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Frankfurt 2009: Facelifted 2010 Volvo C30 gets it right

When you're an auto journalist blogger, you're constantly, incessantly bombarded with a series of questions. Usually it's, "What's the best car you've ever driven?" (Personal answer: Superformance Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, followed by blank stares.) The other question we get more frequently than, "How you doing?" is, "What car should I buy?" Sorta like the initial question, we have a a few boilerplate responses. One of them just happens to be the sadly invisible but highly desirable Volvo C30. Really, if you're in the market for a small, ... Read more →

Refreshed Volvo C30 peeks out ahead of Frankfurt Jeremy Korzeniewski

As expected, Volvo will do the nip tuck on its entry-level model, the C30 hatchback, for the 2010 model year. The first official pictures and an accompanying press release have just been unleashed ...

New York 2008: Volvo C30 R-Design is R-some Dan Roth

Click above to view high-res gallery of the Volvo C30 R-Design Volvo directed its efforts at the New York Auto Show toward debuting the XC60 SUV for North America, but quietly standing sentinel at ...

Review: 2008 Volvo C30 V2.0 Dan Roth

We've been told for so long that hatches don't sell here in the U.S., so it's surprising to see a new crop of two-box premium cars going on sale. MINI started it with its R53 Coopers; retro flash ...

Bats and Boats - Special edition Volvos for Bo' Sox fans and sailors alike Dan Roth

New England is Volvo Country. It's also home territory for the loved and loathed Red Sox. There's plenty of cars plastered with "B" stickers, license plates and trinkum. Long a sponsor of Red Sox ...

REPORT: Volvo plans XC30 CUV to join V30 wagon and C30 hatch 1 year ago on Autoblog

We recently got confirmation from a Volvo PR person that the Swedish automaker's new C30 hatchback will soon be joined by a V30 five-door wagon. Just-Auto.com is going one step further by reporting that Volvo will also add a new XC CUV model to its lineup based on the C30 hatch to be called, not ...

Ford Focus RS could beget Volvo C30R 1 year ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Ford_Focus_RS_could_beget_Volvo_C30R'; Mere minutes after receiving word that Volvo would begin producing the C30 hatch, we've been speculating about the possibility of a performance version that would evolve the stylish three-door into a GTI competitor. The ...

MINI-killa: Saab 9-1 headed for London Motor Show 1 year ago on Autoblog

Could premium small cars be the next hot segment? Things appear to be heating up with the MINI being joined by the Volvo C30 and word of another Swede stepping into the fray. Saab will unveil its Delta platform-based 9-1 at the 2008 London Motor Show and it will be available for purchase in late ...

Volvo C30 wagon confirmed by PR spokesperson 1 year ago on Autoblog

Our friends from World Car Fans sat down with a Volvo PR person last week at the Helsinki Motor Show and after a suitable amount of poking and prodding, they got the skinny on Volvo's plans to offer a wagon version of its C30 hatch. The five-door version would be based off the same Mazda3 platform ...

Volvo C50?: Volvo considering five-door C30 2 years ago on Autoblog

During a sit down with Volvo's senior veep of R&D, Magnus Jonsson told Automotive News that a five-door version of the C30 might be in the cards. "The five-door would be less exciting from a design perspective, but we're looking to expand." That seems like an accurate statement considering that ...

First drive: Volvo C30 Version 2.0 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view high-res gallery of the 2008 Volvo C30 Despite a number of great coupe offerings recently, two-door hatchbacks have sold rather badly in this country in the past few years. Volvo, however, thinks the best way it can compete in the coupe niche is by resurrecting the 1971 ...

Frankfurt 2007: Volvo C30 Efficiency keeps it simple, stupid 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view high-res gallery of the Volvo C30 Efficiency As we told you earlier, the new Volvo C30 Efficiency achieves better fuel economy by incorporating off-the-shelf ideas available to any automaker with an eye on higher mileage. Its 105 HP 1.6L turbodiesel engine is optimized for ...

Volvo planning major lineup changes 2 years ago on Autoblog

Automotive News is dishing on Volvo's product lineup plans between now and 2010. The newly released second-generation S80 won't see any major changes, nor will the new 70-series wagons, the C70, or the C30. The S40's going to bid us adieu, as there's price overlap with the S60, and the S60's not ...

Saab expansion in the works, new compact planned 2 years ago on Autoblog

Saab is trying desperately to remake itself as a premium player in a market rife with competitors offering sharp styling and competent handling. The Swedish automaker has been in a marketing and design rut, which it intends to rectify by offering a new compact model that takes aim at the MINI and ...

We've heard this before: USA Today reports hatches are coming back 2 years ago on Autoblog

Being the auto-obsessive types that you are, we're sure you can recount endless conversations with potential car buyers about the variety of body styles on the market, and how several of the CUVs and wagons currently available are, at times, far superior to their overblown SUV counterparts. The ...

Volvo dropping "R" models after this year 2 years ago on Autoblog

Back in February, we reported that Volvo would be eliminating its remaining R-badged offerings in the future; specifically the S60R and V70R. At the time, there was discussion that other models in Volvo's line-up may get R-worthy tweaks when these two models were nixed. Another rumor that Volvo may ...

What would you pay for a C30? Volvo's interested. 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for our high res gallery of the C30. Volvo is taking an interesting tack to gauge consumer interest in its new hatch, the C30. According to Automotive News, the automaker is allowing visitors to the C30's site to configure their ride as desired, and then is quoting them a ...

