XC40 to use the new CMA platform

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The XC40 will be the first Volvo underpinned by the CMA platform and that the new-generation V40 and the V40 Cross Country will start using the architecture in 2019.

Volvo, which was bought by Zhejiang Geely Holding from Ford in 2010, is co-developing the CMA platform with sister brand Geely Auto of China.

Volvo purchasing and manufacturing boss Lars Wrebo outlined the benefits of having Geely as a partner in a separate interview with ANE on Sept. 15. “If you take the architecture and powertrain, which is roughly two-thirds of the cost [of the vehicle], we have about 90 percent commonality with Geely,” Wrebo said.

Volvo’s factory in Chengdu, China, also will build CMA-based vehicles, Wrebo added.

Samuelsson, who was in Belgium last month for the Ghent plant’s 50th anniversary, said Volvo’s future compact models would have in-house powertrains, plug-in hybrid variants and, eventually, self-driving technology.

“We will not be sourcing engines from other manufacturers. Instead, we will be offering three- and four-cylinder versions of our own new engine program,” Samuelsson said. “We will also offer a plug-in hybrid for the compact models. Autonomous driving will be an option we will offer in our cars as of 2020, also in the compact lineup.”

Volvo is on track to sell 500,000 vehicles globally this year and aims to boost its worldwide volume by another 60 percent by 2020. Said Samuelsson: “Five-hundred thousand vehicles does not give us a viable future, 800,000 does.”

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The small crossover is expected to be ready by early 2018, offered with a range of Drive-E four-cylinder engines. It is said to be quickly followed by the next-generation V40 and V40 Cross Country, both underpinned by the same CMA platform and slated for 2019.
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