.
The downside has been the reliability - especially software and electronics. A software bug left it completely bricked, a TCAM failure broke the navigation and central locking, parking sensors have failed, the charge port flap has stuck and pieces of trim have fallen off. All fixed under warranty, but these faults have shaken my confidence in the car.
Would I get another one? Probably, as I think Volvo is still learning how to make EVs and will improve.
I'm really curious how many people have 'throttle mapping' on their list of priorities when writing the algorithm which tells them which car they should be driving....!?
I suspect you'll go a LONG way to find anyone who knows what it even is........!
....in fact, I think you might be it...!
is yours a MY 2022 or 2023? I have a 2023. I have not encountered the electrical issues. I hope not to. I will say -- as you mentioned.. Volvo works out the kinks.. as any company. When I first switched to volvo it was for the new generation XC90 in 2016.. that one had a few problems -- the first year model. Then I went to an XC60 after my lease was up on the 90. Never had a problem with that one.. and then I got an XC40 -- never a problem. Both were in their 2nd year of the news generation (well the 40 was all new but 2nd year) HOPING the 23 XC40 got the 22's issues worked out.
I have recently purchased a C40 and am very pleased with it, the only thing missing for me is a rear wash wipe. I don't like S.U.Vs and the C40 is not too high. The car will easily do more than 200 miles in winter and the driving settings do not have to be changed each time you set off.
Which version did you get? I’m considering the single motor rwd.
EVM, is your co presenter related to that magician guy (think his name is dynamo?) he looks and sounds very similar to him
Im literally just back from a Polestar test drive. I suspect this is similar, Once you add the extras on to get things like heat pump pano roof, you are in Tesla MY price territory because you cant just buy, say, heat pump but have to buy a whole package that includes it. The P2 awd i drive which presume would be similar to this, drove very nicely... but at the end of the day youve paid a tesla price and don't get a decent range or full tesla SC access
I don't get the Model Y territory thing. For me, Volvo is a much better built car. I realize Tesla has a lot of tech and efficiency and the network and such, but as a car,, I think it falls way short of the refinement and build quality of Volvo (even with some of the trim falling off, which should not be happening).
@@benjaminsmith2287 read Steve Evans post below which perhaps puts your comments about better built in context. I don't recall reading many (any?) reports on Tesla's having these type of software issues which nowadays are just as much a part of build quality as hardware. I watched a UA-cam the other day of someone with either a polestar or Volvo I forget which was completely bricked by software. So I'm not convinced about build quality difference at all
And having driven EVs for 5 years now range and charger reliability come very very high up my list of requirements and key features.
@@Joe-lb8qn Teslas have been bricked as well. Volvos feel very solid for years.
@@benjaminsmith2287 But the number of non teslas you read about having software issues is many times that of teslas, which says something when there are so many more tesla EVs than others.
Which reminds me, the Polestar 2 i test drove yesterday actually had a small software glitch which the guy had to reboot it to recover from (it was the view on the reversing camera). Talking of which how is the 360 view on the reversing camera? It was abysmal on the car i drove, very distorted I'm wondering if that was a one off ? The 360 on my friends new RAV4 is awesome, you'd honestly think there was a drone above the car its that good. Very impressive. Pity its an ICE. I have a friend who has a P2 i will ask him to show me the 360 on that
@@Joe-lb8qn Maybe. Teslas had more software problems in their earlier time. You have to give non-software companies time to build up their software. Volvo/Polestar have Zenseact but they're working on autonomous driving, or more accurately, toward autonomous driving.
But the whole working on is what makes me like Volvo and the legacy cars (Polestar is just a sporty offshoot of Volvo, they are in no way a startup like Lucid or Rivian). They know how to make suspensions and brakes and make the body structures stronger and tighter with each new model. Tesla has a ways to go to learn that and I'm not sure how much they're focused on that. And while Tesla has dialed in a lot of fun to drive aspects of their cars, they don't seem to have that seat-of-the-pants feel that a solid German car, Italian car, British car, sporty Japanese or a sports outfit like Polestar put into Volvos. It's more of a computer-controlled created version of such. I think Teslas better days as cars are ahead but they should may be slow down how fast they make cars and expand and focus on dynamic qualities, build quality. They have safety down. But there's still more to the basic hardware and car to work on IMO. However, that's my values I look for in cars. If you're looking for software and integration, then others have their ways to go to match Tesla. To me a lot of the focus I hear from Tesla fans is expansion and profits and agile this and that but not as much on how a Plaid, beyond acceleration, compares to a Taycan in terms of traditional car qualities and dynamic qualities.
Lol missed the hook at 4:15 and “no bonus points”. A bit unfair, eh?
