Nyuma yo gushyira ahagaragara igisekuru gishya cya Volvo XC60, ikirango cya Suwede kirimo kwitegura kurangiza icyiciro cya SUV hamwe nuburyo bushya: compact XC40.
Nkuko bimaze kumenyekana, iyi izaba moderi yambere yo gukoresha CMA (Compact Modular Architecture) platform, igenewe moderi ntoya kuva Volvo, Lynk & Co na Geely. Kimwe mu byiza byuru rubuga ni uko rusanzwe rushobora guhuza verisiyo ya Hybrid hamwe n’amashanyarazi agera ku 100%.
Urebye gahunda yo gukwirakwiza amashanyarazi ya Volvo iheruka, byanze bikunze, usibye ko bisanzwe bisanzwe bine-bine hamwe no gutangiza amashanyarazi mashya atatu, Volvo XC40 izaboneka hamwe na plug-in ya powertrain.
Mu gice cyubwiza igitekerezo cya 40.1 cyatanzwe umwaka ushize (ishusho yamuritswe) iduha ibitekerezo bimwe byanyuma bya XC40. Teaser ya mbere ihishura bike cyangwa ntakintu na kimwe kijyanye nimiterere yimodoka, ariko iduha ikintu kimwe: usibye kuba ntoya murwego, XC40 izaba moderi ya Volvo "irema kandi itandukanye".
Mugihe nta mpinduka zikomeye zivuye mururimi rwa Volvo ziteganijwe gutegurwa, moderi nshya niyo ishobora guhindurwa cyane. Usibye ibara ryiza cyane palette, haba kumubiri ndetse no mubice byabagenzi, Volvo izatanga amahitamo menshi mugihe cyo kurangiza, hamwe nibikoresho bishya (munsi).
Iyo itangijwe, ninde ubizi muri uyumwaka, Volvo XC40 izaba ifite nkabanywanyi bayo nyamukuru ibyifuzo byubudage, nka Audi Q3 na BMW X1. Kubijyanye n'itariki yo gutanga, Volvo yemeza ko "izaza vuba". Dutegereje…
