Volvo's CMA Compact Car Plans: New V40 in 2016 and XC40 in 2018
8 Oct 2014, 17:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Besides the Scalable Product Architecture which underpins their new XC90 SUV, the guys at Volvo are working on another new platform at the moment. It's called the C-segment Modular Architecture...
Volvo Trucks Develops All-Around Visibility Tech That Predicts Traffic Scenarios Beforehand
7 Oct 2014, 11:44 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / So you thought that the Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025 is the most technologically advanced heavy-duty truck in existence? Well you should think again… That sci-fi German contraption is b...
Volvo Unveils 450 HP "Triple Boost" 2L 4-Cylinder Engine Concept
7 Oct 2014, 08:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Turbocharging technology has come a long way since its early days, but lag is still a problem in high-output applications. Simply put, the larger the turbocharger, the more boost it produces, but al...
Volvo Pulls Out New XC90 at Paris · Live Photos
3 Oct 2014, 08:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After 11 years of continuous production, the Volvo XC90 will soldier on as a China-only offering. Nevermind the has-beens, the newest star in the Volvo lineup is the second-generation XC90, a model ...
PonyHans Tells the Story of the Lolvo: It's In Forza Horizon 2
26 Sep 2014, 16:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Four months ago, a Youtuber called PonyHans uploaded what's probably the strangest video about a Volvo ever made, and we've seen quite a few of those. It was made in order to promote and s...
Volvo V40 Cross County Gets New T5 AWD Engine: 2-Liter Turbo with 245 HP
26 Sep 2014, 12:40 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We honestly found a lot of things to like about the Volvo V40 Cross Country when we tested it last year, perhaps the most important being the 5-cylinder turbo engine it came with, a relic from the p...
2016 Volvo V60 Cross Country Rendered: Crossover Estate
26 Sep 2014, 09:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / After years of neglect, estates have begun to claw back some of their market share from SUVs. With that, the niche for crossover estates has also developed. Volvo is soon to target that with the V60...
Volvo Pranks Casino Valet, Giving Him a Huge Truck to Park
24 Sep 2014, 11:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Proving once again that The Epic Spits commercial with Van Damme wasn't a one-hit wonder, Volvo Trucks are back with a clip in which they prank an unsuspecting victim, a recently hired valet at...
Volvo Fully Reveals 7900 Plug-In Hybrid Bus
23 Sep 2014, 09:22 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you ask us, public transportation should be the first one to get fully electrified to which you can add taxis too. However, using all-electric buses and cars to haul people around town might be d...
The Saint's Volvo P1800 Gets Driven by Jay Leno
19 Sep 2014, 11:56 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ever since Leno pulled the plug on The Tonight Show, the American comedian and television host started to do put more effort into his online video series about new and vintage cars. In the latest in...
New Volvo XC90 R-Design Breaks Cover
18 Sep 2014, 12:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Volvo took the world by storm with the all-new XC90 sports utility vehicle, but the Swedish automaker isn't going to stop at that. Some new models are in the pipeline as well, but until they co...
Volvo A30G Articulated Dumper Is Awesome, Does Hagwalah
17 Sep 2014, 13:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / During a construction fair in Germany, a local company demonstrated the full range of capabilities that make their Volvo A30G one of the most awesome machines we've ever seen. You've proba...
Volvo XC90 R-Design Leaked During Presentation
17 Sep 2014, 01:13 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Volvo made us wait more than a decade for the second generation of the Volvo XC90, but the Swedish automaker isn’t going to make us wait very long for special-edition models. Unfortunately, we...
This Volvo 240 Estate Is Now a Boat! · Video
15 Sep 2014, 08:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Made with thick steel and hard plastics, Volvos of old are definitely tanks of the road. But boats!? Surely, the weight of an automobile and the fact that it's not built to be watertight means ...
Old Volvo XC90 To Live On as “Classic” in China
10 Sep 2014, 17:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volvo may have taken the SUV world by storm with the new XC90 late last month, but the old model doesn’t seem to be ready for retirement just yet. The model will live on as the XC Classic, tr...
Gymkhana with a Tractor: Volvo-Powered Traktor Terror Goes Drifting
9 Sep 2014, 09:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Although Gymkhana started in the 19th century with horse riding skills over a predefined course, no one really knows how it switched to motorsport. Some say it started after WWII when American soldi...
All-New Volvo XC90 Rendered with Sexy Coupe Roofline
8 Sep 2014, 12:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Let's be honest here and say the full-size luxury coupe and convertible markets aren't what they used to be. That's because you can order pretty much any SUV with a huge moonroof and ...
Geely GC9 Teased, to Debut in November
8 Sep 2014, 09:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Geely. It's a Chinese automotive manufacturer which isn't a byword for luxury. But appearances can be deceiving. This company owns Volvo, and the second-gen XC90 was developed with Geely m...
Volvo S60L to Hit US Dealerships in 2015
7 Sep 2014, 14:46 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In Australia, both Ford and Holden (GM) will import Chinese-made vehicles by the time Aussie plants will shut down in the near future. But that's a sad story of cost cutting and globalization, ...
2015 Volvo XC90 First Edition Sells Out in 47 Hours
5 Sep 2014, 14:44 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / To celebrate its founding year and the launch of the 2015 XC90, Volvo introduced the limited XC90 First Edition with sales kicking off earlier this week on Wednesday. With only 1,927 units bei...