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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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...
5 Oct 2012, 09:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volvo is working on a major refresh for its model lineup in the future. On the sidelines of the Paris Motor Show, the Swedish company’s head of marketing, Doug Speck, told Autonews Europe that...
14 Aug 2012, 10:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently introduced a new crash test design, the first new frontal impact methodology since 1995. This simulates an accident in which a vehicle runs into a...
16 Jul 2012, 14:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Fresh on the heels of the magnificent S60 Polestar, which has a whopping 508 horsepower T6 engine that seems to run on rocket fuel, we bring you more good news from Sweden. This time, it will be a m...
13 Jul 2012, 08:06 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After having sold the only S60 Polestar in existence, Volvo are apparently pondering the idea of actually putting it into limited production, after seeing the amount of interest it accumulated.
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7 Jul 2012, 10:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / How many times have you given up on a dream just because people told you it couldn’t be done? Like use, and everybody else in the world, it definitely happened many times for each individual. ...
6 Jul 2012, 09:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Swedish people are a strange bunch, who speak a very viking-like language and make furniture out of flexible fur trees. However, the country is also in love with cars and speed.
It seems that...
25 Jun 2012, 13:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Recent rumors have hinted that Fiat and Volvo could form a partnership, as the Chinese Swedish manufacturer is looking to build small and medium-sized cars in the US. The catch is that if an automak...
20 Jun 2012, 08:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After seeing just how much attention of the positive kind with the aptly named C30 PCP, Volvo could not have missed the opportunity to let Polestar, who create their touring cars, fiddle with the ne...
17 Jun 2012, 12:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volvo has unveiled the most blood fizzing car it has shown in a very long time at the Gothenburg City Race in Sweden over the weekend. It’s called the S60 Polestar and we have a problem with i...
7 Jun 2012, 14:40 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Swedish carmaker Volvo has plans of turning Polestar into a sort of Skunk Works division, their very own in-house tuner. The two companies already collaborated on the 400 horsepower 2.5T-powered C30...
4 Jun 2012, 09:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The fuss about Volvo being taken over by Chinese carmaker Geely is now over and the Swedish carmaker is focusing on developing new models that will allow it to live its new life. One of these models...
1 Jun 2012, 08:44 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Volvo XC90 has been on the market since 2002, so saying that the Swedish SUV needs a replacement would be a major understatement. The carmaker is well aware of this and is working to give us a n...
30 May 2012, 14:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / No automaker becomes famous for making safe, boring and efficient car. But volvo is about all those things, plus a bit of sensible Swedish design on top. So while engineers have been working on airb...
28 May 2012, 14:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / SARTRE stands for Safe Road Trains for the Environment, as well as the name of a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter and literary critic, but that’s completel...
25 May 2012, 12:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It’s hard to keep up with what Volvo is doing with the S60, but they are definitely doing something to their sedan! For a while now, they’ve had plans for a performance division with the...
14 May 2012, 08:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Chinese really love their rear legroom and with the rapidly expanding car market there, every manufacturer is keen to capitalize on it. Volvo, now being Chinese-owned, will surely attempt to ben...