Category Archives: Volvo
- September 18, 2008
- Volvo Thinks Locusts Can Make Us Safer Drivers
Volvo is determined to build an injury-proof car by 2020, and the engineers working out the bugs developing so complex a vehicle hope to include a few as well. They’re studying the African locust to figure out how to make cars mimic the insect’s uncanny ability to avoid crashing into each other as they swarm.
The [...]
- February 18, 2008
- 2009 Volvo XC60 SUV Images Leak on the Net !
Despite Volvo’s intentions to unveil the first pictures and details of the very crucial XC60 on February 20 (see here), an image gallery of all-new Swedish compact SUV/Crossover was leaked into the net today.
We don’t have any technical details in our hands, but the images reveal that Volvo remained loyal to the XC60 Concept that [...]
- December 14, 2007
- Volvo developing new safety systems
If there’s one attribute Swedish premium automaker Volvo is known for, it’s safety. Throughout the history of the company, Volvo has prided itself on making cars that exceed safety regulations, also a key marketing component for the automaker.
Now, Volvo has announced three new technologies it is developing to take road safety to a new level: [...]
- November 27, 2007
- 2007 Class of The World’s Most Beautiful Automobiles– also posted in Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Lamborghini, Lexus, Maserati, Mazda, Mercedes, Nissan, Opel, Peugeot, Renault, Supercars
The Lamborghini Reventón has been named L’Automobile più Bella del Mondo. Translation: The World’s Most Beautiful Automobile.
It earned this honor in the Special Models category of this annual automotive fashion show, recently held for the fifteenth time at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan, Italy.
There are eleven categories in all, though the Special Models category is [...]
- May 31, 2007
- Ford denies discussing sale of Volvo– also posted in BMW, Ford
Earlier this month we brought you a rumor that BMW was in talks with Ford to buy Volvo. Then just this week the rumor popped up again, in a Swedish newspaper. Now Ford comes out to officially quash the story, saying, “Ford Motor Company is not in discussions with BMW or any other company regarding [...]
- May 31, 2007
- IIHS crashes convertibles too! Saab 9-3, Volvo C70 earn top ratings– also posted in Saab, Safety
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) just wrapped up its own version of a clinical demolition derby on some of the newest drop tops around, and when the airbag dust settled, the Saab 9-3 and the Volvo C70 earned the Institute’s Top Safety Pick award.
Both vehicles scored “good” in front, side and rear crashes, [...]
- May 29, 2007
- BMW buying Volvo rumour circulates again– also posted in BMW
Earlier this month, Autocar reported that BMW had expressed significant interest in buying the Volvo brand from Ford Motor Company early in 2007. The report claimed BMW had gone so far as to request financial data about the Swedish automaker.
Yesterday, the Swedish newspaper Goteborgs Posten threw another logo on this rumor’s fire by reporting that [...]
