IVolvo XC40 test drive: IsiSwidi sabaqalayo

ISUV encane kakhulu yakwaVolvo ithembisa ukuheha amakhasimende amaningi amasha kulo mkhiqizo waseSweden

I-XC40 yokuqala ibingeke ibe yinhle ngokwedlulele - ithe ingena nje emakethe, lo modeli wawina indondo yeCar of the Year e-Europe, kwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wabizwa ngeWorld Car of the Year. Uma kucatshangelwa indlela okuthandwa ngayo ingxenye ebalulekile yezilaleli, lokhu akumangazi.

Iseyi-compact SUV enokubukeka kwe-premium, isitayela esivelele, inqwaba yezinhlelo zosizo, nokuxhuma okuphezulu. Ngamanye amagama, umqondo weVolvo entsha uzwakala njengephupho ligcwaliseka kunoma ngubani okwamanje ofuna ukuthengisa izimoto ngobuningi.

Isikhathi sokuthola ukuthi iyini le modeli. Umzimba we-XC4,43's 4,0 metres ugqame kude. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, idizayini ichaza ngokusobala imoto njengeVolvo yakudala. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, amadivayisi wesitayela waseSweden ajwayelekile ahunyushwa ngendlela entsha nesha.

Ngaphakathi sithola isikrini esikhulu sokuthinta kwesinye isikhathi esiphazamisa umshayeli, i-automatic transmission lever ebabazekayo, izimbobo zomoya ezihlaba umxhwele kanye nezihlalo ezithokomele ezenziwe ngesikhumba - yonke into lapha iklanywe ngesitayela sebhizinisi esijwayelekile.

Izicabha zinkulu, zifakwe amaphakethe azwakele, angakwazi ukungena kalula ngisho ne-laptop, ku-console ephakathi nendawo kukhona ne-niche enkulu yezinto - ngokuvamile, izindawo lapho ungagcina khona izinto zakho zishaya ngobuningi nangomthamo.

Ngokusho kwethimba lakwaVolvo, umqondo oyinhloko wale moto ukwenza impilo ibe lula kubanikazi bayo ngejubane elimatasa ledolobha. Futhi ngezindlela eziningi, umgomo wabo ubonakala ufinyelelwe.