Emva kokusungulwa kwesizukulwana esitsha seVolvo XC60, uphawu lwaseSweden lulungiselela ukugqiba uluhlu lwayo lweSUV ngemodeli entsha: icompact. XC40.
Njengoko kudala kusaziwa, le iya kuba yimodeli yokuqala yophawu ukusebenzisa iqonga leCMA (iCompact Modular Architecture), elungiselelwe iimodeli ezincinci ezivela kwaVolvo, Lynk & Co kunye neGeely. Enye yeenzuzo zeli qonga yinto yokuba sele ikwazi ukudibanisa iinguqulelo ze-hybridi kunye ne-100% yombane kwiimodeli zokuvelisa.
Xa sithathela ingqalelo isicwangciso samva nje sokufakelwa kombane kwaVolvo, kuqinisekile ukuba, ukongeza kwiibhloko ezine-cylinder eziqhelekileyo kunye nokuqaliswa kweebhloko ezintsha ze-three-cylinder, i-Volvo XC40 iya kufumaneka kunye ne-plug-in hybrid powertrain.
Kwisahluko sobuhle i-40.1 ingcamango evezwe kulo nyaka uphelileyo (umfanekiso ogqanyisiweyo) usinika iingcebiso zembonakalo yokugqibela ye-XC40 ezayo. I-Teaser yokuqala iveza okuncinci okanye akukho nto malunga nenkangeleko yemoto, kodwa isinika isiqinisekiso esinye: ukongeza ekubeni yeyona incinci kuluhlu, i-XC40 iya kuba yeyona modeli "yokudala kwaye yahlukile" yakwaVolvo.
Ngelixa kungekho zinguqu zimandla kulwimi loyilo lweVolvo lwangoku olulindelekileyo, imodeli entsha iya kuba yeyona inokwenziwa. Ukongeza kwiphalethi yombala oqaqambileyo, zombini kumzimba kunye negumbi labakhweli, iVolvo iya kubonelela ngeendlela ezininzi zokukhetha xa ifika ekugqityweni, kunye nezinto ezintsha (ngezantsi).
Xa isungulwa, ngubani owaziyo kulo nyaka, iVolvo XC40 izakuba nezona ziphambili ekhuphisana nazo izindululo zeprimiyamu yaseJamani, ezifana ne-Audi Q3 kunye neBMW X1. Ngokubhekiselele kumhla wokungeniswa, iVolvo iqinisekisa ukuba “iyeza kungekudala”. Silindile...
