From Station Wagon to SUV
With the prospect of a new Volvo XC70 in European Showrooms, we see Yet Again a familiar name Returning on a Different Type of Model Than It Originally was. The New XC70 is a plug-in Hybrid SUV, while the Previous XC70 was a toughed-up station wagon. Earlier, Volvo Already Applied The Model Designation V40 to a Different Type of Body.
The V40 that arrived in 2012, as a hatchback in the compact mid-range class, naturally Didn’t Have much to do with the first v40. That station wagon in the mid-range class operated in a highher segment. The Competitor of the Audi A3, BMW 1-Series, and Volkswagen Golf Got The V Because of its Practical Fifth Door, But The V Until then Always Stood for Station Wagons. The V40 in the Mid-90s was just the first volvo with that letter in the designation, although it could just as escaly have bone an f, but that’s another story.
Does the Used Car-Seeking Layman Understand It?
Should we get very upset about it? No, not really, althegh a layman looking for another car might get a bit confused when googling for a volvo v40, and still possess just enough car knowledge to see that one v40 is a station wagon and the other a hatchback.
Now a Logical Name, because Between XC60 and XC90
That Volvo Gives the initial China-intended XC70 The Number 70, is not strange consulting its size and the current naming of Volvo SUVS. It’s a size bigger than the xc60, but narrower than the xc90. The Last Volvo with the XC70 Badge on the Back, However, was A Considerable Station Wagon, A V70 That Stood Higher On Its Legs and Had Different Bumpers. Volvo Initiated that Trend with the V70 XC That Came in 1997. In 2000, with the toughed-up second generation V70, the brand called it V70 Cross Country, wh and in 2002 the name of that variant was Changed to XC70. In 2016 The XC70 Disappeared, But Two Years later its successor V90 Cross Country Came. The Letters XC Henceforth Stood for SUVS. Unless They Are Electric, then they are called ex again, or ec if it concerns one with a sloping roofline. The Current Volvo EX40 STARTED ITS XC40 Recharge, and the EC40 AS C40 Recharge, While the Name C30 Once Stood on A Low, Three-through hatchback … Volvo Designations, You Almost Have To Be A B be Able To Follow It All.