No, no news, but I’ve got a dealer like Wayne’s! ?. The last guesstimate I had was 20th October. I ordered exactly the same car as Macca, with the exception of the upgraded hifi, and he was about 3 weeks before me in ordering, so I’m hopeful!
As for Volvo vs BMW I found the XC40 a better bet for me vs. The X1. The ride was a fair bit harder, but the sway for me was the cost of extras to make it up to the Volvo spec. Way too much! I have to say though, I’m a bit jealous of the lucky buggers who can get in and out of the 2 series grand coupe. It’s a lovely thing, inside and out.
Vinnie, I did drive the D3, which has slightly less hp and slightly more torque and found it didn’t struggle with the weight of the car. It felt sprightly of the line and around town and only slightly underpowered accelerating on the dual carriageway. It wouldn’t have put me off having one if the B4 wasn’t an alternative. All of that said the T3 might be a very different beast from the D3. My experience of these smaller 3 cylinder turbo engines in other makes has been good though. Mrs B had a fiesta zetec s with a 995cc eco boost 125hp engine and it was brilliant. The only thing was that you needed to keep it in the rev range for the turbo to be engaged and it was properly powerful. I bet the Volvo is similar in this respect.
Macca, it’s just the one single led around the interior lights buttons above your head in the front. This one (and one in the rear) changes based on your settings. All the other lighting stays white (dash, doors, footwells). Tbh you only really see it as reflection in some of the glossy trim. Blue or purple seems to be the most visible. This is the 60 I’m referring to but all I can find about the 40 seems to suggest it’s the same.
I remembered one other thing regarding functions. The hill decent control doesn’t have a button anymore (unlike the older model Volvo’s), but is engaged when you select off-road from your drive mode settings. It’s really useful if you have slippery conditions and steep slopes. It does all the work to control the speed and slip, you just point it in the right direction. Hopefully!