Its a lovely car just not great on range in my opinion
On the lack of rear wiper... this week my car got absolutely filthy, I think because there have been several sub-zero days when gritters have been out, but no serious rain to dilute or wash away all the salt and grime. Going down the motorway there was a spray of this stuff from passing tyres, but not enough moisture to wash any of it away. My front and rear screen wash were both used a lot more than usual.
Will fancy aerodynamics and a ceramic coat (interested to know what that is though?) *really* combat those kind of conditions? I am somewhat sceptical... (and I know you can still theoretically drive without seeing out the rear window, but as mirrors also get murky in the same conditions, being able to apply a wash/wipe to the back window feels a lot safer).
I think by ceramic coat something like RainX was meant ?. Its meant to be good though i've never used it. Its a pity they didnt put a wiper there it could easily have been hidden in the spoiler without offending any designers who want clean lines over practicality
@@Joe-lb8qn Agreed about the wiper in the spoiler. I tried Rain-X years ago on the front windows and it worked well in rain but to apply it properly needed some elbow grease and it also wore off over time. Not sure Rain-X is still the same, and still not convinced it would cope with winter grime.
I thought the ceramic coat thing mentioned might be something more permanent though.
Volvo have a great voice command system for many basic car controls "Set temperature to 20 degrees", "Set defroster to Maximum" - so you dont need to touch the centre console for many 'on the go' functions. As I tell my wife ' Read the manual !'
If you need to read the manual it's not intuitive enough
And as much as I loved Knight Rider I don't want to have to talk to my car to perform basic tasks
I often use 19.5 - I not going to be trying to say that to the car! A couple of simple dials is much better.
First glance, they've put the 'gearshift' in back to front again, forwards on the lever to go back, and back to go forwards - totally illogical! Shame you didn't get into the boot, to show if it could be used as an emergency sleeping bag!
It's the same on all cars with auto boxes, for the last 20+ years.
You talk about kilowatts and charging up to, etc.. what does this mean in my world? What is the real range and how long does it take to recharge? And how reliable are the charge points and can I go 450 miles easily without stress? This is what I want to know…. Also, you were thrown around in that thing like you were at a fairground so how comfortable was it really?
Real range: not enough. Time to charge: too long. Reliable charge points: no. 450 miles without stress: absolutely not. But none of things things should stop you buying one.
I drove from Northumberland to Oxford and back in a day in December (~500 miles round trip). 4 charge stops en-route of ~30-40 minutes each at 350 kW chargers (about once every 2-3 hours driving). I needed to stop anyway (for fluids in and out). No hassle at the charge points. Cold, wind and rain hammer the efficiency (and so range), but that's true of any vehicle however it's powered.
Funny how it goes, I much prefer the XC40 looks to this. To each their own.
Hence the utter pointlessness of anyone telling you that they like the look of any car.......!
Me too. Not into the chop top look at all.
Me too. This version won't quite have the practicality of the XC40. For me, the coupe styling doesn't appeal.
The answer the life, the universe and everything...
Volvo's are a wolf in sheeps clothing..... Had loads of models over the years never a fault. Plus my insurance was always cheaper years ago. Volvo v70 part limo part hearse my mate used to say. Sleeper is a great description.
Does a medium dog fint in the boot? Is there an EV dog that can test the car?
XC40 for that...Welsh Springer Spaniel tested...
i think the xc40 is far more sensible than the c40 (squashed xc40). Is the one you tested the new rwd platform? apparently theyve swapped from fwd to rwd
It is not.
@@SteenHolm134 it is not what ?
@@markhamilton7289 The new RWD
@@SteenHolm134 thank you. Any easy way to tell?
First avalible from 2024
50k for a non dedicated EV chasis, err no thanks
According to MY 2023 manufacturers' claimed 0-100km times:
Volvo C40: 4.7 seconds
Toyota Supra 8AT: 4.3 seconds
They won't sell many of these, too expensive compared with the far superior EV6 and Ioniq, range very poor and will be dreadful for towing. 3 year warranty compared with 7 years on the Kia and Hyundai. Polestar good, but not in this heavy body.
Thanks for your review.
I had an XC90 from new it was very unreliable went through 3 turbos in a year, always letting me down, so I have brand disloyalty.
Hyundai is 5 years.
@@ElectricVehicleMan Thanks, I thought it was 7, it is basically the same car as the EV6 under the skin,glad I have an EV6, nearly went for the Ioniq.
If you read the the conditions and cover of the MG warranty you soon discover the Volvo warranty is a lot better and the MG warranty headline of 7 year is, in my opinion just headline grabbing hoping that buyers don't look too deeply.
The driver in every car should be able to just tell the car what to do and not have to mess about with the buttons. That should be compulsory in every car
Er, meanwhile, here on Planet 'Not Startrek 300 Years in the Future'......!
