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Volvo S40 2007

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New modified ride Volvo S40 2007.

First drives of Consumer Reports’ latest vehicle purchases

Consumer Reports Cars Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

At Consumer Reports we buy, anonymously, all the cars we test, about 80 per year, and put thousands of miles on each of them. So, we are constantly at dealerships buying new vehicles to put through our exhaustive test program consisting of more than 50 tests. As vehicles start the evaluation process, we share our initial, raw impressions through the "Logbook" posts on this blog. When vehicles...

Volvo gunning for Boris over London Congestion Charge

Cars UK (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009

To be entirely accurate, Volvo aren’t actually out to get Boris Johnson, just the ridiculous exemptions policy that exists for London Congestion charging. At present, a wide range of Hybrid cars are exempt from congestion charging. Which does seem odd. On what basis? Because they’re flavour of the month, or because Ken – when he was [...] Post from: Cars UK | UK Car News Volvo gunning...

Volvo C30 - Volvo Finally Targets a Younger Market

Driive (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009

Jon Barlow asked: Until quite recently in order to appear on Volvo’s sales radar you would have needed to be either a police force or someone with a lot of furniture or children to move around or perhaps both. There have only been a couple of occasions in Volvo’s long motoring history where they have produced a design that bucked the reputation for solid and dependable if not terribly exciting...

Workaholism: Our Spy Photographer's Personal Car...

TODAY ON ROADST3R - Car STORIES (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009

Out of pure courtesy we didn't ask if this is the result of one of our spy photographer's obsession with work or simply a tool that makes Gawid's job easier on the field when he is chasing around camouflaged prototypes of all sorts. But either way, the checkered spy theme on the Volvo 460 sure helps...

Workaholism: Our Spy Photographer's Personal Car...

CARSCOOP (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009

Out of pure courtesy we didn't ask if this is the result of one of our spy photographer's obsession with work or simply a tool that makes Gawid's job easier on the field when he is chasing around camouflaged prototypes of all sorts. But either way, the checkered spy theme on the Volvo 460 sure helps to inject some needed personality into the boxy...

Ford's new 1.6L EcoBoost four to come in three power levels

AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009

Ford iosis Max Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery When Ford introduces the next-generation Focus in Europe next year it will be powered by the first of the company's new four cylinder EcoBoost engines. The engines will be built at the Bridgend in Wales starting with a 1.6-liter displacement. Like the 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 now debuting in North America, the four has direct injection and...

Audi Q5 3.2 quattro: Comparison against BMW X3 xDrive30i and Volvo XC60 T6 AWD

The German Car Blog (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009

Interesting comparison here of the Audi Q5 3.2 quattro against the BMW X3 xDrive30i and the Volvo XC60 T6 AWD.The Audi Q5 continues the brand’s path toward a more performance- and style-oriented car-builder. It offers the best combination of all-around sport and comfort and has by far the best user interface for controls, gauges, and electronic do-dads. It’s styling is more conservative,...

Attention Assist Helps Sleepy Drivers

Gadgets Network (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009

On the Volvo S80 is a new safety feature that I have never seen before, but I’m guessing it is probably needed. Attention Assist has an interesting feature that can detect whether the driver is nodding off, which is a cause of many an accident. The Mercedes-Benz S500 as well as the new E-class [...]

Luna’s C30 Volvo Chair

Freshome (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009

The first place winner for the “Volvo For Life Design Awards,” designer Luis Luna’s C30 Volvo Chair is actually inspired by the back tail light on the Volvo C30… in fact, from the side you can even see where the light would be in the circular ottoman! Interesting and adaptable, the C30 Chair is built [...] This is a post from the Freshome Magazine , who bring you the latest...

Attention Assist Helps Sleepy Drivers

KIJO (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009

On the Volvo S80 is a new safety feature that I have never seen before, but I’m guessing it is probably needed. Attention Assist has an interesting feature that can detect whether the driver is nodding off, which is a cause of many an accident. The Mercedes-Benz S500 as well as the new E-class [...]

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The Volvo C30: Volvo’s Coupe

Driive (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009

Written by Glady Reign For the past ten years, Volvo has been moving away from their reputation of making boxy cars. While the original design is an effort of the company in relation to their safety first philosophy, competition have upped the ante in terms of designs in an effort to attract younger buyers that will remain loyal to them. The logical step therefore is for Volvo to design stylish car...

Rally Marketing Mid Wales Historic Stages

Classic cars, rallies and races (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009

Gwyndaf Evans made it two wins on the trot in category three of the Dunlop/Gambia MSA British Historic Rally Championship when he won the Rally Marketing Mid Wales Stages on Sunday (21 June). Partnered by Gareth Roberts, Evans swept ahead when both Julian Reynolds/Ian Oakey and Nick Elliott/Dave Price hit trouble after they has set stunning times over the opening stages. In category two, David Stokes/Guy...

In search of Volvo's character

Autocar (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009

Last week Autocar hosted two of Volvo’s most senior chassis engineers. I met one of them at the launch of the updated Volvo S80 in January and invited him to come over to the UK and try some British cars on British roads. So last Tuesday, along with our visitors from Sweden, I headed west with two thirds of Autocar’s road test team. We had a few hours on some of the most testing B-roads...

What does Ford have for Mercury? What's left in the global cookie jar?

MyFordDreams2 (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009

Wow, I've been going round and round with this, wondering what the hell FoMoCo can do with Mercury. For 2009 the brand has 4.5 models, none unique to the brand. There's the Grand Marquis, Milan, Mountaineer, Mariner and Sable, but only 3 of those will be around in 2010 and there are no planned new models for Mercury. Lincoln has the MKS, MKT, MKZ, MKX and Navigator (right') and even the Concept C based...

2010 Volvo XC60 3.2 U.S. pricing announced

trymi | 06/08/2009

A smaller and sportier model has been added to the Swedish carmaker’s range in the form of the 2010 Volvo XC60 which now also includes a new 3.2-liter version in the US in addition to the 3.0-liter T6 turbocharged version which already exists.

‘Volvo - The Game’ makes its debut online

trymi | 05/26/2009

A new game was launched today called Volvo-The Game which will offer lots of excitement and challenges for racing enthusiasts. The game comes with all of Volvo’s iconic racecars accumulated over time as well as the rising star – Volvo S60 Concept .

Vox Customs presents modern Volvo P1800

trymi | 05/07/2009

Mattias Vöx, the Koenigsegg engineer who has done some work on cars with the Volvo badge, one of which was his 1967 Amazon Station wagon from which he squeezed 600hp (448kW), is currently facing a new challenge.