With Volvo deciding to revise its vehicle nomenclature, the C40 Recharge has been renamed EC40. It boasts the same configurations as the EX40 (formerly XC40 Recharge), but offers a sportier exterior with a sloping roofline. The downside of that body style is reduced visibility and headroom in the rear. The single-motor, RWD-equipped model produces 248 hp and enables a range of 480 km. Output increases to 402 hp while range drops to 431 km in the dual-motor variant.
Among the plethora of new adventure-oriented badges—which often add more rugged features to otherwise boring sport utility vehicles—are those with a genuine heritage. And Volvo's Cross Country badge has a well-established reputation in this regard. In addition to their distinctive aesthetic features, Cross Country models boast high ground clearance, underbody …
While still in the shadow of its German rivals, the Volvo XC60 is nonetheless very important to Swedish carmaker Volvo: since its introduction to the market, 2.7 million units have been sold, surpassing the sales figures of the famous Volvo 240 that put Volvo on the map. The XC60's Scandinavian …
J.D. Power’s 2025 Initial Quality Study (IQS) released this week shows that things have gotten slightly better versus last year. Following an all-time high of 194, the average number of problems reported after 90 days of ownership is now 192 per 100 vehicles. Luxury brands have improved significantly (203 problems, …
Welcome to another edition of the “Doomed Dozen.” Every year, automakers collectively launch and discontinue dozens of vehicles. It’s always the same story: cars give way to SUVs, new hybrid and electric models keep coming, and the high development costs of a new generation send aging models into retirement. At …
U.S. magazine WardsAuto has released its top 10 list of the best car interiors and user experiences of 2025. Once again, the staff based their decisions on several criteria including design aesthetic, comfort, ergonomics, materials, fit-and-finish and the user-friendliness of displays and controls. Not all vehicles were considered, mind you—only …
Not all automakers are in a hurry to redesign their vehicles, especially when demand is still strong. Likewise, not all car shoppers want the latest or most cutting-edge products on the market. With the discontinuation of the Mitsubishi Mirage , Nissan GT-R , Infiniti Q50 and more, plus a redesign …
Wagons, as you know, are a dying breed. The few that remain on sale in Canada all come from luxury brands including BMW’s M5 Touring as well as Audi’s RS 6 Avant, A6 Allroad and A4 Allroad. Mercedes-Benz no longer offers any. What about Volvo ? The Swedish automaker has …
Earlier this month, the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) hosted a special EV drive event with a number of staff members and auto journalists—including The Car Guide ’s Julien Amado—testing 13 different electric vehicles until their batteries ran out of power in order to find out which ones perform best in …
Back in June 2023, Volvo became the first non-American automaker to make a deal with Tesla so that its electric vehicles could gain access to thousands of Superchargers across the United States and Canada—nearly 18,000 to be exact. We’re now in the fall of 2024 and the Swedish company is …
Volvo ’s top brass met with American and Canadian dealers earlier this week to go over their plans to launch 10 new or updated models within the next two years, as several U.S. media outlets report. Some of them are already known, such as the brand new EX90 three-row electric …
Volvo said Wednesday it would not meet its 2030 goal to be fully electric due to a lack of infrastructure to support EVs, scaling back its target to between 90-100 percent. The company cited "a slower-than-expected rollout of charging infrastructure, withdrawal of government incentives in some markets and additional uncertainties …
As the lineup keeps transforming and moving closer to becoming all-electric by 2030, Volvo today announced name changes to some of its models. The XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge , the Swedish automaker’s first two electric vehicles, are renamed EX40 and EC40, respectively. That makes perfect sense considering the new …
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