V40 production ending this year, no replacement

[jamei305]

Production will cease shortly. There will be no hatchback replacement but a SUV-type thing is due in 2021/22.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/n...-v40-suv-coupe

[T5R92011]

Interesting that they replaced the S40 saloon with the V40 hatchback, and now they are bringing back the S40 and killing the V40.

To be honest, if Volvo can make a dinky version of the XC40 and retains it's cute features... it'll be printing money. XC40 is the quirkiest looking Volvo since the C30, but it's still a bit too big in my opinion. Needs something the size of a renault captur.

I understand that the V40 sold pretty well, however it is a bit of a boring car yet rather expensive at the same time.

I think one of the issues with the V40 is the fact that Volvo are trying to apply all of their insane safety technology into a sleek hatchback shape, I've always assumed this is the reason why the V40 is so cramped inside, especially given it's actually quite a wide car.

An end of life Volvo is always a good buy however. For me it's just a shame they dropped the 2.5-litre engine. If I could buy an end of life V40, and drop the 5 pot engine in (with V40 cross country AWD), I'd be laughing for years.

[Tannaton]

It's also the most competitive market sector that Volvo are active in at the minute, and as the article says the V40 is now relatively old chassis tech.

Another issue which I discovered recently is the D2 I think now uses a de-tuned version of the VEA 2.0 engine rather than the 1.6 PSA derived unit and the emissions are poor compared to small diesels from the V40's competitors - that makes it an unattractive company car option when the equivalent Golf is £40 - £50 a month less in BIK tax.

Just like with the supermarkets, this sector is being disrupted to some extent by the new foreign discounters - Hyundai, Kia, Dacia etc. so Volvo are probably quite happy to walk away from it and leave it to Ford, Vauxhall/Peugeot/Citroen etc. to fight it out with the discounters and the Germans.

It may hit some dealers hard where the V40 makes up a significant percentage of their sales.