 What is up you guys, welcome back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I am Gold Pony. I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new, the all new 2022 Volvo C40 courtesy of younger Volvo cars, Hagerstown in Hagerstown, Marilyn for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So obviously we're in this one today because this is an all new model from Volvo for the 2022 model year. It's got dual motors, it's got a brilliant design. So essentially in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, cargo space, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so MSRP for the C40 will start at $59,845. And again, power is sent to the ground through dual electric motors, one in the front, one in the back, 402 horsepower, 487 pound-feet of torque sent to all four wheels. This is an all-wheel drive vehicle, zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 4.3 seconds with a range coming in at 225 miles. As far as the warranty goes, of course to get Volvo's four year, 50,000 mile bumper to bumper and powertrain warranties. But when it comes to the battery components, that is warrantied actually for eight years or 100,000 miles, so substantially more. So that's definitely very nice. And you actually get complimentary maintenance for three years or 36,000 miles as well. So a little bit more icing on the cake there for you. Anyways, now having got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? I'm gonna find a straightaway. Let's put this acceleration here to the test first and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2022 Volvo C40 here up to speed. All right you guys, since we are at a red light, this is going to be perfect. Here we go. Holy crap. Good grief. Wow. That was like zero to 60 and like nothing. That was incredible. I love electric cars, man. Zero to 60 feels so much quicker in all the electric cars that I test compared to their internal combustion engine counterparts. The thing is ridiculously quick. I absolutely love it. In a regular car that is not electric, you're gonna get a little bit of spinning if you do that quick of an acceleration. But in this thing, there's none of that. So that was amazing. But anyways, to go along with that is always braking is equally important. So as expected, you will find four wheel ventilated disc brakes. As far as that braking feel goes, it is wonderful. You cannot say that about all electric cars out there. I love the braking feel on this thing. I'm not sure what the 60-zero stopping distance goes, but I would imagine it's in the kind of mid 100. So like 105, 106, I would imagine. That's what it kind of feels like. This thing immediately brings you to a stop. So braking feel is wonderful on this. Then touching on suspension and handling up front, you're gonna get a McPherson strut front suspension in the back, independent multi-link rear suspension front and rear stabilizer bars. Hydraulic shock absorbers as well. And as far as ride quality goes, it's been perfectly fine. Definitely not having any issues in my short test drive here today. Becker Stunt's got some very nice roads though, but having said that, ride quality has been perfectly fine. As far as cabin noise goes, maybe get a little bit of road noise, but it's really not all that bad. I got the air on too, but road noise is just so-so. Definitely no wind noise though, so that is definitely on point. As far as steering feel goes, I would say it leans on the heavier side of things. I like the steering feel. It's not quite as heavy as the Tesla Model Y. I think I definitely prefer that, but having said that, steering feel is perfectly fine. Touching of visibility, that is definitely not a C40 strong suit. You gotta think of the design. This is essentially an XC40, but in fast back form, so there isn't a whole lot of rear visibility whatsoever if I'm being completely honest. But it will say rain sensing, which of wipers do you come standard to? That's gonna assist with visibility a little bit, but anyways, that about rounds on the performance segment of this review, you guys. So now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2022 Volvo C40. All right, so here she is, you guys, the new 2022 Volvo C40 finished and I am gonna butcher the heck out of this for you guys, this entertainment. Fajord Blue, it's a $695 paint option if you wanted to go that route. But let's go ahead and start up front on the C40 here. Body colored front grille, of course, if you wouldn't even consider that a front grille, because obviously with electric cars, you don't need a front grille. To the sides, LED headlights do come standard, of course, with high pressure cleaning. I love that. This is such a cool feature. Check this out. The nozzles actually pop out of the front bumper. That's what that little cutout is, just below the headlight. That's gonna be your headlight cleaners. That's pretty cool. It's high pressure cleaning. Anyway, LED Thor's Hammer daytime running lights coming standard in typical Volvo fashion, of course, automatic feature as well, along with automatic high beams, meaning when you got your high beams on and senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's gonna automatically dim them back to low beams and then when that vehicle is gone, it's gonna bump them right back up to high beams for you. So just one last thing you gotta worry about there. And just below, you do have fog lights, but with the cornering function as well, meaning when you're going around the bend at night, those fog lights will swivel based on the direction of your steering angle, better help illuminating when it's around that bend. So that is pretty cool as well, but definitely a very Volvo-ish looking front end without a doubt, but it looks like the XC40. From