First Look: 2011 Volvo C30

It sort from feels though though the legal C70 could be no longer the most effective two-door Volvo
receiving a makeover for 2010. Designers also made over the 2011 C30
hatchback, which debuts at the 2009 Frankfurt motor display.
The new front fascia, patterned once the ones employed on the S60
concept plus the ultimate new 2010 C70, is arguably the most important departure
up of the outgoing model. Even though the hot corporate snout is
engaging on the C70, it appears to figure much better on the C30 --
the compact hatchback at persist receives a front fascia which is as
dramatic as its posterior. A recent accessory styling kit adds
aluminum accents to the fog lamp surrounds, aspect skirts, and front
and rear fascias.
Inside, the C30's interior is essentially carryover from the
previous model, less than Volvo has got reportedly refined the cabin's
materials, together allowing for increasing the possibility of
personalization. Whereas the last vehicle was once out there with Fifteen alternative
upholstery features, the new C30 offers Twenty-seven different selections,
which included a new "Espresso/Blonde" scheme with body-colored seat
inserts. We have a tendency to haven't heard if a number of these choices is enough to remain section
of Volvo's Custom Build program, or if they, together with each one Thirteen
paint colours, have a tendency to be thus going to be customary production options.
We will not, nonetheless, suffer from an option once it projects to powertrain.
Although a number of gasoline and diesel engines are accessible inch
Europe, North American models are equipped solely with the 227-hp,
2.5-liter turbocharged I-5. As had previously been the case, a
six-speed manual transmission is standard, while a five-speed
automatic is obtainable at additional cost. A "sport chassis" option
is still available, but Volvo claims the package is sort of 30
p.c stiffer compared to prior to.
Volvo won't discuss pricing, but we might be expecting the new C30 to
sticker approximately where the previous model did, at more or less
$24,000. Expect to detect the initial examples roll back to North American
showrooms by the finish of next year.