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The world's most aerodynamic car

Volkswagen has achieved today a project that it has been working on for over a decade. It showed its first concept for the 1.0-liter car at a VW stockholders meeting in April 2002. Now, just less than 11 years later, Volkswagen will show a product...

UPDATE: Images added of the Volkswagen Nils electric concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show 13.09.2011   Audi revealed that it will bring its Urban Concept two-seat electric vehicle to Frankfurt Motor Show next week. Well VW does not want to be l...

Its stage is set for the show

Volkswagen has revealed its 8,893 square meter stand for the Frankfurt Motor Show, and it still has one more surprise in store with one still unannounced world vehicle premiere. Volkswagen has scheduled the debuts for the e-Golf and Golf R at the ...

You thought you had seen it all in terms of what car stands in auto shows concerns? Well think twice because Volkswagen has created an enormous exhibition stand on Hall 3.0 with approximately 9,000 square meter. On the stand Volkswagen will be exhib...

On October 15, 1985 Volvo presented the first picture of what was to become the brand’s first series-produced front-wheel drive car: the 480 ES. At the time the model marked the beginning of a new technical era and it is now celebrating its 25t...

Loan comes from China Development Bank

Volvo has accepted a $1.2 billion (€922 million) loan from the China Development Bank to repay its debt. It is hoping for a further loan to invest in new cars. Volvo has until 2020 to pay back the loan.  Volvo plans to invest $11 bil...

Volvo is making the interior of the XC60 a little nicer for buyers who opt for the new Inscription package. The trucks get four available leather seating colors, a charcoal headliner, special effect paint and 20in wheels.  The interior us...

Current electric vehicles have one major problem – range. Most electric vehicles available today top out at about 160km, while many internal combustion-powered cars have a range of 480km or more. The hot fix to the problem right now is to use a...

Gets rights to mid-size platform, safety tech and comfort

Volvo has signed an agreement with its parent Geely that will Geely the rights to older Volvo technology. The two companies signed three separate agreements covering safety technology, comfort technology and Volvo's mid-size platform. This is ...

On February 15, 50 years ago Volvo launched the Amazon Estate at the Stockholm Motor Show and unknowingly heralded the end for its post-war design language. Volvo launched the Amazon sedan in 1956, but it took until 1962 for the estate to come to ...