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The remarkable blind Turkish artist Esref Armagan was invited to Volvo Car Corporation in Sweden to paint the as yet unseen all-new Volvo S60. His work was documented on film - Volvo S60 Blind Preview. The film was featured on blogs, YouTube, Facebook and other media and became a huge success. From December 7th, 8 p.m. CET to December 17th the painting will be auctioned on eBay. The proceeds will be donated to the World Blind Union. Full story...

A group led by former Ford executives this week submitted a revised bid to buy the Volvo Cars unit, according to the Wall Street Journal. Full story...

A group led by former Ford Motor Co. Full story...

A group led by former Ford Motor Co. Full story...

A group led by former Ford Motor Co. Full story...

Spies caught disguised V60 estate on test, and it’s set to share all-new S60 platform. Full story...

Chinese carmaker Geely is seeking at least $1bn in loans from the country's banks to finance its $1.8bn bid for Volvo, local news agency sources have said. Full story...

Geely, the Chinese carmaker picked as the preferred bidder for Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo unit, is seeking at least $1 billion in loans from Chinese banks to finance its $1.8 billion bid. Full story...

AB Volvo has said its overall truck shipments in October were down 41% on the same month last year. Full story...

Volvo Trucks says it is now launching an upgrade of the world's first hybrid refuse truck. The upgraded vehicle is now being released with new components and software to be tested by Veolia Environmental Services in central London. Full story...

Geely's management team are in Sweden this week to discuss the company's bid for Volvo. A tough issue is the transfer of Volvo's intellectual property rights. Full story...

Geely's management team are in Sweden this week to discuss the company's bid for Volvo. A tough issue is the transfer of Volvo's intellectual property rights. Full story...

Geely's management team are in Sweden this week to discuss the company's bid for Volvo. A tough issue is the transfer of Volvo's intellectual property rights. Full story...

Volvo Car Corp will retain the rights for its licensed technologies, while its Chinese bidder Geely will get the right to use the technologies, according to a spokesman for the Chinese carmaker speaking to Shanghai Securities News. Full story...

Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo car unit will retain the rights for its licensed technologies, while its Chinese bidder Geely will be allowed to use the technologies, a Geely spokesman was quoted as saying on Tuesday. Full story...

Volvo has said that it is pulling out of a Chinese truck venture that it says has not been as successful as expected. Full story...

How well connected are you? With the contest "DRIVe around The World" Volvo Cars takes another step towards harnessing the power of social networking. The contest challenges people to virtually drive a Volvo C30 around the world in 80 days, using only their Facebook friends. Volvo Cars will donate 15,000 Euros in the winning team's name to a carbon offset project promoted by myclimate. Full story...

It has become trendy to drive Volvo cars economically. The company's many DRIVe models are being used in a variety of challenges and driver expectations are continuously being surpassed. Full story...

Geely has developed a turnaround plan under which it hopes to double Volvo's sales to near 1 million vehicles a year, a media report said. Full story...

Geely has developed a turnaround plan under which it hopes to double Volvo's sales to near 1 million vehicles a year, a media report said. Full story...