Mega Gallery: The Volvo C30 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view 93 new wallpaper-sized pics of the Volvo C30 var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/design/Photo_gallery_Volvo_s_C30_Hatchback'; Sure, the Volvo C30's old news by now, but it's still one of this year's favorites among the Autoblog staff. This week, the automaker released a ...

Volvo developing C30 series hybrid concept 2 years ago on Autoblog

Volvo has long tried to be good environmental stewards. Even before its revolutionary Lambda-Sond system in the late 1970s, the Gothenburg-based automaker had been making efforts to tread lightly. Now comes word that Volvo has developed a hybrid version of the C30 hatchback. The drive system is ...

Detroit Auto Show: Volvo debuts the oh-so-Swedish XC60 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for a full sized galllery. var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/offbeat_news/Volvo_unveils_the_XC60_concept/'; Volvo introduced the XC60 concept last night here at the Detroit Auto Show as a way to appeal to the thirtysomething loft-dwelling crowd (drawing on the momentum ...

Fast? Ja. Stylish? Ja. - Heico Sportiv to unveil 5 Volvo models at Essen 2 years ago on Autoblog

Heico Sportiv has unveiled their latest Volvo upgrades just prior to the Essen Motorshow with nary a chrome rim in sight. Heico covers the entire Volvo range, from C30 to a butching-up of the XC90 ute and finishing at the top of the range with a beautifully executed toning of the C70s lines. ...

EXCLUSIVE: Volvo hatches the C30 ad campaign 2 years ago on Autoblog

We're looking forward to the eventual US arrival of the new Volvo C30. Next month, Volvo will be launching its new ad campaign for the plucky little hatchback across Europe. Spearheading the effort is a series of 16 different television commercials created by Fuel London (part of Euro RSCG ...

Volvo, Ford will get their own DSG 3 years ago on Autoblog

Whatever stance you take in the automatic versus manual debate, if you haven't done so already, go out and sample a VW or Audi product equipped with the DSG transmission. All the positives – quicker shifts, better fuel economy, geek-cred – far outweigh the negatives and the fact that ...

SEMA: And Volvo C30 makes three 3 years ago on Autoblog

click on image to enlarge This trio of Volvo C30 concepts greets every person entering the Ford display at the 2006 SEMA show. Our favorite by far was the C30 by Evolvo that's powered by a sequentially turbocharged version of the normal C30's 2.5-liter in-line five-cylinder engine, but producing ...

Volvo's XC50 mini-ute still in the making 3 years ago on Autoblog

Volvo's new rival for the BMW X3 is apparently getting close to production. The new Volvo XC50 should reach dealers around the same time as another new Euro rival, the Audi Q5. Looks like there are going to be a lot of good competitors in the premium mini-ute segment. The XC50 will most likely be ...

The other side of the pen: Volvo C30 designer starts blog 3 years ago on Autoblog

In a development that could prove to be very interesting, designer Simon Lamarre -- the man responsible for the exterior of the Volvo C30 -- has started blogging. Lamarre's C30 Designer Blog has a single post on it so far, in which he talks about the feelings a designer experiences when his work is ...

Volvo to sell C30 in U.S. 3 years ago on Autoblog

Soon after Volvo unveiled its C30 in Paris, it was announced that the diminutive hatch will find its way stateside. Although its primary market will be Europe, Volvo would like to see a fair number of the 65,000 C30s produced finding a home in American garages. The C30 rides on an identical wheel ...

Paris Motor Show: Volvo C30 live and press shots 3 years ago on Autoblog

Volvo just took the wraps off the C30 hatch and it's pretty much exactly like the car we've been showing you for the past several months. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Smaller than the S40, the Mazda3-based hatch puts out 218 hp and 236 lb-ft of torque with the top option turbocharged ...

Base Volvo C30 spotted in Sweden 3 years ago on Autoblog

George over at Swedespeed posted this shot of a what appears to be a base Volvo C30 in the wild. Well, it's on the verge of being released into the wild anyway. The blue hatchback was spied with two of its siblings in the parking lot at the Volvo delivery center in Gothenborg, Sweden. The wheels ...

Volvo readies three C30 concepts for SEMA 3 years ago on Autoblog

click on image above to enlarge As you know, we were unabashedly impressed with the C30 when it debuted as a concept at the 2006 North American International Auto Show and were equally excited to see the production version lost little of the concept's charm. It turns out that Volvo is pretty ...

Volvo's profitablity waning 3 years ago on Autoblog

In Ford's Premier Auto Group (PAG) one manufacturer has stood alone, sustaining a high degree of prosperity in the past. However, in the last two years, Volvo has seen a decline in its new vehicle sales and judging by figures from the first half of 2006, those numbers seem to be dwindling even ...

VIDEO: Volvo C30 3 years ago on Autoblog

For your viewing pleasure we've stitched together this video of the upcoming Volvo C30 hatchback that will be officially unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in September and have to say that this little hatch looks even better while in motion than it does in a snapshot. Though the comments have been ...

Volvo C30 official production shots leaked 3 years ago on Autoblog

According to Autoblog Spanish, Volvo had originally planned on releasing official details and photos of the C30 hatchback on July 25th, but you know how the internet works... We did a double take at first seeing these pics of the production version of the C30 hatchback that first debuted as the ...

Volvo C30 taking shape 3 years ago on Autoblog

This spy shot of the Volvo C30, which was introduced as a concept at the 2006 Detroit Auto Show, shows the Swedish company's premium hatchback nearly naked in the snow. What's obvious is the C30 borrows heavily from the S40 small sedan from the A-pillar forward. According to Auto Express that ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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