I have an S40 T5 AWD, and I bought it half a year ago as a first car in Austin, TX. I love it. It's my perfect little 'mountain goat'. The steering is responsive, and outside certain highway situations so is the throttle. Being an R-Design, it looks nice and clean yet kind of sporty.I've driven it at top speed and it sat comfortably there. I drove it in the Colorado mountains during a pretty serious storm and it held its own; I could confidently drive it faster than just about any non-truck on that twisty, snowy, half-frozen road. During that same trip I pulled my first 8+ hour stints in the thing without much of an issue. And apart from a subpar fuel economy, it's really good in the city: Not too big, not at all slow, turning radius is good. Mine's also an automatic, so I didn't have to overcome any extra hurdles to developing real-life driving skills.

Now this man can do a proper car review! Love the fact he's open and not afraid to give his own opinion

love these S40's & the V50 wagons especially with the T5 turbo

Finally, thank you so much Chris! 👍😀

Such underrated, amazing cars!

My dad had a 2008 V50 T5 AWD Turbo with the sport package that later became the R design. It was the gecko green mettalic, and we had nice 18" rims. The factory workers from Sweden told the dealer in the USA how much they liked our car, and the dealer even put our car in the showroom! 2 years ago though, it was totaled. That car was so unique and like no other!

Currently own a 2007 S40 and it's easily the best car I have owned to sate! Everything electrical, climate control, comfort, safety, handling, looks it's really a full package car for my circumstances! One drawback for me in the long run is the fact I would probably need a larger boot for the children's bikes etc other than that I love it

Great review! Thank for creating!!

We are a 2011 s40 and we like it. It is a bit small but no deal breaker

I have a 08 1.6 petrol version and it's been a terrific car.✌

Had a 2006 s40 and it was my favorite car

these were amazing cars.

Nice review man thanks.

Great cars great handling and horsepower

This car very well made,superb driving experience my choice of the small euro autos!!

5:25 lovely center console design... handbrake with a lot of character.

I had an '06 S40 T5, and to this day, I still regret ever trading it. I switched out the steering wheel and shifter for the Volvo offered aftermarket units that incorporated the same silver trim as on the side door panels and center stack.

I have the AWD version of this car and it fixes those acceleration problems you were having

I have a 2010 s40 t5 R design awd with the six speed manual and I love it.

I am a Volvo fan and grew up with the brand. I wouldn't have any other car.

nice video, just came home after giving back my volvo s40 1.6 2006 for the dealership cause he said the car was fine when sold it to me, but after 1 day the car couldnt pass 3000rpm, so i took it to mechanic he said 1000euros to reapair, so i just gave back the car, yes you can do that if you in the 14 days after buyng, called regret or deffected product

Excellent review, thanks a bunch. [followed]

You can use a Grom Audio unit to add Bluetooth audio. It taps into the optical audio wiring and works great. Then you can use your phone for all your audio.

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Lovely sound 😍

So very nice cars!! super! I have S40 summum of 2010, gold's metallic color.very cool. Hi from Greece!!!🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷💯🚗👍 VOLVO!!!☝️

The S40 is the biggest "old person car" Volvo ever made. And they crammed a T5 in it.. I want one now, lol.

You have a nice voice.

Nice video. What state is this in may I ask?

I have s40 2.4i 2005. It's amazing car for this money

I love my s40 T5...

I'm looking at one of these with a 5 speed manual.

Good review. I disagree that everything else in its class has a larger trunk. I have owned two Mazda 3s, one sedan, one hatch, and both have smaller trunks (boot as we call it here). Or at least, although they may MEASURE larger, they're practically smaller. What's impressive is how the S40 makes the back so sleek without taking away all the boot space. Dude how are you tyres? Because my 2012 (I'm in Australia so we had a 2012 one here) one literally never chirps the tyres, letalone spins them, unless it's wet AND uphill. Did you somehow turn traction control off or something? I also don't get torque steer... maybe yours has a Hilton stage 1 tune (it's electric so you could easily have that and not know). EDIT: My apologies... you mentioned the tyres and the wheels. Yes, mine has the 17s cos it's R-design but they're not expensive tyres or anything.

fitting a GOOD aftermarket radio is possible, difficult and expensive though. Some are offered for this exact model with a software that works with the stock volvo controls, basically just looking a little more colory and adding bluetooth-audio.

The window ledge is great to rest your arm on

looks better in the ford focus st 225 version. which is why I have one sounds great.

Better than a 4 speed. Look at the 9th gen Impala. Above the LTZ was the SS, in the previous generation, it was powered by a SC3.8, but they switched to a 5.3 LS4. The 4 speed was the same basically from the late 70’s. After all that, you are wondering, what all that has to do with anything. The 3.6 later produced over 300 hp like the LS4, but with a little less torque, and the power band was higher than the LS4 (V8 low end torque, vs V6) . The largest difference between the two was 6 speed in the nonSS years vs the 4 speed in the earlier SS years. The V6 will out run the LS4 everyday. I will see if I can find the video of the next gen Impala running the I forgot what it’s called, but it is stupid amazing what technology does. As for as comparing them. Look up LS4 , or LS4 Impala, and the LS4 was available in I believe 4 different cars, and the sister cars had the NorthStar V8 with the better transmission, even though the NorthStar had less power. So to sum it up, more gears, more performance, more gas mileage, along with more reliability.

So, you say that S40 is not as quiet as the competition? I drove V50 and Audi A3 8P and also have feeling, that the road noise is much more better muted in Audi. What a pity, because seats in Volvo are just perfect, but I also attach considerable attention to quietness inside the car. Probably that's because of the similarity to Ford Focus that is very noisy.

Thanks for good video. 👍 Anyone has any opinions abut s40 with 1.8 petrol flexifuel?

You gave some incorrect information. There was slight interior differences made in the car from 2004-2011, and also the first generation S40 began in 1995. 2011 Volvo S40 T5 owner.

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He sounds like Brandon rogers

More reliable than a German car? I have a BMW. It better be!

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Ours keeps breaking

The car is six years old. Obviously it's going to have noise from weather stripping allowing more noise. Same with tires and steering.

in the focus st they put 6 gears

I want to buy a 2007 S40 T5 102,000 mileage pls is it a fuel ergonomic car?

I love volvo cars but i dont have money to it 😢

hahahahah you have seen my radio

i will pass this car and buy a s60 older version, al least can upgrade the radio