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Rendered Speculation: Return of the R for Volvo?
Swedespeed has asked the question that anyone who follows Volvo is thinking: Will R cars return? After a tumultuous last couple of years that saw the Swedish brand suffer falling sales amidst parent company Ford's effort to sell the brand to the highest bidder (it's looking like Chinese automaker Geely at the moment), Volvo has gotten as far away from producing performance automobiles as a brand can. All the while, its competition from Germany, Japan and the U.S. have augmented their luxury lines with mid-level or super high-performance cars ... Read more →
Geely looking for 1M units from Volvo, plans Chinese factory Jonathon Ramsey
Should Geely succeed in its bid to purchase Volvo, the Chinese automaker does not plan to spend any time playing in its new Swedish sandbox. Ford moved about 380,000 Volvos around the world last ...
VIDEO: Volvo goes after tween vampire demographic with New Moon promotion Chris Shunk
Paying for product placement for big-screen movies can be a pretty risky business. If the movie is a flop, doing so could be a big-time waste of ad dollars that could have been better spent ...
Lookin' Swede: Volvo reveals Geneva-bound 2010 S60 sedan Noah Joseph
A company's image can be a burden and a blessing. Volvo, for example, remains keen on ditching its image for boxy, lackluster automobiles, but it's eager to capitalize on its reputation for ...
Ford officially confirms China's Geely as preferred bidder for Volvo Sam Abuelsamid
It's been rumored for months Chinese automaker Geely had the best shot at picking up the Volvo brand from Ford, and today, Dearborn has finally confirmed it. Geely was named as the preferred bidder ...
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VIDEO: Volvo gives sneak preview of new S60 sedan... to a blind artist 26 days ago on Autoblog
With debuts for new vehicles scheduled months in advance, automakers like to keep us on our proverbial toes with sneak previews. Sometimes they give them to us, and we in turn pass them on to you. Sometimes they give previews to its top customers, who are sworn to secrecy. But whoever they want ...
REPORT: Geely's plans to buy Volvo from Ford unravelling over intellectual property concerns? 29 days ago on Autoblog
Ford has been trying to offload the Volvo brand since December of 2008, but after years of rumors and speculation those 10 months feel more like a decade. China's Geely has been speculated as the number-one bidder for the Blue Oval's Swedish luxury brand, but a report by Bloomberg asserts that ...
VIDEO: Autoblog tries out Volvo City Safety on boss's BMW 1 month ago on Autoblog
A number of bloggers on our team actually have real jobs, those crazy 9-5 things we full-time bloggers hear so much about. Sure, an actual 40-hour work week can tie one arm behind your back when trying to be a power blogger, but our own Dan Roth gets around this by incorporating his two incomes ...
VIDEO: Next-gen Volvo S60 takes Active Safety to next level with people sensing? 1 month ago on Autoblog
For decades now, Volvo has been staking its claim in the automotive landscape by being the safety brand. And honestly, that's smart marketing. When a family (especially a young family) goes car shopping and safety is high on their list of concerns, tying your product to their desire to see their ...
REPORT: American-led consortium to bid against Geely for Volvo 1 month ago on Autoblog
With General Motors and Ford both trying to divest themselves of underperforming operations that aren't core to their U.S.-based businesses, the automakers are finding things tougher than simply locating someone willing to write a check. As automakers have rationalized their operations, they have ...
Volvo buys full-page ads to pledge support for distracted driving legislation 1 month ago on Autoblog
Volvo has publicly stated that it would like to eradicate accident-related injuries and deaths per year by the year 2020; an extraordinarily lofty goal that would obviously save countless lives. But in the next ten years, hundreds of thousands of drivers will die in traffic accidents in the U.S. ...
Frankfurt 2009: Facelifted 2010 Volvo C30 gets it right 2 months ago on Autoblog
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 ...
Frankfurt 2009: 2010 Volvo C70 works best in San Diego 2 months ago on Autoblog
Why San Diego? That way you could maximize the amount of time your new C70 spends with its top down. More than three hundred days a year -- probably. We say this because we saw some leaked shots of Volvo's latest hardtop droptop a couple of weeks ago and it looked real nice with the roof stowed. ...
