Volvo V40

Volvo has refreshed its compact V40 wagon – another good car that we can’t get here in the States. The facelift brings five more colors, which is good news as long as you like blue. The five new colors include amazon blue, denim blue, bursting blue, mussel blue, and luminous sand.

I’m going to call it: we are at the dawn of a golden age of hot hatchbacks. We have the Fiesta ST, the Focus ST, the Focus RS, the GTI, the Golf R, the Golf R400, the 500 Abarth, the Mini Cooper JCW, the Audi RS3, the Veloster Turbo, and the Ferrari FF in the US alone.