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The facelifted Volvo V40 hatchback will be priced from £20,255 when it goes on sale in early April; alongside the facelift Volvo has revised trim levels

The facelifted Volvo V40 will be priced from £20,255, and will go on sale from early April. 

The line-up now starts with Momentum, which replaces both the entry-level ES and first-rung SE trim levels. Momentum models come with LED headlights, and prices start from £20,255 for the T2 petrol engined version.

Inscription trim, formerly badged Lux, starts at £23,105, while sporty R-Design trim mirrors the equipment level of Momentum, and starts at £22,345, with R-Design Pro mirroring Inscription kit levels and starting at £24,090. Cross Country, the more rugged variant of the V40, starts at £23,555, rising to £26,405 for Cross Country Pro.

The most expensive V40 is the T5 AWD Cross Country Pro, at £33,975. Nav Plus variations on Momentum, R-Design and Cross Country trim carry a premium of £850 over their standard counterparts, and add a sat-nav, upgraded stereo, cruise control and rear parking sensors.

Mechanical tweaks to the facelifted V40 include a a smaller petrol tank in the manual D2: reduced from 62 to 40 litres. The original 62-litre fuel tank is available as a no-cost option, however.

Petrol engines are also split according to their transmission; T2 and T3 engines with manual gearboxes are 2.0-litre units, while automatic transmission-equipped T2 and T3 cars come with a 1.5-litre engine. Despite the difference in capacity, all figures remain the same between the engines, including claimed fuel economy of 51.4mpg and CO2 emissions of 127g/km on manual cars and 129g/km on automatics, on both T2 and T3. 

The facelifted V40 was revealed at the Geneva motor show, with styling and interior tweaks bringing it in to line with the rest of the current Volvo line-up. 

Exterior upgrades include a new grille mesh incorporating the Volvo iron mark and Volvo’s new T-shaped LED headlights, taken from the Swedish manufacturer’s S90, V90 and Volvo XC90. There are also five new exterior colours.

A total of eight new wheel designs across the V40, R-Design and V40 Cross Country models are available.

A new City Weave upholstery, taken from the Volvo Concept Estate, is also available on the V40. A new Charcoal/Blond steering wheel option, new interior panel trims, including Milled Aluminium, Black Grid Aluminium and Stealth Aluminium, and trim-coloured door inserts with contrasting stitching are among the other new features.

Black headlining will be made available as an option and Volvo’s On Call technology also gets an update. The system already delivers connectivity to Apple Watch and Android Wear, but is now compatible with Microsoft Band 2 connectivity, enabling voice control when using Windows 10-based smartphones. A calendar integration function is now included, connecting your personal calendar to the app and allowing calendar appointment destinations to be sent to your sat-nav, while a Flic button function has been added to perform tasks, such as locking the car and start/stop pre-heating.

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Volvo’s CleanZone technology is also featured, ensuring outside air is finely filtered before entering the cabin, removing pollutants and aiding allergy sufferers.

Volvo's sales and marketing boss at Volvo Car Group, Bjorn Annwall, said: “The V40 is the best-selling Volvo model in Europe and the second most popular Volvo model globally, making it a very important car for the company. With the updates for 2017 model year we make this already very successful model even more attractive to customers in the segment.”

Sales of the facelifted V40 begin in early April.

See what we made of the Volvo V40 T3 R-Design here

See what we made of the Volvo V40 D2 Cross Country here

Danni Bagnall

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Gers 16 June 2016

2016 Volvo V40

Having ordered a Volvo V40 T3 R-Design, I can confirm that Volvo no longer use the Ford platform, the new 2016 V40 now has the new Volvo designed platform.
xxxx 15 March 2016

unusual

If I read it right the smallest petrol engine with a manual is a 2.0 turbo, unusual in this segment. And my god you'd be annoyed if you didn't spec the bigger tank 40 litres is tiny. Will carry on selling in small numbers for this segment till the desperately needed xc40 arrives.
Citytiger 15 March 2016

xxxx wrote: If I read it

xxxx wrote:

If I read it right the smallest petrol engine with a manual is a 2.0 turbo, unusual in this segment. And my god you'd be annoyed if you didn't spec the bigger tank 40 litres is tiny. Will carry on selling in small numbers for this segment till the desperately needed xc40 arrives.

40 litres is the same size as the standard tank on the latest A4 and A4 Avant, which is a substantially bigger vehicle, I hear no one complaining, and very few if any reviews have mentioned it, I wonder why..

xxxx 16 March 2016

Calm down

Citytiger wrote:
xxxx wrote:

If I read it right the smallest petrol engine with a manual is a 2.0 turbo, unusual in this segment. And my god you'd be annoyed if you didn't spec the bigger tank 40 litres is tiny. Will carry on selling in small numbers for this segment till the desperately needed xc40 arrives.

40 litres is the same size as the standard tank on the latest A4 and A4 Avant, which is a substantially bigger vehicle, I hear no one complaining, and very few if any reviews have mentioned it, I wonder why..

Actually you're wrong there, last month there was a post complaining about that exact fact. As to the reviewer, he didn't criticise or make a big song and dance about it. It's worth knowing as well just in case the salesman forgets to point it out!

winniethewoo 15 March 2016

For all the why change it

For all the why change it people... Volvo's Ford license runs out sometime in the next few years. They HAVE TO CHANGE IT or negotiate again. It doesn't suit Volvo's premium ambitions to renew and use Ford tech again. Imagine your companies future hinging on what a competitor does / think / plan?