6 n r o s Thursday, February 10th, 2005 Volvo S40 A
l l too often, we hear about innovations in car design and what we really get is moder ately incremental changes. The S40 features a number of styling touches which we have gen
uinely never seen before. The exterior won’t get too many pulses racing,
effectively resembling a shrunken S60, but the cabin is a delight. The key design feature is a cen tre console that’s a softly contoured moulding fea turing supremely easy-to-use controls and fresh air behind it. You can specify wood, alu minium, plastic or semi-transparent plastic finishes and everybody who gets in will notice it. The range opens
with 1.6 petrol and diesels with a 1.8 petrol and a 2.0-litre 136 b.h.p. diesel, stepping up to a 170 b.h.p. 2.4-iitre five- cylinder petrol and is topped off by anoth er five, this time the 220 b.h.p. T5.
you’re using the throttle, brakes and steering and will hold incoming telephone calls or satellite nav igation instructions until things have calmed down so as not to distract you in the middle of a manoeuvre. Prices start at £15,298 for the 1.6 petrol. You
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pay £17,668 for the S specification 2.0-litre diesel with the 2.4-litre S model weighing in at around the £18,600 mark. You’ll need to add £250 to these prices for ritzier SE trim. The range-topping T5 model prices from £23,763. ■ These prices are around £500 more than the outgoing S40 model which seems good value, especially as optional stability control and traction control on the old car was around £1,200 and is standard on every new S40. The S60 T5 feels
What a massive leap forward it Is Making a smail car as safe as a big ’un takes The turbo-charger runs at a modest level of
some doing and it’s only when you look at some of compression which means that torque is spread the finer points of how Volvo has achieved this that widely. Drop the throttle at 1500 r.p.m. in almost you realise quite what this commitment means. It any gear and you’ll get clean acceleration, involves casting the turbo housing as one with the It would damn the S40 with faint praise to men- exhaust manifold so that the engine is more com- tion its predecessor, but it is worth pausing to con- pact when mounted transversely, giving more sider just what a massive leap forward the S40 is. space for crush zones.
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“lifestyle versatility”. Volvo claims the V50 is designed to go head to
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HE latest V50 is one of the new breed of Although the underbody, subframes and suspen- “Sportwagon” style estates that offer a lit- sion layouts are the ^me on all these models, there
tie of what marketeers would refer to as is vast scope for tuning of individual aspects .so all will drive differently. Volvo has not skimped when it comes to safety,
marry the bullet proof feel of the top German cars with a keen price. As ever with Swedish cars, you’ll also get a good deal more horsepow er per pound. The range opens
niche just below these premium models. I t ’s a wise Although they work supremely well, they are often choice and at first glance, the Volvo manages to clunkily designed with scant regard for the sort of slickness that sepa rates them from rivals.
head with cars like the BMW 3 Series Touring and the Audi A4 Avant, although pricing will pit it closer in reality to the Alfa 156 Sportwagon in a
Proof that small can be beautiful L itt le of the IT1
at £17,348 with a 125 b.h.p. 1.8-litre petrol unit, then there’s a four-cylin der 2.0-litre 136 b.h.p. diesel, step ping up to a 1'70 b.h.p. 2.4-litre five- cylinder petrol and is topped off by another five, this time the searing 220 b.h.p. T5 offered with either two or four-wheel drive. A 1.6-litre petrol and a 1.6-litre diesel are pen
cilled in for the start of 2005. The V50 rides on the same basic chassis set up
as the Ford Focus C-MAX, the Mazda3 and the forthcoming Voivo XC50 compact 4x4, as well as
When it comes to estates
design flair we usual ly associate with the Scandinavians has traditionally seemed to translate into its cars. The spaceball gear
selector in the SCO showed tha t Volvo could come up with some neat ideas and the V50 takes the spaceball and runs with it.
Something tells us that BMW and Audi may get
a rather shapely dent in their revenue stream when sales of the Volvo V50 take off, as they surely will. It is about as far from antique dealer chic as its
possible to get which is probably the stated aim. The V50 proves that small can indeed be beautiful when it comes to estates. • This vehicle is available at Walker Farrimond
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r y for a moment to remember the last Kia Sportage. It almost slips
opening the tailgate is overly dif ficult. Unlike many compact 4x4s, the Sportage is big enough to keep the spare wheel in its proper place - under the luggage bay floor - instead of mounting it on the rear tailgate. This means that the tailgate is pleas antly light to open. “The new Kia Sportage is a
more contemporary. Three engines are offered, 2.0-litre and 2.7-litre V6 petrol-powered units and a 2.0-litre diesel, all familiar to Hyundai Tucson drivers. Two equipment levels are also avail able, as is an automatic trans mission option. Buyers choose between XE and XS specifica tions a t prices starting from
£14,495. The Sportage also adopts a
few MPV-style practicality fea tures. The rear seat cushion and the backrest are a case in point, adopting Kia’s “Fold and Dive system. This is a method of cre ating a spacious, square-sided and completely flat cargo area. The front passenger seat back rest can also be folded flat to house extra long loads, and at the back there is even a flip-up rear window, which means that items can be dropped into the luggage area without having to open the tailgate. Not that
next-generation vehicle - sporty and elegant, adaptable and spa cious”, commented Jean- Charles Lievens, vice- president of Kia Motors Europe. “It will offer Kia customers three mod ern vehicles in one - with pas senger car refinement, ride and handling, sports utility vehicle exterior, ease of access and four- wheel grip, plus estate-like ver satility, people space and cargo
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tive car. The Picanto changes all th a t, a combination of light weight and improved engineering meaning that it is a responsible citizen. Two engines are available, a 65 b.h.p. 1.1-litre unit and a 61 b.h.p. 1.0-litre power plant that emits a creditable 118g/km of car
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