最近谍照记者拍到了沃尔沃XC40测试车谍照。为了掩人耳目，XC40伪装成V40改款车。虽然如此，但从照片仍能看出，该车进一步外延的轮拱表明这款紧凑型跨界车采用了比V40更宽的轮距，该车将在未来几年内替代V40。无论是V40还是XC40都采用了沃尔沃全新的紧凑模块化架构（Compact Modular Architecture,简称CMA）。这使得这两款车可以更好的利用XC90、S90和V90等采用SPA平台的更大车型的部件。CMA平台车型将搭载由T5 Twin Engine衍生出的四缸引擎。另外，沃尔沃工程师还正在开发一系列三缸引擎，预计将配备在紧凑车型上。沃尔沃先前宣布，将于2017年发布首款CMA车型，这款车很可能就是改款的V40，未来还将有S40和XC40。XC40和其他基于CMA平台的车型将在沃尔沃位于比利时根特和吉利在中国的组装厂投产。

 

Volvo XC40 spotted disguised as jacked up V40

Our spies have caught on camera a test mule of the Volvo XC40.

 

To be brutally honest, this XC40 test mule dressed up like a pre-facelift V40 on stilts doesn’t look half bad, but obviously we know the real deal won’t look anything like this. The wheel arch extensions indicate Volvo’s smallest crossover will have wider tracks compared to the current V40 hatchback which will be replaced by an all-new model in the years to come.

 

Both the V40 and the XC40 will ride on Volvo’s brand new Compact Modular Architecture (CMA) which will put to good use some of the components engineered for larger SPA-based models like the XC90, S90, and V90. The new CMA products from Volvo will be offered with four-cylinder engines topped by a T5 Twin Engine variant in the same vein as the T8 Twin Engine for SPA cars.

 

We also now Volvo’s engineers are developing an array of three-cylinder engines, so expect these units to power the lesser variants of the brand’s compact models. It should be mentioned the Geely-owned marque hasn’t ruled out the possibility of putting a three-banger in the S90, but that’s a story for another time.

 

Volvo previously announced the first CMA model will be introduced in 2017 and most likely it was referring to the V40, a model which recently received a very subtle facelift . It will probably be shortly followed by the S40 and the XC40, with all three already confirmed for United States .

 

The XC40 and all the other CMA-based products will be built by Volvo in Ghent, Belgium and these could also be assembled in China at one of Geely’s factories.