Swedish Sleeper: the 300kW, dual motor Volvo XC40
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- čas přidán 1. 02. 2023
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The Volvo XC40 Recharge P8 has a name almost as long as its 450 kilometre range, and with 300 kilowatts (402 hp) distributed to each of its four wheels, this sensible looking, safe, family car is actually a wolf in sheep's clothing. A true, electric sleeper! And as Gav found out when he drove it, it's the first Volvo he's fallen in love with!
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Great video, I love those "seated heats" :)
and in the back too!
Gavin I watch all your reviews, I absolutely love your enthusiasm and your seated heats. You are the only person who measures the height of the drivers seat, and this can be a deal breaker for some, also you spoke about the subscription in a recent article and this is never really discussed. This is a great review and I really want one.
I've watched tons of reviews of this car at this point, this is definitely the best review I've seen
Great review! Yes this car is amazing! I picked mine up a month ago and l love it!!!!
Best review of the car that I bought, this review does keep the car honest and true. Well done!
Love the review, the enthusiasm is great
Great Review. Got me a smile at some points. I nearly felt the same, and i only drove the rear single motor version.
Hi! Another great function is the voice control system. Its fantastic. Better then any other carbrand.
Great review, can't wait to pick mine up. But I have to wait till september.
Good ole seated heats
Oh, gosh, I thought I am haring things. Seated heats are cool!
Gav mate, I'm still waiting for your stand-up act. Hilarious!!
Also - I want that car now. :D
Awesome review!
Highly entertaining review as always, Gav! :-) But you've made me quite sad... I miss my ol' Mk 3 Ford Capri... that was a beautiful car that I regret letting go all those years ago.
Best review of this car there is.
Man I wish I was rich. Awesome review!
I absolutely love your reviews lol. Keep it up champ.
Just a couple of clarifications: the hump in the floor houses part of the battery. This means they can put less batteries underneath the feet of the backseat passengers, making the rear seating position more ergonomic and comfortable. To me that's a good thing. Also: "snöskidor" is not a word in Swedish. It's "skidor", but thanks for the effort.
Sounds like they found a use for the floor hump rather than coming up with it as an ideal solution
"snöskidor" is definitely a Swedish word. Can be used to describe skis that are not of the cross country skis variety.
@@fl3xxxo Maybe in your part of the world but not here in Sweden.
@@IverKnackerov I totally agree with you. They found a smart way of making the rear seat more comfortable.
Note that while XC40 (and C40) Recharge vehicles are produced in China for New Zealand those vehicles are also produced in Ghent, Belgium (which supplies North America) and in Malaysia and India.
Nice review!👍 But wait for MY 2024.. you got more torque and better range ✌️
The topography is the skyline of Gothenburg 👍
Volvo's have always produced sleepers tbh, looks good.
hey gav, this car looks great. on twitter everybody talks about tesla cars and tesla stocks, but we know that not everybody wants to buy a tesla. and i think there are some EVs out there that satisfy those people. Tesla is like an iPhone. It is the most popular out there. But there are still people willing to buy non-apple products and pay a premium for it! Nothing wrong with that. If every car on the road is a Tesla, the world wouldn't be that fun.
For long distances in New Zealand, a "space saver" tyre might be OK, but here in Australia you are very likely to need to travel over 80 km after changing the tyre.
I know of others who have been caught out with Volvo's lack of a spare tyre.
The Volvo is made in China, but it's designed in Sweden. A few years ago, my wife and I travelled through some of Europe by train. The numbers of smokers in railway stations was difficult to believe for an Aussie.
Unfortunately many cars these days don't come with a spare, i suspect because, without a spare, that improves efficiency due to not carrying that extra weight. Plus it improves their cargo capacity (on paper). I drove its sister the other day, Polestar AWD. Id prefer the Volvo (Until i realised the hump, Polestar didnt have that) but end of the day given the cost the range isn't enough for me. That is shoddy about the tunnel hump in back, Kia/Hyundais which share a platform with ICE such as Niro and Kona, dont have such a hump.
The "hump" houses part of the battery so there can be less batteries underneath the floor in the backseat. This makes the backseat more comfortable and, being a backseat driver myself, I enjoy this.
did you leave the sprinkler on at the beginning ?
Great car and the same format as the polestar 2 - I prefer the polestar shape if I’m honest.
Seated heats in the front, and seated rear heat as well! What school did you go me lol. 3:19
It's a running joke....
Your grammar is 🤦🏾
I do love the idea of quick electric hot hatches becoming affordable in the future. 100k is still way out of my price range ever but if the Chinese brands can start undercutting that, that would be awesome. The challenge will be staying efficient with the extra weight of the 2nd motor without adding a huge expensive battery. Rumours the BYD Atto 2 and MG4 will have AWD models so will be interesting to see how much those end up being.
Atto 3 will be coming with 2 motors in 2024 q2 watch out
MG4 Milan triumph edition is available in UK now. Expected to be $46k in Australia if it ever lands.
If that happens it will be the budget performance car of the decade. Faster than a AMG A45 and lighter cheaper than a model 3 performance
@@user-mj9tr3ym5t nobody cares about chinese crappy cars in Europe
Being a poor oldie, my target car is an older BYD E6 ex taxi. A big battery, lots of range and lifecycle but no DC charging. Gav, how dumb would it be to buy a car that is AC only? I remember watching and enjoying your conversion of an old sedan to electric, maybe 15 years ago. What was it, a tredia? I'm hoping you'll document your latest conversion for all of us to grab ideas and motivation. Keep up the Kiwi humour.
