hey guys! we would like to buy that volvo v40. can u guys from sweden tell me if its good or have some experiences with it. i would be happy for some more infos... volvo is one of my favourite brands and i just want to get some more input about (dis)satisfaction...or other comments $oul
Hi Soul, Even though I am not Swedish I am going to answer because a friend of mine bought one 3 years ago. Like you he liked Volvo and wanted something solid (because he had a young kid) and reliable. Unfortunately he has been very disapointed. The car has had a lot of problems, costs a lot to service (don't know how it is in Sweden but in Belgium Volvo is a premium brand and the garages charge a lot for the service) and found the car underpowered for its weight. On a personal note, I have never bought a Volvo cos I have also always found them underpowered. They are heavy cars but tend to have the same power as other (lighter) cars in their category. Hope this helps! Cheers, Act.
The underpowerd thing is just what kind of engine you have. If you have the Turbo or Turbo Diesel I don't think power will be a problem. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_S40 And they are tough indeed, and safe for the kids. *mind the airbags * And they where build in Holland, so thats a big plus
Not convinced. They have a 1.8i that only has 125bhp. The 1.9 Turbo Diesel has 115 bhp. That is painful!
I dunno about your traffic but here in finland they have them damn traffic camertas all over and if u get 3 speeding tikkets bb drivers licence im gonna sell me vette my 911 and the ferrari and get a freaking yaris 1.0
about the power...it will in any case be an improvement to that, what we have now VW Golf 3 (1992) 60hp...so 100hp and a turbo will be enough for now...when i get back my licence i will look for a proper car for myself
Volvo s 40 is a good car, now it dipens soul yu buy a new car are a 5-7 years old one then it dosent mader what car yu get cose yu have to finde a good one and its servd like it shulde be..... gess if yu loking for power then Volvo aint the right on savety volvo s 40 is good. Then here in sweden parts aint so expensiv dont now how it is where yu from but if yu loke germens car volvo is half the prise then Audi,Mercedes,BMW,,,,,, but volvo is the same qwalety in moste off the car like the germens..... My own experiens is that I like Germens car more yu now what yu get but dubbel ya prise in evry thing around the car had a S 70 2.5 T 3 years workt like a clock... P.s yu loiking for power then the Mercedes Amg there yu have POWER driving my self C 32 amg 02 354 hours powaaaaaaaaaaa under the Hood
Nice car. I had a friend who usedto have it. Have you guys seen the new Focus RS? Its has 305 bhp and is coming out in September. I am thinking that it might be my next car.
Seen it on a tv program nice green one the reporter said it was really funny to drive he liked it alot. Good loking whith sporty seets and stuff good lookin I say.
Thats the one! And the best is that it only costs 35K! (At least that is the price advertised for France which means it should be more or less the same thing in Belgium).
even im not swedish to i'm going to answer as well... i really like the brand... we've had a volvo xc90 for 2 years now and we've just have the new xc60 for 3 months now i really like driving both of them the options in it are nice it is very comfortable and everything and ofcourse the engine is fast sow i would say buy it every volvo is a nice and safe car
we r not gonna buy that car. its an import from italy and the dealer gave some rly rude answers to our questions...so it seems he dont want to sell the car or hes looking for some clients he can rip off --> not us close topic?
Lol. Good to see we have some rich players on the server. Not one but TWO volvo's (and not the small ones either).
Soul if it was from Italy man dont buy it those cars got diffrent enginers and less power with turbo in cose in italy the pay for the engins in a car like a volvo 2,0 is so expensive so the make engins with 1.6 with turbo in cose it cheeper to own in italy secend thing moste off cars are trix cars NO import from italy bro even 1.4 with turbos those yu aint got in sweden and moste off europ just in Italy there enshurin on cars are so expensive there
Etan those old stone age cars work just fine up in the woods in Sweden hehehhehe here in the big City yu cant drive around in even if yu pimp it up hehehehehhehehe DIN BONDE ETAN HEHEHEHEHEEHEH