First UK drive: despite its pseudo-coupe sloping roofline, the Volvo C40 Recharge isn’t meant to be a sports car - but with 402bhp, it's undeniably fun
There is no need for a crossover SUV to have 402bhp, but I’ll be damned if it isn’t fun. The Volvo C40, despite its pseudo-coupé sloping roofline, isn’t meant to be a sports car. Volvo's Geely Group owner has Polestar and the likely upcoming O2 roadster for that. No, this is fundamentally an XC40 coupé.
The big difference from the XC40, apart from its stockily muscular ‘coupé-SUV’ styling, is that it won’t be offered with any combustion engines. It rides on the same CMA platform as the XC40 and Polestar 2 and is available with those models’ two pure-electric drivetrains. As such, it can be had as either a plain Recharge, with a single 228bhp front motor and a 67kWh battery pack for a total range of 269 miles, or as a Recharge Twin, like our test car, with a 201bhp motor on each axle and a 75kWh battery pack for a quoted range of 273 miles.
It’s no sports car, or even a sports SUV, but the pleasantly weighted if numb steering and relaxed primary ride mean that it’s fairly natural to guide along a twisty, bumpy B-road. Unfortunately, surface imperfections and road noise make themselves known more clearly than you’d hope from a £58,900 Volvo. The smaller wheels that come with the lower trim levels might improve matters, but even on the …s of our ‘Ultimate’ test car, it stops short of being jarring.
Where the C40 also feels slightly at odds with its price point is the interior. It might be excellent for a £34,100 XC40 T3, but I can’t help but feel slightly disappointed by it in this £58,900 car.
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