Voice command can do a TON in this car including adjusting heating
I've got this C40 just been delivered last month, I got the single motor version which is more than enough. These twin motors just has too much unnecessary power. For me the downside to this car is efficiency, I'm just not getting the range or even close to what's advertised, could be fixed with a software update. The upside is the android os system, I never have to connect my iPhone via carplay because it has Google maps, and play store so I can download Spotify app without connecting my phone. I'd say the best car infotainment system all cars should have this.
I have an xc40 EV and find the infotainment system to be awful! The road speed indicator is often completely inaccurate, no audio notification of speed cameras (which you get with google maps if you connect it via CarPlay, ironically), google assistant constantly barking error messages in response to simple requests like playing a radio station, radio stations not reconnecting after going through a no-signal area, connectivity (internet connection) mysteriously disconnecting for an entire journey and then reconnecting for the next. The last update slowed the entire system down…..just garbage and a good reason why - if it doesn’t improve - I’ll never get another Volvo. Love everything about the car but infotainment system badly let’s it down.
The new BMW ix1 has more flare and style IMO.
I haven't seen one yet, what's the iX1 base price starting at?
I wonder why manufacturers just don’t copy Tesla/Apple style UI. Surely it’s not that hard to do.
why would they? it's not the best one, fastest one or prettiest one?
@@wakkadakkaify what's the best, fastest and prettiest one(s)?
@@JonathanPalfrey there isn't one that fits all the criteria!
I personally I like the Porsche interface, but I actually enjoyed using the idrive too.
@@wakkadakkaify The Porsche UI? The one that looks and performs like Garmin GPS from the early 2000s?
This is a Google Android based system so the manufacturer had little to do with it. Many will disagree, but Google aren’t good at usability vs apple so I’d agree with you. Should and could be miles better. Reliability of the google system in this car is poor (I have an xc40 EV) - it’s getting better but it’s buggy.
Why would you want one? I suppose if you want to pretend you've bought a sportier car than you actually have? I much prefer the practicality AND looks of the XC40 - but I wouldn't have one of those due to the poor efficiency and range. Also that centre screen looks so dated
Suggestion for EV Man - do a video comparing all these extended warranties to show what is actually covered. When I looked at the MG one there were lots of exclusions
Two things ... the tow-bar has electrics built in and stows away/fold out from a button press in the boot. Second ... no need to deal with the screen just use the voice button or say "hey Google" to alter any heating, change music, switch any features on or off - best I've come across. A Wolf in Sheep's clothing ... my XC40 made an aggressive Audi driver very, very angry when he tried to overtake ... oh how amusing that was, foot down, bye, bye Audi 😁
Sounds like you let the aggression take control as well!?
for the price i think interior looks a bit dated plus all that black plastic not my thing. but i suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
What does price have to do with how dated a car is? There are plenty dated cars that cost a lot. Volvo is now creating their new generation starting with the EX90 .The EX30, a car smaller than this, will be introduced in the summer. But, at some point, all cars get dated. Teslas are dated too, IMO. But they updated the S and X interiors and they look up to date now.
You ask google to change your settings
4:05 That's what she said 😆
We picked the c40 over all the competitors after trying all of the main ones in our next car, The c40 nuked the opposition for feel, handling, shape, looks and performance, it’s great!
Why not xc40. Did it handle bad than c40?
@@lordvoldemort2564 between the Xc40 and c40, looks swung it to the c40, but also sunroof in the c40 is standard, but an extra on the xc40. They are basically the same vehicle though
Hopefully, manufacturers of all cars will bring buttons back, especially for heating controls. Touch your phone you get fined fiddle with your screen that's OK bizarre. Meanwhile still waiting for some affordable transport before we are all forced to buy these things.
I have an xc40 and I use voice command to adjust heating controls while driving. Very simple and convenient
Volvo "Boxy but good" Name that film...
Sony. Bony.
Starts from £48,355 on the website today....... £46500 for the XC40
lottery win would be required.
I have a single battery C40 and I get 235 miles of range at the moment. I only took delivery late December 2022. The model I have, has a heat pump.
To change settings in the car, I ask the Google assistant to change them for me. Works every time
How do you activate the heat pump?
The But....for you guys.....it's not a tesla lol
Volvo driver since 1995. I had the XC40 recharge dual motor for 16 months on lease, quick car, comfortable with good boot space for dog cage but frustrating UI until they finally got Apple Car Play. Ultimately I wouldn’t buy one outright due to the limited range for the price. Drove the C40 but the smaller boot let it down. Ultimately still drive an EV but a different make which is more efficient.
Which drives better c40 or xc40
@@lordvoldemort2564 C40 seemed slightly better but they are on the same platform so it was close.
