Volvo Employees Like to Walk
24 Sep 2010, 10:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / To show, if there was any more need for that, it's support for the global efforts to reduce harmful emissions coming from cars, Swedish carmaker Volvo kicked off a few weeks back an interesting...
Volvo Olofstrom Plant Turns 275
23 Sep 2010, 08:37 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Swedish carmaker Volvo announced it will be celebrating the 275th anniversary of its cars body components factory in Olofstrom tomorrow, September 24. Operations have started here in 1735 and Volvo ...
2010 Volvo S60 and V60 R Design Released
21 Sep 2010, 10:19 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Swedish automaker Volvo announced today the release of the all-new S60 and V60 R-Design, the enhanced versions of the stock models. The models are scheduled for market launch this fall, with the big...
Geely Picks Locations for Three Volvo Chinese Plants
20 Sep 2010, 13:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Rumors regarding a potential Chinese Volvo plant that would open its doors after Geely completes the transaction have surfaced even before officials of the two companies shook hands and smiled in fr...
Volvo 480 ES FWD Turns 25
20 Sep 2010, 10:09 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Swedish automaker Volvo is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its first front-wheel drive model, the 480 ES. The result of the Galaxy project, the 480 ES debuted at the 1985 Geneva Auto Show. Aside...
Volvo Increases Swedish Plant Production
19 Sep 2010, 12:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Things are getting better under Chinese ownership. At least, this is what seems to happen to Volvo, the Swedish automaker that was bought by Geely a few months ago. Volvo yesterday announced that it...
Australian Pedestrians Protected by the Volvo S60
16 Sep 2010, 12:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Swedish automaker Volvo will be making its Pedestrian Avoidance Technology (PAT), which can reduce the fatality risk of a pedestrian collision by up to 85%, available to Australians in the new S60 m...
Volvo FH Diesel Trucks Use Bio-DME Fuel
7 Sep 2010, 13:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As the first manufacturer in the world to use Bio-DME (Di-Methyl-Ether) as a vehicle fuel, Volvo announced it has prepared the first five DME Volvo FH trucks to operate on Sweden’s roads. The ...
Volvo Sends 300 Double-Deckers to Singapore
7 Sep 2010, 10:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / True to its status of one of Volvo Buses’ most important clients, Singapore transportation operator SBS Transit announced it has ordered no less than 300 double-deck buses, worth some $110 mil...
Volvo V60 Enters Production
3 Sep 2010, 14:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Seven months after the 2011 model year Volvo S60 was presented, the Swedish manufacturer announced the station wagon version has entered production at the Torslanda plant. It is the last model to h...
Heico Volvo S60 T6 Design Full Details
2 Sep 2010, 10:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A little over a week has passed since the guys from Heico Sportiv gave us a preview of what an S60 could do if they got a shot at it, and full details of another interpretation of Volvo's lates...
Volvo Environment Prize Goes to Harold Mooney
31 Aug 2010, 13:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swedish manufacturer Volvo, although recently passed under Chinese ownership, will keep the identity it has so hard tried to build in decades. This means that the endeavors the carmaker undertook in...
Volvo Introduces New 1.6L GTDi Engines
30 Aug 2010, 08:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Swedish carmaker Volvo announced today it has extended the engine range with the addition of the T3 and T4, two four-cylinder 1.6-litre petrol engines using the latest direct injection technology. T...
Geely to Build Volvo Plant in China
21 Aug 2010, 11:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The ink hasn't even completely dried on the purchase contract for Volvo signed between the Chinese and American manufacturer Ford and Geely is already thinking big. With its sights set on m...
Volvo Working on Luxury Limousine?
17 Aug 2010, 07:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Now that Volvo stepped on the safe side and it's sure that the brand will survive under the new ownership, chief executives can start rethinking the company's product strategy supposed to ...
Volvo Accident Research Team Turns 40
11 Aug 2010, 08:54 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Sharing an anniversary with the Volvo Cars Safety Centre, which is celebrating its tenth birthday, the Accident Research Team at Volvo Cars is also four decades in safety research. The Swedish manuf...
Volvo Presents New Management Board
2 Aug 2010, 12:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Earlier today the Volvo brand officially passed from Ford’s yard into Geely’s, with the event being celebrated through a special ceremony held in London. Now, coming as a natural move, t...
Volvo Geely Deal Completed
2 Aug 2010, 11:14 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Finally Volvo passed over to the Chinese, American manufacturer Ford announced today, after four months of negotiations. Volvo Car Corporation and related assets now fully belong to the Zhejiang Gee...
China Approves Geely Volvo Buy
29 Jul 2010, 13:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Things begin to unravel at increasing speed for the projected Volvo-Geely deal, as the Chinese Commerce Ministry announced it has approved the purchase of the Swedish unit by Geely. The announcement...
NHTSA Investigating the Volvo XC90 for Lighting Issues
29 Jul 2010, 09:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota and Lexus aren’t performing alone in the recall concert being held in the U.S., as Volvo’s American arm is waiting in the backstage area. The Swedish company’s XC90 model...