Are Volvo luxury cars

For that nominal cost increase you get a jacked-up ride height (40mm higher), slightly more useful ground clearance because of it, and more purposeful black plastic trim designed to better cope with abuse when you’re, you know, going cross country.

So, here we have the V40 Cross Country T5 starting at the aforementioned $52, 990. Strangely the 5 no longer represents five cylinders. The all-new engine is, in fact, a four-cylinder.

Our test model is lightly optioned (in Euro terms) with heated front seats ($375), panoramic tinted glass sunroof ($2650) and metallic paint ($1750). That takes the price to $57, 765 plus on-road and dealer costs. What is interesting about the two-variant range is the fact that both come in top specification only, so both are effectively ‘Luxury’ models. On face value looking at those options, the heated seats seem cheap, while the metallic paint seems expensive. The sunroof might cost a bomb too, but it absolutely helps to give the cabin a light, airy feel.

As you’d expect, the V40 Cross Country is loaded with a full suite of tech heavy safety inclusions. Highlights are numerous, but include City Safety automated braking up to 50km/h, Pedestrian Airbag System, Dynamic Stability and Traction Control, Advanced Stability Control, Corner Traction Control, ABS with Ready Alert Brakes, Hydraulic Brake Assist, EBD, Emergency Brake Assist, emergency brake lights with hazard activation, two-stage driver and front passenger airbags, Roll Over Protection System with inflatable curtains, Side Impact Protection System including SIPS airbags in front seats, driver’s knee airbag, Whiplash Protection System, Intelligent Driver Information System, cruise control, rear parking sensors, rear parking camera, rain sensing wipers and auto lights.