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by AlexK
Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:44 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Delivery Date
Replies: 1033
Views: 493390

Re: Delivery Date

So, I ordered a T5 R-Design Pro in early March. It's taken until today for Volvo to formally accept my order and assign a build date... of 23rd Jan 2019. That's a wait of three months to be told to wait another seven. Or, to put it another way, a likely total of 11 months from ordering to delivery. ...
by AlexK
Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:27 am
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: XC40 sales to date plus order book - 30,000 stong
Replies: 13
Views: 7839

Re: XC40 sales to date plus order book - 30,000 stong

Dec '17: 96
Jan '18: 395
Feb: 1580
Mar: 4261
Apr: 5554
May: 5413

For May, XC40 was the third best seller, behind XC60 (16,171) and XC90 (7,979).
by AlexK
Thu May 31, 2018 12:05 pm
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: What Car - XC40 long term test
Replies: 12
Views: 8442

Re: What Car - XC40 long term test

Personally, I find it valid criticism. I don't see what benefit it serves to have a shift mechanism that returns to a central position and thus requires two interactions to switch between, say, R and D. A conventional mechanism is much easier, in my opinion, requiring only one movement, and is more ...
by AlexK
Tue May 29, 2018 4:20 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Newbie, Order Placed
Replies: 8
Views: 5494

Re: Newbie, Order Placed

balmoral wrote: Tue May 29, 2018 4:14 pm I'm hoping that I don't regret forgetting to ask for the reversing camera
You can always add it later if you do:
https://accessories.volvocars.com/en-gb ... 10187/2019
by AlexK
Tue May 29, 2018 9:21 am
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Will this fit? (and other questions)
Replies: 14
Views: 8019

Re: Will this fit? (and other questions)

elysio wrote: Mon May 28, 2018 8:14 pm I'm on the brink of getting it as my first volvo
This reads like you haven't ordered an XC40 yet. If that's right, the charging pad is optional, and as you say you don't have a compatible phone, seems an option best left unticked.
by AlexK
Fri May 25, 2018 5:03 pm
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: UK Care by Volvo - options within the M25
Replies: 1
Views: 1843

Re: UK Care by Volvo - now available within the M25

Been available for a while now, although it launched at £629/month in September and quickly rose from there.
by AlexK
Thu May 24, 2018 11:51 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Cheshire XC40 meet up
Replies: 24
Views: 11975

Re: Cheshire XC40 meet up

I don't know, one of the most sophisticated auto-parking systems on the market, and one of you couldn't get it in the space properly! :lol:

Just messin', I'd leave a bit of extra 'courtesy' space too. :thumbsup:
by AlexK
Thu May 24, 2018 11:46 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi Order Placed
Replies: 2
Views: 2390

Re: Hi Order Placed

Short answer is: how long is a piece of string? At the moment, all orders are placed in a holding pool and then dribbled manually into the factory by Volvo UK. Inscription orders should fare better than us poor R-Design souls, but a Pro pack adds a heated windscreen which I understand is now a probl...
by AlexK
Thu May 24, 2018 11:38 am
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Volvo Cars to expand production following overwhelming demand for XC40
Replies: 5
Views: 3640

Re: Volvo Cars to expand production following overwhelming demand for XC40

Indeed. Not to mention that if the hundreds (thousands?) of component suppliers can't increase production to match, we'll still be looking at shortages for certain specs.
by AlexK
Thu May 24, 2018 10:29 am
Forum: Main Volvo XC40 chat
Topic: Volvo Cars to expand production following overwhelming demand for XC40
Replies: 5
Views: 3640

Volvo Cars to expand production following overwhelming demand for XC40

Volvo press release just landed... Volvo Cars to expand production following overwhelming demand for XC40 Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, has received almost 80,000 orders for the new award-winning XC40 small SUV and is expanding production in Europe and China in order to meet demand. Production ...