2000 Volvo S40 Reviews

It was an Amazing car, very safe and sturdy. It is just that
Volvos in general are
hard to maintain and hard to find parts for. Any volvo is great
but personally I would most likely go for the C series.

After totaled two cars, I suggested my mother to buy a Volve.  This is the first year that Volvo came up with a car that is set at US$20,000 price range (thanks to Ford) so we went for it.  On the way home on the first day, I tested the acceleration.  Since this is a 1.8T, there is a turbo lack all the way until 50mph.  Overall, the car is quiet and comfortable.  However, I went back home 3 years later to drive the car again, it was very loud especially with the AC on.  It also didn't give me the same sense of the legendary Volvo safety that my uncle's old 240 does on this car.  It feels like just another Ford's "quality" product.

Track test - Eastern Creek
Car is quite good on this track because there's no slow corners for it to stumble over its awful FWD/turbo/torque-steer characteristics

Had this car, (well actually had two, one of which went into a large post sideways) for 2 years and I honestly cant fault it. The bonus for me at 17 was having the 1.8 engine, no Ferrari i know, however much better than a 1.2 Nova! If I could have afforded to keep this car I would have loved to and built the spec up on it. Great base model car, comfortable, reliable and compared to the relative age group and engine sizes in the UK I couldnt have asked for a better first car. Much preferred to a 3 series BMW or low series Mercs.

Leather seats, automatic, petrol,