You remembered the Tredia! That put a smile on my dial. Yep, I'm creating a video series on my own CZcams channel about my Autin Allegro EV conversion. All the best and thanks for the kindness, Craig. -Gav
"More leather than San Francisco in the 80s"
The mind boggles 🤣🤣
volvo... the way to go. i have the sister... c40. simply excellent.
Why do you keep saying seated heats? The first time you said it I assumed it was a slip of the tongue?!
Because that’s what people call them. My girlfriend has had them in her car for four years and has never said it correctly yet.
“Seated “heats”😂😂
I find it funny how reviewers “discover” clever features that have been around for almost a decade. My 2015 Volvo V60 has a headrest dropping switch. BTW had the reviewer ever driven a V60 he wouldn’t have started the review with disparaging remarks. BTW, besides tires brakes and a battery, it has had no repair needs and is a great cornering driver.
The real sleeper is the C40 Recharge. Same car but even more sleek.
Lane keeping assist is all well and good but when are we going to see pothole dodging mode in cars destined for NZ? 🤔
4:52 - fnar-fnar! 🤣 👍
Only one thing I'd mention is volvo have told me last week in a showroom, space savers aren't safe with this car due to the tourqe of it. I asked if i could get one
That's actually quite fascinating. Haven't heard that before but it could make sense. -Gav
you mean heated seat, not seated heat?
Hey Gav, you should look into testing the Skoda Enyaq. It's surprisingly good.
Hey Jeffrey! This is you writing from the future. Guess what! You don't have to wait for long. In just a few weeks Gavin will actually test the Skoda Enyaq! Yay!
Seated heats in the front AND rear.
Wait, what?
😄
Why do electric car testers insist on using the unit kw and not horsepower? Using the unit of measurement horsepower works just as well on electric cars, and is a unit of measurement people are used to. People seem to think that when it is an electric car, then the unit kw must be used, which is not true. So please, use horsepower that people can relate to.
Because that's the default unit of electric motors. You don't need to know about the horses to know it's power. You can look for the 0-100 kmph for that.
You know kW is used for petrol cars too right?
Any chance we will get a MY Performance review?
I'll keep annoying Tesla! :-)
-Gav
@@EcotricityNZ Legend.. love your work
Seated heats!
Are these still Swedish? I thought a Chinese investment firm owned Volvo....
A Polestar 2 in SUV drag.
I bought a new one
Recharge dual motor ultimate for just 61k
Not 102k 🤯
Seated heats! 😂😂😂 @ 3.21 minutes.
Why do oceanic people use the term “kw”, rather than “Hp”?
first we had a frunk (front trunk), then a froot (front boot), and now we have a frompartment ?? when does it end with you people
Fronnet (front bonnet)?
Definitely at the start
Just skidor(shidor) not snöhydor.
3:20 what?
4:52 errrrr what?
You should never play your phone while driving.
“Like some Neanderthal” 😅😂
Android ~ easy to use, it’s logical, it’s really fast? Whaaaat? None of those things apply to android.
LOL 102K for a volvo.
Seems like evs are just getting cheaper
Just chose this car over the Audi Q4 e-tron sportback. The interior is so bland and boring but I hope the horse power will make up for it.😅
I think Volvo is now Chinese.
Most impressively is that it is a Volvo built in China. This is quite interesting the development made by the Chinese in the tech automotive industry. Just mental!
Please don’t post inaccurate info; the XC40 was conceived in Sweden and is being at the Ghent plant, in Belgium.
Chinese people aren’t buying Volvo’s 😂
$100,000 for 78KW battery but just 450km's range ?
Entry level Model 3 Tesla in NZ is about $67,000 with a 62KW battery and 491KM range, or $83,000 for the long range with 82KW battery and 602KM range.
lol pass, jesus this thing's overpriced, lacking any decent drive assist features, which you didn't even bother going into except "lane assist", despite mentioning cruise control earlier in the video, and it really has little to justify $100,000 except for heated rear seats and dimmed mirrors ?
Yeah but Teslas are garbage quality with so many missing features. You can get an MG4 or BYD Atto 3 which are cheaper and better than Teslas so there is that right?
This car is as Swedish as the Chinese Communist Party. Gullible, much?😂
You mean Chinese sleeper?
Chinese sleeper*
Volvo is another over priced box on wheels. Personally I think the vehicle is ugly. Who needs a really quick vehicle of any type? What is needed today are vehicles people can afford without taking out a for-ever loan!
For gods sake don’t put a spare tire on an EV or you will wreck the electric engine!
Nonsense.
Provided the spare is the same diameter and a correct fitment for calliper clearance etc., the diff (the only part than can possibly be damaged) will be fine.
If placing on a different vehicle, on a non driven axle, diameter is less important.
Only issue is if you have miss matched diameter tyres across drive axles.
Volvo is a scam! My 2023 Volvo has a steering wheel that vibrates very badly, making it quite annoying and UNSAFE to drive, and Volvo doesn’t want to fix it.
Gav, has anyone ever called you Steve Kerr?
Actually YES! Once in an elevator in Florida. I apologised that I wasn't him and I had to google the name afterwards. -Gav
Another overpriced offering