Volvo XC40 Small SUV Delayed: Report

Volvo’s planned XC40 SUV has reportedly been delayed, as the Swedish carmaker believes the Scaleable Platform Architecture (SPA) destined to underpin it is too large.

Destined to sit between the V40 Cross Country and the XC60 in the current Volvo SUV range, the XC40 would take on the likes of Range Rover's Evoque and the Audi Q3.

The SPA platform was designed to house Volvo’s new generation of four-cylinder engines and while it is “scaleable” as the name suggests, Volvo believes it would still be too large for the XC40.