One of the vehicles that made a mark at the Frankfurt Motor Show was the new Volvo C30 DRIVe. It is powered by a 1.6 liter diesel engine with Start/Stop technology. It consumes only 3.8 liters of diesel fuel per 100km and it emits only 99 grams of CO2/km.
The Volvo C30 1.6D DRIVe already has a following due to its eco-friendly technologies like stop/start with a brake-energy recovery system and a fuel consumption of 3.9 liters per 100km.
Negotiations participated in by representatives associated with China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group’s impending purchase of Volvo are off to a good start. Zhejiang Geely has informed unions that it intends to keep Volvo production in Europe.
Welcome to Down On The Street , where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Many East Bay Amazons have been getting crushed , but this one is safe on the Island. I'm having a tough time figuring out the year of this 122S; the early-series yellow-on-black license plates mean it's no newer than '63 or '64, and the grille also suggests...
TheCarConnection.com submits: We've been keeping a close eye on the evolving Ford/Volvo/Geely saga. So far, the biggest point of contention in the brou-ha-ha has been Ford's concerns about intellectual property, which Geely might or might not respect after the ink dries. (China hasn't exactly been at the forefront of IP law.) However, there have also been unspoken worries about the shift in production...
A U.S.-led consortium calling itself Crown and led by former Ford ( F ) director Michael Dingman is preparing a $2-2.5B bid for Ford's Volvo to rival Geely's $2B bid , sources say . 1 comment!
A further two consortiums are set to compete with China's Geely, the front runner to purchase Volvo Cars from Ford, and are expected to submit offers in the coming week.
A further two consortiums are set to compete with China's Geely, the front runner to purchase Volvo Cars from Ford, and are expected to submit offers in the coming week.
Union leaders at Ford Motor's Volvo car unit held their first talks with China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group on Thursday but are still waiting to see Geely's financing plans for the Swedish carmaker.
Heico Sportiv C30 1.6D DRIVe Heico Sportiv think there is much interest for tuning economical models, so they opted for the C30 1.6D DRIVe base. That car has several hippie technology as a start / stop system and brake-energy recovery, but that should not be a problem. After-treatment, the Heico C30 rated at 125 hp (standard 109 hp) and a max torque of 280nm (standard 240 Nm). The sprint to 100 km...
Volvo and Mack are the first truck manufacturers to have their engines certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
No one will have seen the all-new S60, Volvos most exciting car to date, until it is launched next year. But this autumn Volvo offers an exclusive preview of the car to a blind artist with remarkable skills: Esref Armagan. He will feel the car with his hands and then make a painting of it. http://www.facebook.com/volvo
Surprising as it may sound, Rolls-Royce has just joined Volvo as the only manufacturers to offer HD radio as a standard feature in every model, meaning that the Ghost and the Phantoms will be getting the feature. Aside from those 2 companies, Mercedes-Benz is starting to roll out the feature ...
See the Volvo XC60 SUV. It appears prominently in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, because Edward Cullen drives it to his high school. According to the ad , "There's more to life than a Volvo, that's why you drive one," especially if you are a vampire. This is Bella Swan. Bella has a hard time in New Moon , because her two boyfriends dump her repeatedly due to their various monster agendas. This...
The Swedes, in conjunction with Volvo, tried an experiment to see if they could encourage people to use the stairs rather than the escalator. H/T to Daniel1979
One of the vehicles that made a mark at the Frankfurt Motor Show was the new Volvo C30 DRIVe. It is powered by a 1.6 liter diesel engine with Start/Stop technology. It consumes only 3.8 liters of diesel fuel per 100km and it emits only 99 grams of CO2/km.
The Volvo C30 1.6D DRIVe already has a following due to its eco-friendly technologies like stop/start with a brake-energy recovery system and a fuel consumption of 3.9 liters per 100km.
Negotiations participated in by representatives associated with China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group’s impending purchase of Volvo are off to a good start. Zhejiang Geely has informed unions that it intends to keep Volvo production in Europe.