City Life
The Scandinavian model
Oslo’s mix of busy streets and laid-back Scandinavian attitude is the backdrop as we discover what makes the new XC40 the perfect SUV for the city.
City Life
The Scandinavian model
Oslo’s mix of busy streets and laid-back Scandinavian attitude is the backdrop as we discover what makes the new XC40 the perfect SUV for the city.
Design
Style remix
Erik Åleby, colour and materials designer, talks about how the new XC40 showcases Volvo Cars at its most daring and expressive, and how the beautiful, sustainable materials in its cabin reflect contemporary Scandinavian design.
City Life
Behind the lens: the XC40 in Oslo
The smart, practical XC40 is both enabler and star as we join photographer Sam Christmas on a photo shoot in Oslo
City Life
Exploring Oslo in the XC40
Oslo’s mix of busy streets and laid-back Scandinavian attitude is the backdrop as we discover what makes the new XC40 the perfect SUV for the city.
Technology
Sounds of the city
Music is the heartbeat of urban culture, as we experience on a tour around Oslo in the Volvo XC40. This is a car built to help you make the most of your music.
City Life
XC40: the Oslo edit
Norwegian style blogger and content creator Fredrik Risvik joins us in Oslo to talk about Scandinavian style and tech, with the new XC40 as our guide.
Design
Light work
Light is a source of joy and inspiration in Sweden, yet for some it goes further than that. Meet the people bringing the principles of illumination into their work, and to the new Volvo XC40.
Design
Colour: the new white
A new appreciation of colour is helping to redefine Scandinavian design, with white, grey and black supplemented by bold colours. It’s all about individual expression, as the new Volvo XC40 proves.
Collaboration
Material gains
It’s more than a kilometre long – with a corridor running the entire length of it – and around 6,500 people work there. Every day around 1,200 cars roll out of the doors and onto the roads, and every single one of them is made to order.
Technology
Technology at your fingertips
As the lines between mobile phone and car technology blur, the result is an ever more intuitive experience, says Volvo Cars innovation manager Andreas Ropel.