I-CMA ingeyesizukulwane esisha samapulatifomu amakhulu avumela ukuguquguquka okukhulu kobukhulu kanye nobuchwepheshe kanye nezomnotho ezikhulayo zesikali.
I-CMA isifinyezo se-Compact Modular Architecture, futhi indlela iyafana isetshenziswa ku-SPA enkulu (i-Scalable Product Architecture).
Uma i-SPA izoba yisisekelo sawo wonke amamodeli kusukela ku-S60 kuya phezulu, kanti i-XC90 yakamuva kube ngeyokuqala ukuyisebenzisa, i-CMA izokwakha isisekelo sebanga lesikhathi esizayo le-Volvo compact midrange. Imodeli yokuqala ezosekelwe endaweni entsha kulindeleke ukuthi ivele ngo-2017, ishiya ukungabaza ngokuthi iyiphi imodeli, umlandeli we-V40 yamanje, noma i-crossover entsha ye-XC40.
I-CMA yathuthukiswa ngokubambisana no-Geely, umnikazi wamanje womkhiqizo. Ukwesaba ithonya lamaShayina kwaVolvo kubonakale kungenasisekelo ngokuphelele, njengoba kubhekwa njengento ezuzwe ngeVolvo XC90.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Njenge-SPA, i-CMA izovumelana nezimo ngokwedlulele, kube nebanga le-eksisi eliya esisekelweni sensika engu-A elilungisiwe. Izokwamukela izinhlobo ezahlukene zezimoto, kusukela kwejwayelekile enezicabha ezinhlanu, kuya ezinhlotsheni ezinkulu, njenge-XC40 eshiwo ngenhla, noma i-coupe noma eshintshwayo.
Ukusuka ku-SPA, i-CMA izothola ifa lezinjini ezingama-4-cylinder Otto kanye ne-Diesel, ama-3-cylinder angakaze abonwe kanye nama-hybrid powertrains. Isihlobo sayo esikhulu sizohlinzeka ngezinto zikagesi, okuhlanganisa i-infotainment namasistimu okuphepha asebenzayo, kanye nezinhlelo zokulawula isimo sezulu. Umnotho wesilinganiso uzothuthukiswa, kanye nokwenza lula olayini bokukhiqiza.
I-CMA izoba wukhiye emgomweni weVolvo wokufinyelela izimoto ezingu-800 000 ezidayiswa ngonyaka ekupheleni kweshumi leminyaka. Ukuthengiswa komkhiqizo kuyaqhubeka nokukhuphuka kancane ngo-2015, futhi kufanele kusondele kumayunithi wesigidi ekupheleni konyaka.
I-Geely izophinde ivuselele uhla lwayo isebenzisa i-CMA, enezinhlobo ezikhiqizwe e-China, okuvuse amathuba okuthi amaShayina akhiqize lezi zinhlobo ezintsha zakwaVolvo ezizothengiswa kuleli. Okuwukuphela kwesiqiniseko esikhona ukuthi, okwamanje, izoba seGhent, eBelgium, lapho kuzokhiqizwa khona amaVolvo asuselwa ku-CMA.