My father purchased a 2021 XC40 T5 AWD three months before his death. He bought the transferable extended warranty for it. I can purchase it from the estate for $28000 the car has 33,000. My understanding is the car is fully loaded. The executor of his estate keeps harping on the car has polstar technologies in it . I not what that means or I tells. My question is, is this Volvo worth taking? I do not want to get something that is a nightmare that needs constant maintenance. I had a Mercedes in 2001, and I don't want a car that requires that much upkeep again. I do not make much money, so I can not throw thousands of dollars on a vehicle yearly. Do you think this car will be reliable? Or should I keep my XC60 with 111,000 miles on it? Any insight or advice is gladly accepted.

 

If the car was dealer maintained (which I suspect) its going to be reliable. Most of the recent digs against Volvo have to do with software on the PHEVs etc and not the T5s. The question really is a) do you like the XC40 as a daily driver? b) is $28000 a fair market price. You didnt mention the miles on the XC40 but you should be able to use KBB.COM to see what its value is or use a national car sales service like Autotrader etc to find the asking price for comparable models. I would expect the XC to need less upkeep the the XC60, simply based on miles alone

 

KBB thinks a 2021 xc40 t5 momentum with 35k on it is worth about $25000 in a private sale. Less if sold to a dealer. - Is the car an inscription? What options does it have? Your fathers executor may be wanting to get top dollar, and I can understand that. That is their job.

Sorry for your loss.

 

yep, 28K sounded too high. If you are interested, simply make an offer that's in line with KBB's private sale/trade in value. The estate has to go the same route - most likely will use a wholesale service. They are not going to get top dollar that a dealer would get and nor will they do what a private party would do to sell the car - they just want to get the dollars