Volvo V40 Cross Country

The Volvo V40 is one of the most underrated cars around.

Despite being around since 2013, it still looks excellent and relevant today, without any significant changes throughout the years.

The interior looks slightly dated compared to the new technology of touch-screens, but the functions that are available are on par with what new cars offer, and are easy and intuitive to access and use.

The car also comes with a lot of Safety functions - both electronically and mechanically. Structurally the Volvo enhance safety of the occupants by including the Whiplash Protection System, Side Impact Protection System etc. New cars of today pay a lot of attention to safety features but lack the structural quality to withstand impacts in the event of an actual accident.

Coming from an Audi, quality of the interior is superb. Honestly, I feel that the Volvo V40's interior quality is equal or better in many areas compared to the Germans.

This car is fantastic value for money, now that they are only available in the used car market. Depreciation is about the same as Japanese cars, but one gets so much more out of the dollar.

0-100km/hr in 6.9s for latest T4 engine. Simply a pleasure to drive.

A joy to drive daily. Power comes when you need it. Handling is crisp and sharp. Comfortable for the whole family. Plenty of storage for a week of groceries. Only downside is that shift change not as smooth as DSG. But you get a lot of airbags for protection. Premium quality.

Test drove it. Found the car decently fast

nice out of box experience. Choice of colors not that wide.

The pricing option is very confusing on the newspaper

This is a great cool, stylish car. Exterior is extremely attractive especially with the moonroof and all the internal gadgets. Particularly like the speed limit warnings and all the different ambient lights

Like any Volvo, safety features are top notched

Volvo is a re-known car brand that hails from Scandinavian country that gives the world IKEA! The V40 Cross Country (a lifted platform as compared to the V40) sits as the entry model available in Singapore.

excellent looking sports car with great style with definitely continental flavour that will create attention on the road

Got this car 2 months ago. The car is a head turner especially in town. If you like attention this is one car that can get you that. However, it is plagued by software problems like the infotainment system hanging from time to time leaving you with no bluetooth no DVD no iPod no information or changing configurations of the car. It also has annoying steering noise after a long drive or by the time you reach home. My DVD is also no working since the day I got it only to discover it 2 months later. Bluetooth was buggy as well leaving me unable to dial out after working for 2 months. Auto Start - Stop is noisy and jerky, handling is so so. There is a significant turbo lag as well. Fuel consumption for my 70 highway 30 city is 8.8km/liter.

Comfort: Great, nice comfy seats, steering wheel fits well, suspension is firm but not harsh

Reliability: So far so good but only driven it like for 5 days

Handling: Definitely great, nice to push and you are always assured of it keeping the line (based on Ford Focus is perhaps the reason why)

Exterior Styling: Get it in Brown and if you have the money get the 19 inch rims and it will look really solid as a compact hatch

Interior Design: This is where it shines, clean, uncluttered design, posh, driver centric dash, nice tactile feel to it

Features: Lane Keeping Aid, Driver Alert, Road Sign Detection, Collision warning (all within the City Safety Package) DSTC, TFT inter-changeable themes for your dash (quite a nice novel feature), sun roof, interior ambience lighting changes, bicycle rack (courtesy of OCBC), Engine start Stop (ok this feature took me 2 days to adapt to it, I sometimes prefer to turn it off), Day Time Running Lights

Value for Money: Erm not at its current price, no fault of its own but COE is too high, I bought it based on a financially unsound mind but that said, running cost is cheap as it is a 1.6 turbo, road tax is less, petrol consumption is about 12km/l (currently) and it comes with 3 years free comprehensive maintenance package plus Volvo on Call etc

Engine Peformance: Solid for a 4 cylinder 1.6 Turbo. It really pulls away if you step on the pedal