Frankfurt Preview: Volvo C30 R-Design doesn't just look sporty 2 months ago on Autoblog
There was a time when putting the words 'Volvo' and 'Design' in the same sentence was the punchline to a bad joke, but the Swedish automaker has come a long way since then. The C30 may be the best evidence to date that Volvo can make an attractive, sporty looking hatchback, and the little ...
Spy Shots: Next-gen Volvo S60 caught completely uncovered 2 months ago on Autoblog
The gestation period for a new Volvo model has always been rather languid. Back in the 1950s, when tailfins were making annual progress toward low earth orbit, Volvo was cranking out PV444 and 544s. Those cars spent a good part of a decade looking like 1940s Fords, and so it's gone with Volvo's ...
Refreshed Volvo C30 peeks out ahead of Frankfurt 2 months ago on Autoblog
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 ahead of the car's upcoming debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and, not surprisingly, the updates ...
Nearly 12,000 Volvo S80, XC60, and XC70 models recalled over stall concerns 2 months ago on Autoblog
A software glitch is responsible for 11,993 Volvo models being recalled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The campaign includes model year 2008-2010 S80 models, 2010 S60 models, 2009-2010 XC70 models, and the 2010 XC60, all running faulty software in their central ...
Rumormill: Volvo reportedly suspends plan to launch production S60 at Frankfurt 2 months ago on Autoblog
Volvo's plan to debut the production version of its all new S60 sedan next month at the Frankfurt Motor Show have apparently been canceled. According to a report out of the Netherlands from Autotelegraaf, the new mid-size sedan now won't launch until sometime in 2010. The S60 was shown in ...
Party Time: Volvo celebrates 50 years of the three-point belt 3 months ago on Autoblog
Back in 1958, most Americans wouldn't have been caught dead wearing a seat belt. That was mostly because safety belts were optional equipment in every car sold in the U.S. and drivers were suspicious of the things. Just one year later, though, Nils Bohlin of Sweden invented and patented a ...
REPORT: Volvo working on electric C30, will show concept in Frankfurt 3 months ago on Autoblog
According to Autocar, Volvo has confirmed it's planning to debut an all-electric C30 hatchback at its Innovation for Life event at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show. We first heard rumors of such a machine last week, but at the time the Swedish automaker wasn't willing to confirm its presence. ...
REPORT: Pininfarina family to sell majority stake in business, possibly to Tata 3 months ago on Autoblog
Due principally to debt, the family owners of Pininfarina S.p.A. have contracted with Italy's Banca Leonardo to help them sell 50.7 percent of their stake in the design/contract manufacturing business. Said a source, "It is a commitment [the Pininfarina family] made with the banks. The family ...
Volvo mulling S80 R-Design? 3 months ago on Autoblog
Volvo has transitioned from R-badged cars delivering increased performance to R-Design vehicles carrying more visual horsepower, but no additional underhood muscle. Volvo's R-Design models are well-trimmed and attractive, and Volvo wants to see if there's interest in an S80 wearing more athletic ...
You Know, For the Kids: Volvo Motorsport launches children's racing gear 4 months ago on Autoblog
Any automaker – besides Little Tikes or Hotwheels – that tries to market to kids may find itself wasting precious advertising dollars. But as far as family cars go, Volvo seems to have made a name for itself making the safest vehicles in which parents – you know, the ones ...
Volvo shows off sporty new XC60 R-Design 4 months ago on Autoblog
From the "You knew it was coming" file is word that Volvo is readying an R-Design variant of their new XC60 crossover. With the company's sporty trim designation finding its way into nearly every product in the fold (C30, S40, V50, S80, V70, and XC90), the move may be an expected one, but it is ...
REPORT: Geely agrees to buy Volvo? Ford silent 5 months ago on Autoblog
Any talk of brands for sale in the auto industry invariably includes a Chinese automaker as one potential bidder. As such, it's not surprising to hear that Chinese automaker Geely is reportedly in the running to buy Volvo from Ford. Chinese media, however, have begun reporting that Geely has ...
