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Volvo is finally ditching its Ford-sourced 1.6-litre diesel engines and will shortly introduce the new 2.0-litre Drive-E diesel engine into the V40 hatchback.
Available in power outputs ranging from 120- to 190hp, the Drive-E engines will place all manual V40 models into tax Band A2, with emissions of less than 100g/km. Volvo claims that the new engines have lower fuel consumption than the old D2 and D3 diesels too.
Along with the new engines there are also some new colour options (Magic Blue and Onyx Black), leather trim is now standard on all V40s from SE level up and there's also a new petrol T2 engine, again a 2.0-litre Drive-E unit, with figures including 122hp and 127g/km.
The S60 and V60 also get the new 120hp 2.0-litre Drive-E engine, replacing the 1.6-litre. Volvo quotes 74mpg and 99g/km for that model.
Further up the range, the XC70 crossover estate keeps its old D5 five-cylinder diesel engine but its emissions have been trimmed to 153g/km (keeping its annual tax down to €390) while the little-seen V60 plug-in hybrid gets a re-name to V60 T6 Twin Engine, and a 5hp power boost. Its emissions remain at 48g/km and its official fuel economy figure at 155mpg.