This early test mule is the first evidence that development work on the Volvo XC40 small SUV is under way.
Based on the current V40, this jacked-up engineering mule features larger wheels and extended wheel arches - suggesting it is testing running gear for the smallest member of Volvo's SUV family, which is due to arrive before 2019.
Speaking to Autocar earlier this year, Volvo boss Hakan Samuelsson confirmed that development of the XC40 would take around four years. He said the XC40 will be part of a Volvo line-up that, spearheaded by the new XC90, will be completely new within four and a half years.