Geely Denies Bids for Volvo, Saab
15 May 2009, 15:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Chinese automaker Geely, who has been often linked with either a Volvo or Saab acquisition, recently denied all rumors claiming it has submitted bids for one – or even both as some media r...
Volvo E85 Flexifuel Engine Gets 30 More HP
14 May 2009, 10:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The most powerful E85 engine made by Volvo, the five-cylinder 2.5l Flexifuel, gets even more muscle with the additional 30 horsepower and 40 Nm of torque the manufacturer has already prepared for it...
Five Bidders for Volvo, Geely Among Them. Or Not
7 May 2009, 14:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Volvo may be in new hands by the end of June, according to inside sources cited by Autonews. Among them, the same sources claim that Chinese manufacturer Geely is among the five remaining bidders. ...
Geely Visits Saab, Hints at Potential Agreement
30 Apr 2009, 09:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After months of uncertainty regarding Saab's future, here we have the first official name that might become Saab's long-desired parent in the near future: Chinese auto group Geely has visi...
Volvo C30, S40 and V50 DRIVe, R-Design Style
23 Apr 2009, 13:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / While scanning the source of this article, we came across probably one of the most interesting statements we heard in a while: "having good environmental properties doesn't mean a car has ...
Volvo Will Cut 1,500 Jobs in Sweden
23 Apr 2009, 12:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford's struggling Volvo begins to feel the heat of the economic storm sharper than ever and, as a result of these uncertain times, has announced it will continue slashing its workforce. This ti...
Volvo Europe Recalls 21,000 C30, S40, V50
21 Apr 2009, 13:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As if the difficult times weren't enough, the Swedish struggling automaker Volvo is now forced to recall around 21,000 units on the Old Continent after discovering a potential malfunction of th...
Ford to Get Up to $2 Billion for Volvo Cars
14 Apr 2009, 13:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford may get between $1 billion and $2 billion for its Swedish ailing automaker Volvo Cars, in case the parent company agrees to sell the company to one of the interested bidders, Bloomberg reported...
Volvo Reduces 2009 XC90 Pricing by 8 Percent
8 Apr 2009, 12:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As part of its efforts to get through the crisis and reduce loses to a minimum, Volvo today announced it will cut 2009 XC90 pricing by 8 percent. Such a price cut means a saving of up to $3,250 on V...
Peter Horbury Leaves Ford and Returns to Volvo
2 Apr 2009, 15:46 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / Big changes taking place in Ford land these days as Peter Horbury is leaving his position as Executive Director of Design to become Vice President of Design at Volvo, which after all is part of the...
Last Volvo S60 Rolls Off the Assembly Line
1 Apr 2009, 13:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swedish manufacturer Volvo goes about its business, despite the fact that its future is yet to be decided, and makes room for the next generation S60, set to enter production sometimes in 2010. The ...
Aftermarket Heico Volvo XC60 Details and Official Photos
27 Mar 2009, 11:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although it was officially presented at the 2008 Essen Motor Show, Heico's aftermarket package for Volvo XC60 was quite an enigma as the tuners haven't provided too many details regarding ...
Ford in Advanced Talks to Sell Volvo
26 Mar 2009, 14:11 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford is again claiming that somebody is interested in buying Volvo, confirming it has moved a step closer to selling the company but refused to provide clear details regarding the buyers. A February...
Chery Admits It Wants Volvo, But Won't Fight for It
19 Mar 2009, 14:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Chinese manufacturer Chery decided to stop our head from spinning and finally, following denial after denial, admitted it is interested in acquiring Ford's Volvo. But, as in anything related to...
2010 Volvo S80 Gets Two New Chassis
18 Mar 2009, 13:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the release for the Chinese market of the S80L, a longer version of the base model, the Swedish manufacturer decided to make some improvements to the base range as well. Two new chassis we...
Volvo S80L for China: Specs and Photos
13 Mar 2009, 10:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The bond Volvo seems to share with the Chinese market grew even stronger yesterday with the launch of the new Volvo S80L, a model seriously tweaked up and 140mm longer than the previous S80. Volv...
Volvo Wants to Go Up 10 Percent in China
12 Mar 2009, 10:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not only the Chinese manufacturers are taking interest in Volvo, as rumors go. The Chinese economy seems as attractive to the Swedish company as it does for Chery, Geely, Dongfeng and Changan, the c...
Marchionne: We'll Fight Like Hell
10 Mar 2009, 14:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The economic crisis came under threat today, as Fiat CEO, Sergio Marchionne, said his company will “fight like hell” to make money this year, Autonews reported. The Italian official also...
Volvo Upgrades Emission Laboratory
9 Mar 2009, 18:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Fuel efficient vehicles have long surpassed the state of "concept" cars. As hybrid, all electric and low emission vehicles become more and more common, investment into research technology ...
Volvo and Saab Should Merge, GM CEO Says
9 Mar 2009, 18:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bob Lutz found it useful to speak his mind at the 2009 Geneva Auto Show and advised Volvo and Saab to merge into one company, completely separate from Ford and General Motors. The advice comes not o...