#2006 volvo s40 2.4 i driver#
#2006 volvo s40 2.4 i manual#

Even though some corners were covered in half an inch of water, I never unstuck it once, and never even felt the DSTC cut in. The programmable electro hydraulic steering was superbly weighted and accurate, making the car feel as well planted on the road as it actually was at all times. But they are my only complaints about the entire car.

#2006 volvo s40 2.4 i manual#

The box is a five speeder with my pet bugbear of back-to-front Tiptronic style manual override and no steering wheel gearchange buttons.

Readers report Real MPG to be between 24вЂ“67 mpg.

The two main reasons for buying the car are the way it looks and the way it goes.

#2006 volvo s40 2.4 i driver#

The driver information system is anti-distraction so, for example, the phone won't take a call if the IDIS registers you are driving the car really hard.Д«ut these are details. Side windows are laminated against intruders. Satnav and integrated phone systems are available.

The Interior Air Quality System (climate control) did such a good job we never touched any of the buttons. I'd better mention a few features we hardly noticed. And, of course, the back seats fold down. The boot is deep, wide and square shaped, like the suitcases it will have to accommodate. The neat central instrument panel has no back, so there is space behind it, as in a MINI, which should make behind the fascia components such as the heater matrix more accessible for maintenance.

The driving position is multi adjustable for all sizes of driver and there is plenty of headroom for those of higher altitude. The seats are very comfortable all five of them, though, like the S60, the centre rear is really only for children. On the inside of an Volvo S40 (2004 вЂ“ 2012) And both the 170bhp 2.4i and 220bhp T5 automatics behaved impeccably. So, sorry folks, apart from the headlight and the key picture I've had to use stock shots.Д«ut the conditions were actually a better test of the car than bright sunlight and bone-dry roads. And, even though we were in Spain, there was a shortage of Manuels, so we had no choice but to drive automatics. Then, on the main drive in Andalusia, it rained gatos y peros. Our plane suffered a bird in the engine while landing to pick us up, so we had to wait hours for a replacement plane. The signs for this particular launch were not good. If the new S40 had been just a little bit better than the Mazda 3 it would have been fine. And the Mazda 3 had already given a foretaste of what to expect in the chassis department. Okay, just about anything would have been better than the old Mitsubishi Carisma based S40. It's not often I get to test a new car and it turns out to exceed all expectations.