Start with what the Volvo XC40 is: a 5-door SUV / 5-door coupé SUV (C40/EC40) with Petrol engine, built from 2017 to 2021, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Ian Kettle / Thomas Ingenlath / Katharina Sachs (C40/EC40).
Where it came from
The Volvo XC40 is a subcompact crossover SUV (C-segment) manufactured by Volvo Cars. It was unveiled on 21 September 2017 as the smallest SUV model from Volvo, below the XC60. Orders started in September 2017, and manufacturing began in November 2017. Along with conventional petrol and diesel engines, a plug-in hybrid model was introduced in 2019, and a fully electric model was released in 2020. Both the plug-in hybrid and the electric versions were marketed as the XC40 Recharge.
In 2024, Volvo renamed the battery electric XC40 to the Volvo EX40, aligning it with newer battery electric models such as the EX30 and the EX90. A coupe version of the battery electric model with a sloping rear roof was released in 2021 as the C40 Recharge. It was renamed the Volvo EC40 in 2024. The XC40 received the European Car of the Year Award at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. and the car was named Car of the Year Japan for 2018/2019.
Under the skin
The engine is Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 1497 -. Drive goes through a 6-speed M76 manual transmission / manual / 7-speed 7DCT DCT / 8-speed AWF8F35 / AW TG-81SC automatic transmission / automatic / Single-speed automatic (EV). The wheelbase is 2702 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
In the Volvo line-up the Volvo XC40 has a clear place: the factory was Ghent (Volvo Car Gent. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Tesla Model 3, the Chevrolet Bolt, the Chevrolet Camaro. Nearby in the Volvo catalogue sit the Volvo 144 and the Volvo 264 TE.
Owning one today
Buying one now means $20,300–$35,300 for a typical example, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $3,785–$4,715 a year. Insurance sits around $1,690–$2,580 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.