Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwesizukulwane esisha seVolvo XC60, uhlobo lwaseSweden lulungiselela ukuqedela uhla lwayo lweSUV ngemodeli entsha: icompact. I-XC40.
Njengoba kade kwaziwa, lena kuzoba imodeli yokuqala yomkhiqizo ukusebenzisa inkundla ye-CMA (Compact Modular Architecture), ehloselwe amamodeli amancane akwaVolvo, Lynk & Co kanye neGeely. Enye yezinzuzo zalesi sigcawu yiqiniso lokuthi isivele ikwazi ukuhlanganisa izinguqulo ze-hybrid kuze kufike ku-100% kagesi kumamodeli wokukhiqiza.
Uma kucatshangelwa uhlelo lwakamuva lokufaka ugesi lweVolvo, kuqinisekile ukuthi, ngaphezu kwamabhulokhi angamasilinda amane ajwayelekile kanye nokwethulwa kwamabhulokhi amasha angamasilinda amathathu, iVolvo XC40 izotholakala ne-plug-in hybrid powertrain.
Esahlukweni sobuhle umqondo we-40.1 owethulwe ngonyaka odlule (isithombe esigqanyisiwe) usinikeza ukusikisela kokubukeka kokugcina kwe-XC40 yesikhathi esizayo. I-tea yokuqala iveza okuncane noma akukho lutho mayelana nokubukeka kwemoto, kodwa isinika isiqiniseko esisodwa: ngaphezu kokuba yincane kakhulu ohlotsheni, i-XC40 izoba yimodeli “edala futhi ehluke kakhulu” yakwaVolvo.
Yize zingalindelwa izinguquko ezinkulu olimini lwamanje lokuklama kwaVolvo, imodeli entsha iyona engenzeka ngendlela oyifisayo kakhulu. Ngokungeziwe kuphalethi yombala egqamile, kokubili okomzimba kanye nekhompathi yabagibeli, iVolvo izohlinzeka ngezinketho eziningi uma kuziwa ekuqedeni, ngezinto ezintsha (ngezansi).
Uma yethulwa, ngubani owaziyo kulo nyaka, iVolvo XC40 izoba nezimbangi zayo ezinkulu iziphakamiso ze-premium zaseJalimane, njenge-Audi Q3 kanye neBMW X1. Mayelana nosuku lokulethwa, iVolvo iyaqinisekisa ukuthi “iyeza maduze”. Silindile...
