The current series has nothing to do with the next Gen. All next Gen vehicles are being built as I described. Sedan, Wagon/Hatch+ CC model, CUV/SUV. Volvo’s Game Plan. “In 2018, we also get a new car called the XC40, followed by the V40 and S40"

No, they didn’t Ballaban just got it wrong.

They are working on both a Dual Clutch and a Manual for the CMA, but no word on what will make it to the US.

And neither will the S40 and V40 be CUV’s, but they are going after different segments. The XC40 will however be a CUV.

The 40 series, like all Volvo series, will exist as a Sedan(S40), wagon/hatch(V40) and CUV/SUV(XC40).

Yes, there will be an S40, V40 ans XC40.

SPA (Scalable Product Architecture) platform Ballaban, not SVA. The smaller platform is called CMA (Compact Modular Architecture)

My passengers don’t seem to appreciate this as much as I do.

Easily. I used to have a ‘08 Legacy GT and it could get to 300hp with just an ECU flash. The ‘04 actually were rated slightly higher power but it was only due to a different way of testing. This Gen Forester XT has the same basic setup, just a different exhaust.

Thanks. A bunch of pics if you want: Polestar Pics

Funny, everyone seems to get out of the way for my Volvo...

Why do companies continue to not “get it”?!? The “wow factor” is showing a buildable concept car. No one cares what you can design and not build. What Tesla has excelled at is only putting out concept cars that they were going to build and then making sure that the production cars were actually better than the…

The factory is configured completely different than NUMMI. It will never produce at the same volumes that they did and it doesn’t need to. Tesla already has the EU Tilburg final assembly plant online and will be building a plant in China as well. It’s not just about the ability to build them. It’s about how quickly…

Tesla growth plans involve Factories in each market they sell in. Everything so far has revolved around one factory in the US, so delivery numbers have always trailed production numbers because of transit times. Understand that this is a company that in just 3 years went from delivering ~800 Roadsters/year to just…

Not quite. Never in the business plan was profitability ever talked about. The companies goals are and always have been to bring electric cars to the masses. Each successive model allows the realization of these goals. If you haven’t noticed the entire industry is putting out their own EV’s now and calling them “Tesla…

You don’t understand financials. Aston has been around for 102 years, 10X what Tesla has, yet still can’t turn a profit. The Big 3 sell millions of cars/year yet can’t turn a profit without their truck business. Tesla could be profitable with just the Model S and in fact already has been. You point out a $200 million…

Saw one at a C& C and it was pretty crazy looking. Like a road legal Batmobile. Surprised with all the pics you didn’t highlight the crazy steering wheel...

Actually most craft breweries are not profitable. And again here we go with people not understanding the automotive industry and what it takes to be profitable. Do you know another Automakers that isn’t profitable and is much larger, how about Aston Martin. Do you also know that if the Big 3 didn’t sell trucks they…

Nothing to do with the delivery numbers. Everything to do with the Model S fire in Norway and the overall Market sell off. The Dow is currently down over 400 points, but even if it wasn’t people would be over reacting to the fire at the Supercharger location a few days ago.

Great, this is a positive for Tesla. Tesla’s plans have always involved getting the other automakers to jump onboard the EV train. Elon wants to turn the entire auto fleet to EV’s and that doesn’t happen with just Tesla building EV’s. Other automakers building EV’s only increases the public awareness and helps Tesla…