Volvo C40 Recharge P8 AWD sighted on check in Shah Alam, Malaysia – launching quickly as CKD EV?

The Volvo C40 Recharge has been sighted on check in Malaysia, hinting that an official launch could be shut. These two items of the Volvo C40 Recharge was sighted parked in Bukit Jelutong yesterday by EV fanatic reader @ECOmodepassion.

It’s not the primary time we’re seeing Volvo vehicles being examined in Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam – we beforehand noticed the S60 being examined within the space.

It’s principally a sportier, coupe model of the XC40. It has a extra dynamic rear finish, however retains the identical face. The face you see right here seems to be completely different from what we’re used to seeing on the XC40 that’s at the moment on Malaysian roads, however the XC40 facelift will share the identical face as this C40.

Though these C40 items have the badging on the rear taped up, it’s not exhausting to determine that that is the electrical twin motor all-wheel drive P8 mannequin as a result of it’s the solely mannequin that the C40 is obtainable as at the moment, completely different from the XC40 which has each electrical entrance wheel drive P6 and AWD P8 fashions in addition to petrol and plug-in hybrid fashions.

The twin motors output 408 PS and 660 Nm of torque, drawing energy from a 78-kWh lithium-ion battery pack that gives an estimated 420 km of vary based mostly on the WLTP commonplace. Efficiency-wise, the C40 has a 0-100 km/h time of 4.7 seconds, which is 0.2 seconds faster than the XC40.

We anticipate the C40 to be costlier than the XC40, however we don’t understand how a lot. If we discuss with Thai pricing, the XC40 is priced at 2.59 million baht whereas the C40 goes for two.75 million baht, in order that’s lower than a ten% value premium. Identical to the XC40, we anticipate the C40 to be provided as a CKD mannequin in Malaysia.

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