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Volvo Announces US Pricing for 2014 Lineup
Volvo Announces US Pricing for 2014 Lineup

2 Aug 2013, 08:34 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volvo has announced US pricing information for its revamped 2014 lineup which includes the S60, S80, XC70, XC60 and XC90, the latter unchanged as the next-generation version is expected to arrive ne...

 
2013 Volvo V40 Cross Country Original Pictures
2013 Volvo V40 Cross Country Original Pictures

9 Jul 2013, 05:03 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 2013 Volvo V40 Cross Country T5 AWD is pretty good with the sand. We’ve got the DTSC in Sport mode (there’s no Off) and the car allows us to perform controlled slides in a nice f...

 
2013 Volvo V40 Cross Country Tested
2013 Volvo V40 Cross Country Tested

8 Jul 2013, 20:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Waking up every morning in the middle of the city and going to the office doesn’t quite help you when you get lost in the woods. However, we’ve recently found a car that does just that, ...

 
Next-Gen Volvo XC90 Could Be World's Safest Car
Next-Gen Volvo XC90 Could Be World's Safest Car

6 Jul 2013, 07:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / From an automotive point of view, Volvo is where Audi was a few decades ago. Only a few people look beyond the non-German badge to see the premium car on offer. The Swedes have a lot of catching up ...

 
Volvo Posts Record Sales in China
Volvo Posts Record Sales in China

4 Jul 2013, 14:36 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volvo Car Group has announced record sales in China last month and a growth of no less than 74 percent when compared to June 2012. However, the Swedish automaker is down 2.6 percent overall with 40,...

 
Volvo Gets Approval for Second China Plant
Volvo Gets Approval for Second China Plant

2 Jul 2013, 10:01 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Swedish automaker Volvo has received government approval to build a second factory in China. The new plant will be placed in the city of Daqing and will cost about 4.6 billion yuan ($754 million) to...

 
Heico Sportiv Volvo V40 T5 HPC
Heico Sportiv Volvo V40 T5 HPC

25 Jun 2013, 15:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / After offering us a teaser, Heico Sportiv is now releasing a tuning kit for the Volvo V40 Cross Country, offering us a complete approach dubbed HPC. We’ll start our journey under the hood, ...

 
Volvo Pondering More High-Performance Polestar Models
Volvo Pondering More High-Performance Polestar Models

25 Jun 2013, 12:02 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While launching the S60 Polestar high-performance sedan in Australia, Swedish automaker Volvo hinted at future beefed-up models that could rival similar vehicle wearing AMG (Mercedes-Benz), M (BMW) ...

 
Volvo Introduces Revolutionary Self-Parking Car
Volvo Introduces Revolutionary Self-Parking Car

20 Jun 2013, 14:31 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / When it comes to technology and safety, Volvo never seizes to amaze the automotive industry. After launching a revolutionary diesel injection system and developing a new flywheel technology that imp...

 
1966 Volvo P1800 Close to Traveling 3 Million Miles
1966 Volvo P1800 Close to Traveling 3 Million Miles

19 Jun 2013, 07:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Meet Irv Gordon, a 73-year-old retired science teacher from Patchogue, New York. He loves his 1966 Volvo P1800 so much he used it to travel all across America and has racked up almost 3 million mile...

 
Volvo S60 Polestar to Cost AU$110,000
Volvo S60 Polestar to Cost AU$110,000

17 Jun 2013, 13:48 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The new Volvo S60 Polestar high-performance sedan, currently offered in Australia only, will be launched with a price tag of AU$109,950. Set to be delivered later this month, the Volvo S60 Polestar ...

 
Volvo Confirms V8 Supercars Series Entry
Volvo Confirms V8 Supercars Series Entry

17 Jun 2013, 13:04 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volvo’s entry into Australia’s V8 Supercars championship has been confirmed at a press conference in Brisbane. The vehicles will be raced by Volvo Polestar Racing, a partnership between...

 
Volvo to Join V8 Supercars Series
Volvo to Join V8 Supercars Series

10 Jun 2013, 07:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Swedish automaker Volvo will reportedly join Australia’s V8 Supercars championship starting this year. According to Motoring.com.au, the manufacturer will make the official announcement at the...

 
Volvo not Leaving US
Volvo not Leaving US

7 Jun 2013, 13:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Placed in 24/7 Wall Street’s list of brand to disappear from the United States by 2014, Swedish automaker Volvo is not leaving the North-American market, the company’s president and CEO...

 
Volvo Says Goodbye to C30
Volvo Says Goodbye to C30

3 Jun 2013, 12:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Targeting a winder audience, Volvo launched the C30 three-door hatch back in 2006. Seven years on, the Swedish carmaker is phasing the Ghent-built model out, but not before taking one last look at w...

 
Volvo & Mitsubishi to Disappear from US by 2014?
Volvo & Mitsubishi to Disappear from US by 2014?

27 May 2013, 09:25 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Swedish automaker Volvo and Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi could disappear from the United States by 2014. At least this is what 24/7 Wall Street claims, who has included the two companies among t...

 
Volvo Amazon Becomes Hemi-Powered Monster
Volvo Amazon Becomes Hemi-Powered Monster

24 May 2013, 16:07 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Volvo Amazon was a pretty cool Swedish vehicle that was sold from 1956 through 1970. While some of them have survived to this day, others aged so badly that they had to be scrapped. However, ...

 
420 HP Ford Focus RS Takes on a Tuned Volvo S40
420 HP Ford Focus RS Takes on a Tuned Volvo S40

23 May 2013, 15:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Fast Fords used to be the kings of the weekend drag event until the Blue Oval stopped making so much money in Europe and pulled funding for cars like this, the insane Focus RS MkII. The dying bre...

 
4-Cylinder Engines to be 66 Percent of Market by 2020, Says Ford
4-Cylinder Engines to be 66 Percent of Market by 2020, Says Ford

22 May 2013, 08:53 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford claims that about 66 percent of all new vehicles will be powered by four-cylinder engines by 2020, due to more demanding fuel economy standards and rising gasoline prices. According to marke...

 
Volvo Builds One-Off Six-Wheeled XC60
Volvo Builds One-Off Six-Wheeled XC60

21 May 2013, 11:52 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Back in March, we were showing you a big batch of pictures with Mercedes’ new 6x6 G63 AMG. Since then, the vehicle has been put into production and even on sale. We know six-wheeled vehicles a...