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Cars get updated style with 19in wheels

Volvo had a fairly subdued show in New York, but it announced the V60 will be on sale in the US and a new slate of R-Design models worldwide.  Volvo is not revealing many details for the US-bound V60 yet. It will go on sale in early 2014,...

New factories' first major project will be the new XC90

Volvo has announced plans to upgrade several factories in Sweden to build its next generation of cars. The expansion will represent about a third of all of Volvo's investment through 2015. Upgrades to the Torslanda and Olofström fact...

It uses a four-cylinder plug-in hybrid with 400hp

After a week of teasing, Volvo has revealed its Concept C Coupe, and it turns out that it is a modernized interpretation of the company’s famous P1800 coupe.  Although, Volvo claims that it also took inspiration from contemporary Scandi...

It still ranks as Volvo's best selling chassis ever

Volvo built nearly 2.9 million of its 200-Series cars in its 19 years of production between August 1974 and May 1993. The car has gained a reputation for having amazing reliability and being incredibly practical. It was criticized for being boxy a...

Volvo has been equipping cars with airbags for the last 25 years. Since then, it has been the first manufacturer in the world to build cars with side curtain airbags, seat-mounted side airbags and pedestrian airbags.  "The benefit of...

It laid the groundwork for the long history of Volvo wagons

Volvo celebrated the 60th anniversary of the PV445 Duett on July 4, which was the company’s first mass produced station wagon, and started the long history of Volvo wagons. In 1947, three years after the PV444 was introduced, Volvo decid...

Volvo entered the SUV segment late but the XC90 proved to be a commercial success due to the versatility that it offered. This was shown by the peak of 86,000 cars exported in 2005. The XC90 project was headed by Hans Wikman and his team. Mean...

Volvo's Chinese dealers reported sales that never happened

Volvo has caught its Chinese dealers cheating when reporting sales in 2011 and 2012. After an investigation into its inventory, Volvo found that its Chinese dealers were mis-reporting sales to get cash rebates for hitting sales targets. Volvo ...

With its SARTRE project, Volvo aims to highlight the potential for implementing road trains on conventional highways, with platooned traffic operating in a mixed environment with other road users. "The road train is the best of two worlds...

Many models get new engines and a new front end

Volvo is using the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show has its chance to launch its upgraded 2014 model year cars. It is the first time that it has attended the show in seven years. Volvo is also bringing its Concept Coupe to Tokyo to show off its future st...