Comments on: Speculation: 2009 Volvo S40

By: 1966_GTO_

1966_GTO_ — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:51:11 +0000

Interesting… I’ll save my final judgement for a real picture.

By: taiter

taiter — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:37:15 +0000

volvo knows what they are doing… that is an aggressive looking mobile. i love those rims.

By: A4

A4 — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:10:17 +0000

too bad driving a volvo is more akin to a toyota than an audi. i find it laughable that volvo considers the S60R an M3 competitor, doesnt everyone else?

By: F451

F451 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:42:45 +0000

Volvo has been in the doldrums for quite some time. They need to find their place again the automotive world. My parents had one, my professor(s) had them; my neighbors had them. Volvo has never been know for being too wild or cutting edge—more for a staid, but predictable sensibility. I find nothing what with that theme since it has served Volvo well, and locked them into a niche market all their own. Now if they can only recapture that theme.

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:20:58 +0000

Renton: agreed.

By: Veda

Veda — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:30:49 +0000

Turbo FWD/AWD sounds more inline with Audi. The styling is somewhat reserved which is also what Audi’s are striving for.

By: Volvoman

Volvoman — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:11:06 +0000

Obviously this IS the XC60 concept reworked into a sedan version – nothing new here. I think Volvo should call it an S60 to keep it more up-market. Volvo is positioned to become one of the most desirable car lines available (similar to Audi in the late 90′s except Volvo has a stronger heritage of safety and quality to rest on than Audi had).

By: A4

A4 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:37:41 +0000

i notice the attitude of the A4 isnt mentioned, lln

By: meekin111

meekin111 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:43:58 +0000

it looks a bit like those recent jaguar concepts

By: europerspective

europerspective — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:01:54 +0000

Nice enough, but like tristanw says, this picture has nothing to do with Volvo.

By: bacalao

bacalao — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:58:02 +0000

i like it a lot volvo should definately build its cars like that becasue current vovlos are rather boring and look like normal cars.

By: autonutt

autonutt — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:46:24 +0000

At first I couldn’t imagine Volvo dropping their best selling S60, but now that the more mainstream S80 is here and the coming V70 is obviously based on that model, a new S60 seems redundant (unless Volvo takes my advice and recasts it as a trendy 4-door coupe, which is close to how they actually touted the original S60 in the first place!) with a larger S40 on the way. However, I don’t see a new S40 hitting American shores before 2010 at the earliest (the current S40/V50 got here in late 2004), so what becomes of the S60 until then?

By: Veda

Veda — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:38:54 +0000

Until the real thing comes out I’ll refrain from commenting on styling. It’s interesting though that they might make it bigger so that it’s positioned like the S80, you get more for what you pay for.

By: Aston_

Aston_ — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:32:19 +0000

Damn…if this goes into production, i just can’t wait to see what the S40 T6 or R variant would look like….

By: A4

A4 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:22:34 +0000

more attitude than its rivals? my ass…

By: tristanw

tristanw — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:01:48 +0000

This illustaration is an indepandant graffic job who works for the magazine that printed the article. Im surprised u guys buy it – it’s a common thing done by motomagazines. He took a picture of recant volvo small SUV concept and digitally transform it into sedan look (mediocre job by the way). Illustrations or pics which r not realised and confirmed by a specific car company design or marketing dept. are always somebody’s wishfull thinking, guess or just digital fantasy.

By: sampson

sampson — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:46:23 +0000

Looking at the illustration:

either this is going to be RWD

the final product will look nothing like this…

the front over hang is almost non-existant…

By: Syrax

Syrax — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:51:29 +0000

if someone told me, back in 95, that this would be a volvo i wouldn’t believe. Now look at cadillac, i even like the angles design and stuff, but it isn’t as radical as they did with volvo. they got something to teach about brand recognition. everyone remember the boxy volvos…then, they come with that line front to back and that rear lamps. everyone remember that too. now they’ve come with this! ford should know that slapping a tribar in everything isn’t the way to go.

By: Ted Bell

Ted Bell — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:51:22 +0000

it has some design elements from the is but it leaves out the boring and dispraportionated(is this a word) aspects that the IS delivers.

By: Fatstrat

Fatstrat — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:37:43 +0000

This is like ABBA trying to cover Metalica.
Stick with what you know.
IMHO.

By: hockeyweather1

hockeyweather1 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:37:34 +0000

Ricardo… Try and comment on the photo. The photo is talking about change that may take place, your talking about the past. Obviously if you only talk about Volvo now and previously, you will have the same opinion about them. Try and open your mind by clicking the LINK and checking out the concept pics instead of opening your ass and speaking

By: Renton

Renton — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:36:54 +0000

Styling….niiiiiiiice!

Too bad it’s a Volvo.

Point the engine in the right direction and power the rear weals like real Volvos did back in the day.

By: rey323

rey323 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:29:39 +0000

That grill is so huge, my first impression what that it was a crossover. With so many European and Japanese manufacturers going after the entry-level/under luxury market, i wonder why American car companies in total have only 1: the caddy cts. Or am i missing something?

By: maximus

maximus — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:24:29 +0000

except for the back which doesn’t

By: maximus

maximus — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:23:52 +0000

looks like a Lexus IS

By: Bush

Bush — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:00:13 +0000

That’s rather aggressive for a Volvo. I like it. Build it.