Volvo S60 Polestar to Be Shown at Los Angeles Auto Show
21 Nov 2012, 09:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volvo today announced that the 508 horsepower S60 built by Polestar will be making an appearance at the upcoming Los Angeles Auto Show. Since the concept/one-off has already been sold for $300,000, ...
Volvo Terror: Tractor with Engine from Volvo 240 Turbo Goes Drifting
20 Nov 2012, 11:48 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / For automotive enthusiasts, the idea of building a tractor with way more muscle than the factory intended is certainly on the list of things to do in life and now we want to show you an example of s...
Volvo Increases V60 Plug-In Hybrid Production for 2013 Deliveries
19 Nov 2012, 10:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Volvo has announced that it will be increasing production of the V60 Plug-In Hybrid, in preparation for first customer deliveries of the car, set to begin in early 2013. Production will increase to ...
There’s No Escaping the V8-Powered Volvette V70 Cop Car
8 Nov 2012, 11:09 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Now this is one cop car you won’t be able to outrun, regardless of what you’re driving, because it may look like an aging Volvo V70 estate, but in actual fact, under its bonnet, beats th...
Plane Crashes into SUV in Texas
7 Nov 2012, 09:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A light aircraft piloted by a rookie collided with an SUV, a Volvo by the looks of it, at the Northwest Regional Airport in Roanoke, Texas. The plane was on approach to land and clipped its undercar...
Volvo Offering Employee Pricing Plus $1000 to Sandy Sufferers
6 Nov 2012, 16:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volvo Cars of North America (VCNA) has announced it’s going to offer employee pricing plus an additional $1,000 to those people who have had their Swedish rides destroyed by the dreaded Hurri...
Volvo Developing 1.5 Hour Three-Phase Fast Charger
6 Nov 2012, 08:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While modern EVs don’t really have as many limitations as some conventional power advocates would lead you to believe, they do suffer from limited range and long recharge times. We’ve al...
Volvo Small Crossover May Be Delayed Due to Lack of Suitable Platform
5 Nov 2012, 10:11 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Virtually all major manufacturers now have a small SUV/crossover of some sort, all of which are doing very well, with this particular market sector experiencing a massive rise in popularity, in the ...
Volvo Reducing Production in Belgium, Cuts 300 Jobs
25 Oct 2012, 16:01 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / More bad news follows yesterday’s Ford announcement, as Volvo Car Corporation says it will reduce its production volume in the Ghent factory in Belgium as of 2012. At first, the production ...
Stefan Jacoby Leaves Volvo, New CEO Has Been Appointed
19 Oct 2012, 07:54 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volvo has announced that an amicable agreement has been reached with the now former CEO Stefan Jacoby, who will be leaving the company effective immediately. His place will be taken up by the new...
What If Volvo Made Pickup Trucks?
17 Oct 2012, 09:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Every time a smaller automaker reveals plans to double and triple its sales in a few years, we get this strange feeling that they’re overly ambitious. It’s like seeing baby kittens tryin...
Volvo to Stop Production for a Week Due to Low European Demand
15 Oct 2012, 14:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Volvo officials have just announced that they will be ceasing car production for a whole week, due to the low demand on the European market, and in order to prevent excessive dealer stockpiling. The...
Volvo to Stop US Sales of C30 in December
13 Oct 2012, 08:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the C30 three-door hatchback has disappeared from Volvo’s European lineup of cars, it has been kept on sale in the US. However, it seems that there too, it will be phased out in December...
Volvo Is Giving Away 10,000 Vehicles
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Volvo is trying to aid underprivileged pre-school Thai children through a program called “My first Volvo”. The company thought they should give away a great number of toys, which were bu...
Best-selling Motors Are the Safest Cars?
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / According to experts, best-selling cars are not always the safest. Euro NCAP has released today the results of Europe's best selling cars and unfortunately, only eight out of twelve vehicles re...
No Allergies in Volvos
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Volvo is one of leading manufacturer when it comes to car safety and they've recently announced that all their cars are certified according to Oeko-Tex standard. This means that none of the tex...
Ford Prepares to Sell Volvo For $6 Billion
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Ford are about to sell Volvo to anyone... who offers the kind of money they want. We are talking about $6 billion, that is a hefty sum. Ford bought the Swedish firm back in 1999 for $6.4 billion ...
Aston Martins Built With Volvo Parts
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Dragos Rusu / Come again? Aston Martin is cutting a few corners in order to make a buck? Well, that's not exactly moral, since the hefty price tag on these cars is meant to stand for exclusivity. What's...
Mercedes Trucks Expects Good Sales Next Year
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Mercedes expects a good year to come for its trucks. Mercedes achieved an all-time high last year when it sold 105,000 trucks over 6 tons. The company, renowned for the reliability of its machines ...
Volvo Plan to Go Eco
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Even though Ford are trying to get rid of the Swedish brand, Volvo are planing to build eco-friendly cars capable of meeting lower emission standards. First of all, there is the DRIVe, a program ...