the front end, it looks exactly like an XC40, but anyways, pretty much rounds out the front. Let's go ahead and make our way to the side of this one. All right, so now since we are around to the side of this one, black window surrounds do come standard, and there is a black or gloss black roof, essentially, you guys can see that. Even the A-pillar continuing all the way back through the C-pillar there. It's all gloss black, so definitely a cool look there. Rear privacy glass, of course, does come standard as well. When it comes to the side mirrors, again, they are gloss black, they are power adjustable, they are heated, and they do get LED integrated turd signals then as well, which is pretty cool. Now, as far as that little sticker goes above the charging port there, that is obviously going to come off, unless I guess the owner wants to keep it on there, but the dealership, of course, just put it on there to let you know this is all electric vehicle. Take a look down at the wheel setup, 20-inch five-spot graphite diamond cut alloys come standard, and they look dang good, so I do like that. Anyways, pretty much rounds out the side of this one. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the C-40, gloss black, upper and lower rear spoilers, you guys can see that. There's actually two sets of rear spoilers. I think it's pretty cool. You got the gloss black shark fin intent all the way to the top, of course. Volvo lettering spelled out horizontally. You got the recharge badging on the back end, as Volvo calls all of their electric vehicles, as they put it under the recharge badging, I guess you could say. When it comes to those tail lights, there are LED C-shaped tail lights, so LED is definitely a nice design to them as well. And typically at this point I do an exhaust clip, but so since there is no exhaust clip to be had, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and make our way to the inside of the C-40. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the C-40, when it comes to opening that rear tailgate, it is a power tailgate that does come standard. Of course, there's a button on the key fob, there's a button on the tailgate itself, and it's actually hands-free as well. You just simply kick your left foot underneath the back of it, or I guess you kick your right foot as well, but it is on the left side there that you want to kick underneath, and then it's going to automatically open up for you. Once opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 14.6 cubic feet behind that second row. If that was not enough space, of course that rear seat does fall down, bumping it up to 42.6 cubic feet. There is a stainless steel tailgate scuff plate back there, which is pretty cool. There's cargo lighting, of course. There's a removable floor with grocery bag holders, and so essentially the cargo floor kind of just folds up, and then you can hang your grocery bags there. There's also grocery bag hooks on the sides as well, I wanted to mention. There's some tie-down anchors, little bit of in-floor storage for the charging hardware, I guess you could say. So, someone also mentioned there is a rear cargo cover that comes standard back there then as well, but then making our way to the rear legroom, that is going to come in at 36.1 inches. So for reference, I mean even six feet tall. This is how much space I had in the back seats there. Rear ventilation does come standard. There is a rear center armrest with cup holders. There's a couple phone charging ports back there, and heated rear seats actually come standard as well, which I absolutely love seeing. Then making our way to the front seats, power adjustable front seats with power lumbar coming standard. Manual cushion extensions for both driver and passenger. I absolutely love that. That definitely made things more comfortable. Heated front seats do come standard, and as far as the finish goes, it's like a combination of some kind of a suede and some kind of synthetic material. And by the way, everything is renewable wool fibers. There's actually no leather inside the C40 whatsoever. Which is kind of cool, and I'll get more into that when we get to interior quality. Also, one of course mentioned in typical Volvo fashion, you got the flag of Sweden found on the passenger side seat there as well. But overall, seating was actually plenty comfortable. The lumbar adjustment worked good, so definitely no issues there. Then take a look at the steering wheel. It is tilt and telescoping. It is non-leather wraps. Some kind of synthetic material. Kind of feels like leather to be honest. It's definitely not a urethane feel. So it feels like leather, but it's not leather. I'll just put it that way. And the 10 and two grips are definitely on the beefier side, which I personally appreciate as well. Then make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. You do have your Volvo logo on the one side. And then all of your buttons are actually on the side of the key. You got lock, unlock, and the button at the top, the rear tailgate. But it is all keyless entry with a push button start. And there's actually a Volvo cars app for remote start and heating and cooling the vehicle before you actually get inside if you wanted to go that route. But so essentially it is all keyless entry. There's actually no push button start. This is one of those where you simply just sit down with the key in your presence and then it's gonna automatically turn on for you, essentially. Someone also mentioned there is a Volvo cars app for a remote start and heating and cooling before you actually get inside then as well. But once started up, there is a 12 inch digital gauge cluster that comes standard speedometer to your left tachometer is on your right. And it is