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...
Volvo Geely Deal to Conclude Next Week
29 Jul 2010, 07:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Four months after American manufacturer Ford and Chinese group Geely found common ground for the Volvo deal, the conclusion of the sale is expected to take place. Next week, the industry expects to ...
Heico Sportiv Volvo S60 Preview
26 Jul 2010, 07:24 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volvo has big plans for the 2011 S60 model, as the vehicle should increase the Swedish brand’s popularity across the world. The vehicle offers a fresh design that manages to offer an ultra-...
Volvo onCall Turns 10, Gets Upgraded
19 Jul 2010, 14:24 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Swedish car manufacturer Volvo recently announced it is celebrating ten years since it has first launched the Volvo onCall emergency assistance system and has therefore upgraded it with several new ...
Record Miles Driven Car Ever Still Kicking, Owner Turns 70
16 Jul 2010, 12:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Slowly and surely (and it couldn't have been any other way), the 1966 Volvo P1800 purchased back in the hippie age by a then largely unknown Irv Gordon managed to clock 2.8 million miles (4.5 ...
Geely Chief Becomes Volvo Chairman
15 Jul 2010, 13:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For all those of you still hoping Ford will have a change of heart and give Volvo to anybody but the Chinese, Volvo's today announcement may come as a blow to the groin. Geely and Volvo ann...
Volvo CEO to Head Ford Europe
15 Jul 2010, 12:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford’s European division has appointed Volvo CEO Stephen Odell as chairman and CEO, as part of a more complex management change included in the One Ford plan. Odell will replace John Flemin...
Volvo's Three-Point Safety Belt Enters the Smithsonian
14 Jul 2010, 07:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the most iconic innovations of the automotive industry, the three-point safety belt created by Volvo, will from now on be on display at the famous Smithsonian National Museum of American Hist...
Volvo Considers Full-Time WTCC Campaign in 2011
8 Jul 2010, 13:43 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Swedish manufacturer Volvo confirmed that they are evaluating a full-time campaign in the FIA World Touring Car Championship starting next year. Well, Polestar Racing was actually the team invited t...
Geely Gets EU Approval to Buy Volvo
7 Jul 2010, 12:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After a few good months when nothing of the announced deal between Chinese group Geely and Ford transpired, news of the European Union (EU) giving the Chinese a green light for the purchase of Volvo...