REPORT: Volvo owns (small) stake in Koenigsegg, could own part of Saab 5 months ago on Autoblog
In a weird twist of fate, if Koenigsegg completes the purchase of Saab from General Motors, Volvo will also become a small stakeholder in its native rival. Koenigsegg, which has reportedly signed a letter of intent with GM to acquire Saab, gave Volvo 3,750 shares back in 2000 to pay for the use of ...
Volvo prices new normally-aspirated XC60 3.2 from $33,245* 5 months ago on Autoblog
In addition to the turbocharged 3.0-liter T6 model, Volvo has introduced a new, less expensive 3.2-liter variant of the 2010 XC60, with pricing starting at $32,395 for the front-wheel drive model and $34,395 for the AWD version (*plus $850 in destination charges). The inline six is the same ...
Volvo's new Safe + Sound Coverage Plan covers everything but the kitchen sink 5 months ago on Autoblog
Lost in the bevy of numbers that is the Autoblog monthly sales report is the fact that Volvo just isn't selling very many cars in the U.S. any more. The Swedish automaker only sold 5577 units in May, and the downward trend started way before the automotive market hit the crapper. Given the sad ...
Autoblog Podcast #130 5 months ago on Autoblog
Episode #130 of the Autoblog Podcast sees Chris, Sam, and Dan kibbitzing over the obvious news, but it's not an All-GM-Bankruptcy show. Starting with General Motors (after all, it's a huge event) we move on to Magna's deal with Opel (and GM, coincidentally). Volvo's clever implementation of a ...
VIDEO: Volvo The Game now available for free download 5 months ago on Autoblog
Starting grids, chicanes, kerbs and locking up the brakes diving into hairpins make you think of what car brand? Of course, Volvo. As promised, Volvo - The Game has been released today for free download for PC only - sorry Mac lovers (a group that probably includes a lot of Volvo owners...). ...
Review: 2009 Land Rover LR2 HSE is naughty by nature 6 months ago on Autoblog
Land Rovers have always gone their own way – often literally. While off-roading demands a low center of gravity and muddy trails would seem to warrant hose-out interiors and body-on-frame-construction, the British automaker has long contented itself building tippy-looking unibody boxes ...
REPORT: Renault after Saturn, Geely after Saab 6 months ago on Autoblog
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, General Motors is working on a deal with Renault to hand over Saturn, providing the French automaker with a "launching pad" to expand into North America. The WSJ's sources say that the deal with GM would allow Renault and its South Korean ...
Koenigsegg engineer building modern-day Volvo P1800 6 months ago on Autoblog
Mattias Vöcks is at it again. Back in 2006, the Swedish-born designer who normally spends his days hand-assembling supercars for Koenigsegg used the SEMA to debut his show-stopping custom 1967 Volvo Amazon that was once voted "Sweden's Hottest Volvo." That title may soon go out to another ...
Followup: NHTSA to allow vehicle-specific child seats after all? 6 months ago on Autoblog
Last week Volvo announced a range of car seats designed with Britax specifically for Volvo cars. The same announcement also stated the seats wouldn't be for sale in the U.S. because NHTSA doesn't allow the sale of car seats only meant for specific cars. In our reader poll of your opinion, more than ...
REPORT: Federal laws keeping Volvo from offering safer child seats [w/POLL] 7 months ago on Autoblog
The safety-conscious folks over at Volvo have been hard at work with child seat maker Britax-Romer on developing a range of next-generation infant, child, and booster seats. And while the seats are going on sale elsewhere in the world, they apparently face an obstacle in the US: the National Higway ...
Peter Horbury returns to head Volvo design; Moray Callum in as Ford's design chief 7 months ago on Autoblog
Peter Horbury is returning to finish what he started. The charismatic British designer is shifting from leading Ford's American design efforts back to Volvo, the Swedish automaker at which he helped bring emotional surface language to the fore in the Nineties. Horbury leaves the Blue Oval having ...
Autoblog Podcast #153: With Phil Berg
Phil Berg puts his reputation on the line and hangs with the podcast crew.
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