definitely a very clean look without a doubt. It also has the speed limit indicator, how much charge you have left at any given time. Of course, trip A, trip B, outside temperature. The list goes on. When gauges are digital, you really can customize them however you want. So it's definitely a nice look to it. Then touching on overall interior quality, this is where it really gets good. You do have this tinted panoramic moon roof that goes all the way into the back. And it's one piece. It's not a dual pane panoramic roof or anything like that, which I actually love. It gives it that higher end feel to it. You also have this synthetic material on the headliner. And I love this as well. It's a different feel to it. It doesn't feel like any other headliner that I'm typically used to feeling, but I will say Volvo has done this before I think. And I like it. I personally like it. I like the design just above the passenger side glove box as well. Another texture eyes finished. I'm not sure what the story is behind it, but I do like it. And that continues on to the doors as well. But one of the coolest features about the new C40 is there's actually a folding bag hook that pops out of the glove box. If you were to open up this glove box, there's actually a folding bag hook. You just simply fold it out and then you close the glove box again and then you have this hook there. If you wanted to use that to hang something up there, let's say you're driving and you didn't want something in that bag sliding around on the floor or on the seat, you got that hook there if you needed it. I absolutely love that idea. I've never seen that before in the last 600 plus cars I've checked out. And I think that's brilliant. Another cool little feature with the C40 is there's actually a removable trash bin with lid just in front of the center arm rest. So I actually threw a little piece of plastic in there to demonstrate for you guys that is actually a trash bin. So I really liked that. And of course the center arm rest is right behind that. But who puts a trash bin in their vehicles? That's brilliant, especially in SUVs, especially when you got kids in the back. That's an absolutely wonderful idea. Looking down at the door cells, you do have recharge aluminum door cells, which is pretty cool. There's a wireless phone charger just in front of the shifter surrounding that, some rubberized storage. To the right of the shifter, you got dual cup holders, of course. You do also have a frameless rear view mirror with homely control. So up the three different garage doors. But I think my favorite part of the interior, obviously, is not just the little indentation storage by the driver's side right knee here. I didn't even see that. But the blue interior, this is a throwback. This is something Volvo has done for quite a while and something they've done, 80s or 90s or whatever. And I think I actually saw a Volvo on the lot with this. So I'll show it to you guys. I actually have the shot here, but the blue interior is so stinking cool. I absolutely love it. You guys got to agree with me. Let me know in the comments section if you're into it. So I was personally definitely a big fan. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen. Nine inch color touchscreen display does come standard and of course is powered by Google. So you just say, hey Google, and then it does whatever you want it to do basically. See, I'm telling you. Bluetooth and audio streaming does come standard Android Auto Apple CarPlay as well. You can adjust your climate control settings up there. You can adjust your heated seats up there as well. And of course you got your radio information as well. And by the way, when it comes to the sound system, we do have a Harman Kardon sound system that comes standard. So having said that, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio and see what we got playing today. And let's test out the clarity of this one. It's not bad, plenty of bass, plenty of clarity. That was just a good sound system for the C40 without a doubt. Last thing I want to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the C40 in reverse, you will find an extremely high definition rear view camera letting you know who or what is behind you, which is always is going to lead us into safety. And so I will say to start, the C40 is not yet tested by IHS, but having said that, every single other Volvo and Volvo's lineup right now is an IHS top safety pick plus, which if I were to put money on it, I would definitely say this is going to be the exact same thing for that reason alone. Front side, side carrying airbags do come standard. Drivers need airbag as well. In the back you're going to have latch, AKA lower, increase in tethers to children for the rear car seats. Rear child door locks, top pressure monitoring system, but also coming standard lane keep assist, oncoming lane mitigation, road sign information, park assist, a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert, adaptive cruise control, and pilot assist then as well. So overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the brand new C40, this thing is insanely quick. It has a great design. The digital gauges are absolutely wonderful. I love the blue interior and the overall interior quality really in general. As far as room for improvement goes, obviously the visibility simply due to its shape, you're not going to have the very best visibility out there. If you want a better visibility, go with the XC40 maybe or the XC40 recharge perhaps. Then as far as the lecture cars go, the driver range is just kind of average or par for the course. Multicolor ambient lighting I think would be pretty darn cool in this thing then as well. 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