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Volvo to Market Nail Polish in S60 Colors
Volvo to Market Nail Polish in S60 Colors

3 Mar 2010, 10:04 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The new S60 will not wait alone for the visitors of this year’s Geneva Auto Show to come at Volvo’s booth, but it will be accompanied by an exclusive collection of selected accessories, ...

 
Lisbon, First European Stop for Volvo Ocean Race
Lisbon, First European Stop for Volvo Ocean Race

1 Mar 2010, 19:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After revealing that Cape Town will be the first stop of the upcoming Volvo Ocean Race, Volvo today announced that Lisbon has been chosen as the first of the European ports for the event. The race w...

 
Sporty and Naughty Volvo S60 Goes to Geneva
Sporty and Naughty Volvo S60 Goes to Geneva

1 Mar 2010, 08:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volvo will bring the new S60 at the Geneva Motor Show this week, but alongside the regular model, the Swedish manufacturer will also display a sporty and so-called "naughty" version of the...

 
EU Funds Volvo Competence Enhancement
EU Funds Volvo Competence Enhancement

26 Feb 2010, 17:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Social Fund (ESF) announced today it has approved 18 million kronor ($2.5 million) to be used by Industrikompetens i vast, a competence center specializing in industrial jobs and involv...

 
Geely Out for Shopping, Buys Zhongyu
Geely Out for Shopping, Buys Zhongyu

26 Feb 2010, 10:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Geely Automobile, the Chinese company that will most likely take control of Volvo, went out for shopping once again, this time purchasing Zhongyu Automotive, a company whose main focus is the produc...

 
ADAC Awards Volvo Active Safety System
ADAC Awards Volvo Active Safety System

23 Feb 2010, 09:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (ADAC), one of the largest automotive organization in the world, announced yesterday the winner of its latest series of tests, aimed at finding the best acti...

 
Volvo DRIVe Challenge Accepted by 65,000 Facebook Teams
Volvo DRIVe Challenge Accepted by 65,000 Facebook Teams

19 Feb 2010, 09:10 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The power of the social media has again been demonstrated, as Volvo announced that its "DRIVe Around the World" challenge became the most installed branded application on Facebook in 2009....

 
Geely Plans To Sell 412,000 Vehicles in 2010
Geely Plans To Sell 412,000 Vehicles in 2010

17 Feb 2010, 14:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Chinese automaker Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd announced that it plans to sell 412,000 vehicles in 2010, a goal which is to be achieved through a new product offensive, as SinoCast reports. The ...

 
Volvo May Become China's Official State Car - Audi Threatened
Volvo May Become China's Official State Car - Audi Threatened

16 Feb 2010, 08:09 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / After an infinity of rumors, negotiations and versions of the same story, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group has recently signed the contract for purchasing the Volvo brand from Ford Motor Company. Among ...

 
No US-Bound Electric Volvo C30
No US-Bound Electric Volvo C30

16 Feb 2010, 08:14 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volvo has already presented the electric C30 at the 2010 North American International Auto Show so the company can now proceed to other important steps for bringing the vehicle on the market. One su...

 
Volvo Introduces First Touch Screen Broadband Rear Seat Entertainment System
Volvo Introduces First Touch Screen Broadband Rear Seat Entertainment System

11 Feb 2010, 15:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / At the Chicago Auto Show Today, Volvo is introducing the industry’s first touch-screen, Internet connected rear seat entertainment system, installed on the 2010 Volvo XC70, called the RDEi-500...

 
Volvo S60 Pedestrian Detection System
Volvo S60 Pedestrian Detection System

10 Feb 2010, 10:54 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It is a fact that cars can do more and more by themselves every day. The way things are going, pretty soon we won’t need a driver’s license, we’ll just ask nicely our car to drive ...

 
Volvo to Miss February 14 Sale to Geely
Volvo to Miss February 14 Sale to Geely

9 Feb 2010, 16:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford's year-plus long attempt to sale its Swedish unit Volvo may get an extension and miss the February 14 deadline set together with Chinese projected buyer Geely, as negotiations seem to have...

 
2010 Volvo China Open Money Prize Gets a Boost
2010 Volvo China Open Money Prize Gets a Boost

9 Feb 2010, 13:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / This year’s Volvo China Open, scheduled to be held from April 15 to 18 at the Suzhou Jinji Lake International Golf Club, will get a boost in the prize money by adding another US$300,000 to the...

 
2011 Volvo S60 Official Details and Photos Released
2011 Volvo S60 Official Details and Photos Released

9 Feb 2010, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the 2010 Geneva Auto Show less than a month away, Swedish carmaker Volvo pulled the wraps off the long awaited Volvo S60, marking the carmaker's entry in the CD Premium car segment. The ca...

 
Saab and Volvo, Part Deux
Saab and Volvo, Part Deux

8 Feb 2010, 09:43 UTC · By: Emanuelle Vandelay / If you wake up in the morning when the clock alarm goes off, brush your teeth, take a shower, dress with the already prepared clothes you readied last night, run to your car and accelerate to the of...

 
Volvo Trucks Reports 2009 Operations
Volvo Trucks Reports 2009 Operations

5 Feb 2010, 10:19 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / At the end of January, the Swedish trucks manufacturer has seen signs of increased demand, meaning that they were able to reduce stocks and increase production. But in the fourth quarter Volvo had t...

 
Volvo UK Partnered with Snowbombing 2010
Volvo UK Partnered with Snowbombing 2010

4 Feb 2010, 13:30 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Volvo had a great year in the UK, so the Swedish car manufacturer is now trying his best to keep things up. In order to attract some attention from the young people, Volvo UK decided to partner with...

 
Volvo to Get New Badges
Volvo to Get New Badges

3 Feb 2010, 16:16 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Volvo brand has been going through some difficult times, as Ford has been trying to sell it for some time now. But despite what everyone thinks, the Swedish car manufacturer had a serious market...

 
Geely to Take Control of All Volvo Technologies
Geely to Take Control of All Volvo Technologies

2 Feb 2010, 10:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Geely will take control of a 100 percent stake in Volvo, despite reports that Ford wanted to keep some technologies developed by the Swedish unit. Citing a Geely top executive, gasgoo.com reported t...