Volvo Kills Off Its C30 Hatchback

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If youre on the fence about getting Volvos funky- fresh small hatchback providing, the C30, youd greatest make up your head soon. As Autoblog reports, the entry- level Volvo will be planning out of production in December, a victim of sluggish profits and declining need. That implies 2013 will be the very last production yr, building the final -of-the-breed C30 Polestar Restricted Version a probable collectors product.

Introduced here in 2007, the C30 had styling cues (like the large rear window) that tied it back again to Volvos common P1800ES small wagon. Volvo never infused it with ample horsepower to make it a scorching hatch (in creation kind, in any event ), and as an entry- amount presenting, it by no means actually sent on the luxurious assure of the brand name. Product sales had been moderate, numbering only some 4, 500 models per year in the U.S., and that isnt adequate to be successful.

Volvos official statement says the model is concentrating on high quantity goods to superior preserve our brand wellness and community viability going forward, which leaves us scratching our collective heads. Product sales of compact autos are up in the U.S., so killing the only small providing in your product line appears counter-intuitive to us. Even worse, the place of entry into the Volvo manufacturer is now the S60 sedan, priced outside of the means of several probable buyers.

With no alternative in sight ( given that Volvo isnt bringing its critically- acclaimed V50 to the U.S.), we seriously have to ponder what Volvos very long - expression strategy is.