Take a look at the all-new Volvo S40 launched at the Frankfurt Motor show this month, replacing the current eight-year-old design. The new S40 will be introduced with a choice of 5-cylinder petrol engines, with the 162 kW T5 model topping the range, as well as a 100 kW 4-cylinder turbodiesel. The car can also be specified in an AWD version, using Volvo’s electronically controlled four-wheel drive mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox.
The new Volvo S40 will be built in the Volvo Cars factory in Ghent in Belgium, and will be sold only in Sweden this year. The rest of us will start taking delivery in mid 2004, by which stage four cylinder petrol-engined versions will also be available.