Volvo News

As mentioned last week, safety technology trickles down from technological achievement to standard feature in about 30 years, or the amount of time it takes for our children to not know what a Laserdisc is. Collision avoidance systems are ...    Read more

It's no secret that the continued growth of technology has both helped and hurt the automotive industry. With the addition of smartphones, many auto makers have developed apps that are capable of starting a vehicle and checking other vital systems. On the flip side, smartphones are also responsible for countless ...    Read more

Mass amounts of technology have made their way into cars, yet drivers are expected to keep our eyes on the road. It's as though you're taking a child trick-or-treating, yet you tell that child he or she can't have any of the day's candy conquests. But auto suppliers Delphi and Visteon ...    Read more

Volvo threw a curveball here at Automotive.com. As we and other enthusiasts pined away for the Europe-only Volvo V70 diesel plug-in hybrid station wagon—to adamant denials to our repeated "is it coming here" queries—Volvo instead announced it will debut a gasoline-powered plug-in hybrid concept of its XC60 mid-sized crossover at ...    Read more

Santa. Sinterklaas. Kris Kringle. Saint Nicholas. No matter what you call him, most of us imagine him as a jolly bearded man in red velour who delivers presents to all of the good boys and girls. For those who don’t fall under that criterion, sorry, you get coal. Or a ...    Read more

Performance and value are not mutually exclusive terms on the 2012 Volvo C70 Inscription. Like other recent models in the lineup, the C70 Inscription receives some engine and computer tweaking from Swedish performance company, Polestar. For 2012, the Inscription package will be a $3900 upgrade, bringing the total price, including ...    Read more

Swedish automaker Volvo has finally stopped teasing fans and the automotive press with dribbles of information and released full mechanical details on its Volvo V60 diesel plug-in hybrid which debuted earlier this year at the Geneva Motor show. We first posted about a Volvo diesel hybrid all the way back ...    Read more

The Chinese are coming! The Chinese are coming! It’s not quite an invasion in the traditional sense. But the Geely Emgrand EC7 is on its way to the U.K., with the Chinese automakers poised to make their way to other Western countries sooner rather than later. Geely boasts that ...    Read more

Zee German automakers and Chinese-owned Volvo all posted year-to-date double-digit sales for the month of November. Volkswagen took the lead with an increase of more than 25-percent compared to November 2010, with most of the sales drawn from the all-new 2012 VW Beetle and 2012 VW Passat sedan. The "newest" ...    Read more

Here in the states, Volvo has a solid reputation as a "Is it safe?" car brand. The problem is, even entry-level subcompacts offer eight, nine, and sometimes ten airbags these days. Virtually every vehicle on the road equipped with enough safety-related acronyms (ABS, ESC, ESP, TCS, VSC, etc.) than ...    Read more

Beginning next week, Polestar, Volvo's in-house tuning brand, will release its newest performance packages for Volvo T6 engines. The factory-authorized performance packs do not void the factory warranty, do not adversely affect fuel mileage, and with some mild software tweaks to the engine's computer, will add 25 horsepower and 30 ...    Read more

Volvo has a goal. The iconic Swede wants to sell 800,000 vehicles globally, per year, by 2020. But an ambitious sales goal is only half the story: It wants to do it with four-cylinder engines. It's a bold statement, and a bolder strategy, especially for a brand competing in a premium ...    Read more

The 2012 model year will mark the inception of the Volvo C70 Inscription special edition. To mark the C70 Inscription’s inception, Volvo has released a description of the vehicle’s additions, which add quite a lot of features in our recollection. Starting with the ...    Read more

Want to haul your flat-pack furniture even faster? Or your spherical meat products, or your gelatinous fish-shaped candy, or your various Sweden-related accoutrements? Well now you can do so in your Volvo at an even more spirited rate, thanks to tuning company Polestar and its available upgrades for popular Volvo ...    Read more

Peter Horbury, Volvo's Design Chief, has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Design—for Chinese automaker Geely, which currently owns the Swedish carmaker. Horbury has spent the past 20 years with Volvo, Jaguar, and Land Rover, and became Executive Director of Design at Ford in 2004. He returned to Volvo in ...    Read more

All European automakers except Porsche posted strong sales numbers in October compared to last year’s figures. For the first time in a while, the Mercedes-Benz brand outpaced BMW on the month with 22,637 vehicles sold, not including the Sprinter commercial van. The three-point-star brand led with a strong performance lead ...    Read more

No one likes a recall, but you know things are pretty all right when the recall stems from an optional spare tire issue. And not just any issue, but a labeling issue. That's the word coming from Volvo this afternoon, as the premium Swedish automaker is recalling 19,600 S60 sedans and ...    Read more

In California, children will continue to whine about their booster seats until they turn 8 years old, or reach 4 feet 9 inches. Until then, they will be required by a new law to sit in their mini, backseat-thrones. The previous law required children to sit in booster seats until they ...    Read more

Volvo announced today that its V60 Plug-In Hybrid will be available in 2012. Unfortunately, it won't be coming to America. The V60 is Volvo's wagonized version of the S60, a premium midsize sport-sedan that, in America, features a choice of three turbocharged engines with a healthy dose of performance, good fuel ...    Read more

In best example of Asian fusion since PF Chang’s, Geely Automobile has denied a rumor that it was looking to purchase Saab, because it already has its hands full with another Swedish automaker: Volvo. According to a Swedish newspaper, Geely’s parent company Zhejiang Geely Holding Group is interested in Saab, “in ...    Read more

Volvo Car Corp. will be shutting the doors of its Uddevalia, Sweden facility in 2013, citing a deficient demand for the C70 hardtop convertible. The facility, which is co-owned by Italian auto maker Pininfarina S.p.A, rolled out 10,000 cars in 2010 but is currently working at 65-percent capacity. According to ...    Read more

Every European auto maker reported strong sales numbers for the month of September. Many saw the launch of new vehicles (enter stage right: the Chattanooga-built 2012 Volkswagen Passat, Beetle and Audi TT-RS) which helped boost overall sales. Volkswagen as a whole led the way for the European brands followed behind ...    Read more

Volvo would like you to know that it isn't some stuffy German car company. In fact, it isn't even German. But that doesn't stop the Swedish automaker from thanking its German rivals for helping it become the number one brand for customer satisfaction in Germany, according to JD Power. And that's ...    Read more

In the weeks leading up to car show season, a number of automakers will tease photos and details about upcoming releases. In fact, some brands even unveil their new vehicles to the press prior to an official "world premiere." Volvo played the tease game with the Concept You, but unlike ...    Read more

Last week, we noted the new teaser video that Volvo put together showcasing design elements of the new Concept You. Looking back on that video now, though, we're not sure it did justice to the stunning piece of sheet metal unveiled earlier today in Frankfurt. This says a lot ...    Read more