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The auto industry has learned from relevant sources that Volvo plans to launch four new cars in the Chinese market in 2019, with the launch of the domestic XC40 and the pre-sale of the new generation S60.

According to Volvo's plan, the new domestic compact SUV XC40 will be launched in May, and the domestic price will decline due to the higher price of imported models listed earlier. The new XC40 is based on the CMA platform, with regular and sports versions, and also has many Volvo family design elements, such as the Thor Hammer LED daytime walk, the erected central control LCD screen and so on. The domestic XC40 sports version will be equipped with a 2.0T four-cylinder engine of T4 version, with a maximum power of 190hp and a maximum torque of 300Nm. The transmission system will match an eight-speed automatic transmission and is expected to be equipped with a four-wheel drive system.

The new V60 will also go on sale in China in August! The new Volvo V60, which made its global debut in Stockholm, Sweden, in February last year, has similar body lines and design elements to the V90, with longer body dimensions and lower width and height than previous models, with an overall size of 4761/1850/1427mm and a wheelbase of 2872mm. The versions expected to be sold in China are T5/T6/T6 plug-in hybrid / T8 plug-in hybrid four gasoline-powered models.

The new Volvo XC90, which went on sale at the end of August, is also a medium-term revamped version of the car, with little change as a whole, introducing both regular and R-Design models, and upgrading some of its safety configurations.

The final debut was also a new generation of S60, Volvo's main model in the Chinese market, but officials only said it would start pre-sale, so the official launch was delayed until early 2020. The S60 models currently on sale are very old, and it has to be said that Volvo is really slow to upgrade its main models.

The new Volvo S60 is based on the SPA architecture, and the new car is more sporty.

Volvo is relatively robust in China, where it sold 130593 new cars in 2018, up 14.1% from a year earlier and accounting for only 20% of its global sales. According to the official new car plan, the launch of the new S60 has been postponed to early next year, and Volvo's sales this year can be expected to face greater challenges.

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