I think Volvo have made the leap the premium, their interior used to be too utilitarian for their cost but that's long gone.
However it's literally pretending to be a car above it's class, it should be a 60 for the money and then the footprint could be bigger and it'd be ok on value, I don't understand why they did it with the 40, I thought they'd be offering value and try and snaffle up all the disgruntled people waiting for the Germans to get their act together but no, not efficient enough and overpriced, they aren't even sharing the savings they have made with the shared platform, pay more get less, nah mate Korean, it'll be genesis; if you know you know soon enough
Xc40 recharge weights more. Is less efficient than c40. You got it wrong.
£48k....I've just spat my whiskey out thanks,why do manufacturers think touchscreens are the way to go ?? List to consumers.
Problem is not touchscreens, it's that these old car companies don't know how to make proper UI.
If they can't do it right, then they should stick to what they know or ask someone else - like Apple or Google - to do it for them.
Better than dealing with things like the VW's ID.x software mess for the last few years.
Oh great, another car with a flat load bay so all the stuff in the boot falls out when you park on a hill…
Easy solution: Just add a net.
Or park facing downhill.
£6000 cheaper pre tax in Australia and a better spec. Volvo are way too expensive, don't even get a rear view camera on the £46k XC40 and then there is the reliability. A PCP or lease car, certainly not one to own out of warranty. The car in itself is excellent though.
Are you comparing the price in the UK which includes tax to the price in Australia without tax? Or like for like?
@@rickiehoxton Pre tax in both places, as wrote in the original post.
Overpriced by at least £10,000
Yep, starting £6000 cheaper when made in China to Asian market. When comparing spec to spec it's £12000 more here!
Overpriced ?!
Show me another car with this power and tech for £38k ? There aren't any under £45k !
@@SDK2006b You can get a brand new Ioniq 5 for RRP £43,150.00 or you can go to a dealer and pay under £37000 cash for a brand new SE models and drive away same day. Volvo c40 is presently over 45k cash
@@carlarrowsmith - none of those have anywhere near this power - 407bhp.
In other news you can buy a Dacia for £16k, and probably drive it away the same day too 😋
My point - how can this Volvo be overpriced, when it's the cheapest way to this power and tech !
@@SDK2006b Err the basic C40 doesn't have 407bhp does it, it has 238 hp. It's very similar to he cars I quoted that are much cheaper and better equipped. If you go for the AWD C40 with 407bhp and then want pretty standard stuff like adaptive cruise the cost is £60665, that's not even top spec. A Tesla Y long range with similar performance is 53k (could get yourself a Dacia with the change left over 😋) or the performance which is even faster still and still comes in at less than the Volvo. I like the Volvo very much but it simply is too expensive, lacks some basic equipment unless you go up the range and the warranties a bit short.
The Range is a deal breaker sadly. New Hyundai Kona will deliver 275+ miles easily. Better tech & design.
The Chinese technology in this vehicle is amazing!love the polestars.wish the British could make vehicles like this!
It's made in Belgium, designed in Sweden, software from America.
@@Gr8dane85 owned by China as is British steel, weetabix, lotus the list is endless and soon Jaguar Landrover 😆 even my Tesla is made in China and it’s fantastic
I'll keep running my 850 with 300,000+ miles then :)
Not as fast as my Chinese Tesla model3
How fast will entice you to kill yourself?
Queda muy bien de cara al público pero luego no se quiere dar por que a la industria Europea no le interesa. Lo de reducir el precio lo hace también la prensa y también confunde a la gente.
Volvo is a scam! My 2023 Volvo has a steering wheel that vibrates very badly, making it quite annoying and UNSAFE to drive, and Volvo doesn’t want to fix it.
That tablet and tablet surround has to be the worse and cheapest looking I have seen in a car for a while. Will Car designers please stop including glossy black plastic - we all know it attracts fingerprints, dust etc, but someone no-one at the car manufacturers cares, it is cheap and nasty and in a £45k+ car that is woefully.
Couple that with poor range for the price, Volvo have made some great cars in the past, but also some complete dogs (although build quality has always been good), this one is a dog
Lived off an image from a past long gone. Been nothing but glorified Fords & now expensive cars from china for years. Others do it much better for a lot less.
Electric car's can not be taken seriously until solid state batteries are introduced see ya you in a couple of years time.
When solid state battery EV's are launched you'll probably complain about the price🤣
No probs with electric van had it for two years weight not a problem as it's built for load.
@@bernardcharlesworth9860 what van have you got Bernard
@@smcl8419 e expert 75kw
I just saved 50 grand by keeping my old car.
At last! - the voice of common sense.......!!!
Who's buying this? No-one.