I don't know why people hate S40's. I actually happen to like the looks of it, especially ones with black headlights (01+ maybe?) the only reason why S40's aren't popular, is that they aren't what volvo stands for...it's not a box on wheels, like volvo originally was. V70, 855, P2 V70, XC90 are, but V40/V50 isn't, it just isn't.