Little known XC40 Factoids?

pjm007 · Post by **pjm007** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 1:02 am

I thought it might be interesting, as we each pore over the detail of our new acquisitions, to log a list of little known facts about the XC40. So, ....

Factoid #1 - the tyre on the Tempa spare wheel is made by the ChaoYang tyre company of Hangzhou, China, part of the ZC Rubber Group. Well at least mine is.

http://www.chaoyangtire.com

They seem to specialise in bicycle tyres. Hangzhou happens to be the location of the Geely HQ.

robbo · Post by **robbo** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 5:10 pm

Hi

I dare say loads of the car will be made from Chinese components especially steel for chassis and body and suspension parts, that leaves the
electronics for the dash and info centre yes they might be China as well, it makes sense as all the cheap labour used will be a boon to Volvo.
The Scandinavian country's tend to be very very expensive for everything.

I tried to track down where the leather seats in my Inscription Pro was coming from couldn't find a thing (I was hoping Scandinavia they have the best quality hides in the world) I have been told. The older Volvo,s had great quality seating and leather now is everything has to be priced down
to the last Euro

pjm007 · Post by **pjm007** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 5:29 pm

While ferreting around the cargo area this morning I found a loose plastic component of some sort that looked like it should plug in somewhere. It had a label attached saying “Made in Poland”.

Telboy · Post by **Telboy** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:46 pm

I'm tempted to not dig too deep here, after all we might not like what we find or where it's made for that matter

CelticXC40 · Post by **CelticXC40** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 11:31 am

Don't forget who owns Vovlo, business sense dictates that many of the parts will be from China. Or at least from the most cost effective/cheap source! Fact of life I'm afraid.

Telboy · Post by **Telboy** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 11:56 am

Celticxc60 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 12, 2018 11:31 am Don't forget who owns Vovlo, business sense dictates that many of the parts will be from China. Or at least from the most cost effective/cheap source! Fact of life I'm afraid.

Well aware who owns Volvo and they didn't get to the size of business they are today by cutting too many corners, in fact they seem to be a company that has and looks to continue to evolve well in the automotive industry since the 80's.

My comment of course was tongue in cheek and this coming from a soon to be x Audi owner who we all know are renowned for cutting certain corners so to speak.

jd40 · Post by **jd40** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 2:12 pm

I tried to track down where the leather seats in my Inscription Pro was coming from couldn't find a thing (I was hoping Scandinavia they have the best quality hides in the world) I have been told. The older Volvo,s had great quality seating and leather now is everything has to be priced down
to the last Euro

I think you will find the leather comes from Bridge of Weir, Scotland

robbo · Post by **robbo** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 5:39 pm

Hi

Thanks for that great news

Thats a bonus the best quality comes from Bridge of Weir more than likely the hides will be from Scandinavia scratch free from barbed wire and the like , not any use skimping on the the leather, so Volvo are intent on keeping their quality for leather seats and great comfort .

Robbo

Treestar · Post by **Treestar** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:18 pm

Engine - Zhangjiakou, China
Leather- Bridge of Weir, Scotland
Gearbox - Aisin of Japan
Spare tyre - Hangzhou, China
Compact Modular Architecture frame - Zhejiang
Taizhou ,China

robbo · Post by **robbo** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:08 pm

Hi All

As I thought could be 60%-80% Chinese content, is there anything from Sweden (maybe the wee Swedish flag some don't get) !
Maybe that's a good thing when we are out of the EU we can get all the parts from China direct not through the
stealers with all the new Tariffs added LOL

Robbo

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