This is a pivotal car for Volvo in the Irish market.
It comes with sharpened features and characteristics from larger Volvos wrapped in a sleek, compact package.
It is the first new model from Volvo that is fully developed according to their human-centric 'Designed Around You' strategy.
This is a modern, expressive car with a Scandinavian luxury look and feel, and with meticulous attention to detail, and is loaded with high-tech safety features including a world-first pedestrian airbag.
The engine range spans everything from Volvo Car Corporation's first diesel with C02 emissions of just 94g/km to the turbocharged T5 petrol engine with 254hp and acceleration from 0-100km/h in just 6.7 seconds.
Volvo say the new V40 is the most intelligent and safe Volvo model so far.
Prices and Irish spec will be available later.
