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The car helped change perceptions of Volvo: "The S40/V40 range was the car that finally persuaded buyers that Volvo really could build a credible compact executive car", reported the RAC. [12] For the 2000 model year, Volvo expanded the S40/V40's market to North America, where this range went on sale exclusively with the 1.9 liter turbo. [13]
The following is a List of Volvo passenger cars indexed by year of introduction. Model history. Production Model Class ... S40/V40: Small family car/Compact car: 1996 ...
Rickard Rydell won the driver's championship in a Volvo S40. The 1998 Auto Trader RAC British Touring Car Championship featured 26 races across 13 rounds, it commenced at Thruxton on 13 April and ended at Silverstone on 20 September.
Volkswagen Golf VII is the 2013 World Car of the Year Porsche Boxster is the 2013 World Performance Car 2005 Ten finalists were reduced to three, before the winner was selected at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto. The Audi A6, Porsche 911, and Volvo S40/V50 were the top three finalists. [citation needed] 2006
Volvo S40 Racing: Volvo S40: 1 Rickard Rydell: All 11 Vincent Radermecker: All Ford Team Mondeo: Ford Mondeo: 2 Anthony Reid: All 4 Alain Menu: All Team Honda Sport: Honda Accord: 3 James Thompson: All 33 Peter Kox: All 55 Gabriele Tarquini: 10–11 Nescafé Blend 37 Williams Renault: Renault Laguna: 5 Jason Plato: All 37 Jean-Christophe ...
Volvo Cars has a long reputation as a maker of inline (or straight) engines. This list of Volvo engines gives an overview of available internal combustion engines. When Volvo started in 1927, they ordered their engines from the engine manufacturer Penta in Skövde. The first engine was the inline four-cylinder side valve 28 hp (21 kW) Type DA ...
The 2005 Volvo FlexiFuel S40 was one of the first E85 flex-fuel cars by a Swedish automaker. Volvo offered the following vehicles in the European market that use E85: [16] With the exception of the 2.5FT engine, all engines were derived from Ford and were similar to those used in the Ford Focus and Ford Mondeo. Volvo C30 1.8F FlexiFuel; Volvo ...
Volvo Dealer Racing, known originally as the Volvo Dealer Team and occasionally as Volvo 850 Racing, Volvo S40 Racing and Volvo Racing [1] was an Australian motor racing team that debuted in 1994 competing in the Australian Production Car Championship and at the Bathurst 12 Hour before stepping up to the new Australian Super Touring Championship in 1995 and continued racing through to 1999.