The new springs and dampers lower the V40 by 10mm and are ... inexplicably not fitted with Volvo’s £150 steering wheel shift buttons, so it’s just the gear lever – with up and down arranged ...

At a glance, the V40 engine line-up is easy to understand ... In time all V40s will be powered by 2.0-litre four-cylinder engines as Volvo rolls out its Drive-E units, but right now there's ...