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Production chronology1995–2012
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗18 years
← Volvo
Volvo / Model record
VolvoS40
Production1995–2012
Recorded originSweden
ClassCompact car
Also known asV40 · V50
Background
The Volvo S40 is a series of subcompact executive cars marketed and produced by the Swedish manufacturer Volvo Cars from 1995 to 2012, offered as a more mainstream alternative to the compact executive Volvo 850 and later the Volvo S60 to compete in a lower pricing bracket. The S40 was more or less positioned against premium-leaning small family cars like the Volkswagen Jetta, as well as some mass-market large family cars.
Text adapted from “Volvo S40” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years2000–2011
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years2001–2011
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗11 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1997–2013
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗17 years
Swiss TAS/TARGA approval observations1996–1998
Swiss type-approval years; approval dates are not production chronology.
Swiss ASTRA TAS/TARGA ↗3 years