SWEDEN: Volvo Trucks to start selling heavy hybrid trucks
Volvo Trucks has announced it is now commencing sales of heavy hybrid trucks, under the name Volvo FE Hybrid, to customers in selected European markets.
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Volvo S60 Art Session
Ten street artists were given an S60 as a blank canvas, and this incredible time-lapse film shows the results.
Read moreVolvo’s electric C30 survives winter test
Chilly debut for electric Volvo C30 as prototype survives temperatures as low as -20 Celsius.
Read moreTravelin’ man became a Volvo sales star
Norwegian immigrant Kjell Bergh turned his wanderlust and a knack for adaptation into a business plan for his two Minneapolis-area Borton Volvo dealerships. After buying a marginal Volvo store, he built it into the Swedish automaker’s U.S.
Read moreVolvo and Pininfarina to end their Swedish joint venture for the C70:
Volvo Car Corp. will take full ownership of a Swedish car assembly joint venture that it started eight years ago with Italy’s Pininfarina S.p.A.
Read moreVolvo, Pininfarina to end Swedish joint venture for C70
Volvo will take full ownership of a Swedish carmaking joint venture that it started eight years ago with Italy’s Pininfarina.
Read moreSWEDEN: Volvo appoints new chief officer
Olof Persson, 46, currently President of Volvo Construction Equipment, is to be the new president and chief executive officer of Volvo.
Read moreINDIA: Volvo launches S60 sedan
The Indian luxury sedan market crossed the 15,000 mark in 2010 and Volvo has now launched its S60 sporty luxury sedan in the segment.
Read moreGeneva 2011: Volvo V60 Diesel Plug-in Hybrid (picture gallery)
Volvo set the cat among the pigeons at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. We’re obviously referring to the all-new diesel-powered V60 Plug-In Hybrid. Upon going on sale in 2012, consumers will be able to purchase a highly fuel-efficient car with a range of ab…
Read moreVolvo C30 for £15k
Volvo cuts price of entry-level model of its stylish C30 range to £14,995.
Read moreVolvo launches ‘Ocean Race’ limited editions
V60, XC60 and XC70 Ocean Race models celebrate Volvo’s involvement in global sailing event.
Read moreQuestion of safety commitment rankles Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby:
Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby got a little testy in an interview at the Geneva motor show on March 1 when asked whether Chinese ownership could hurt Volvo’s safety image.
Read more2011 Volvo S60 T6 AWD Review
An identity crisis is always a difficult ordeal to go through. Defined by Wikipedia as: “the failure to achieve ego identity during adolescence”, Volvo is searching for itself. However, we are far beyond the adolescent days of this renowned Swedish bra…
Read moreCHINA: Volvo Cars getting one, maybe two, new plants
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group owned Volvo Car Corporation on Friday said it would consider a second car manufacturing plant in Daqing, China, as well as the one planned for Chengdu.
Read moreVolvo adds veteran outsiders to top marketing, randd posts
Volvo has chosen two outsiders, Richard Monturo and Peter Mertens to fill critical posts as it embarks on an ambitious plan to invest up to $11 billion in new products over the next five years and to more than double global sales to 800,000 units a…
Read moreVolvo to invest up to $11B in five years, plans exports from China
Volvo plans to invest as much as $11 billion worldwide over the next five years to tap rising demand in markets including China.
Read moreCHINA: Volvo to build plant in Chengdu
Sweden’s Volvo Cars confirmed it will build a new car plant in Chengdu, in China’s Sichuan province, which is expected to become operational in 2013 with the capacity to make 100,000 cars per year
Read moreSWEDEN: Volvo makes two senior appointments
Volvo has appointed a new head of research & development as well as a new head of global marketing.
Read moreVolvo chooses Chengdu as first China plant, source says
Volvo’s supervisory board has signed off on new factory in Chengdu during a meeting Tuesday, a source said. The carmaker plans to hold a ground-breaking ceremony on March.1, signaling the beginning of construction for its first Chinese factory.
Read moreVolvo previews diesel-powered V60 Plug-in Hybrid
Volvo announced that the all-new V60 Plug-in Hybrid, the first car in the world to combine diesel with plug-in hybrid technology, will offer three driver-selectable modes at the touch of a button.
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