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Volvo Group - owner of truck brands Volvo Trucks, Renault Trucks, Nissan Diesel and Mack - posted its biggest-ever quarterly loss on Tuesday as write-offs amounting to more than SKR3bn dented profitability. Full story...

Four two-door cars received the highest safety rating in frontal crashes and two received that rating for side collisions in recent testing by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Full story...

Four two-door cars received the highest safety rating in frontal crashes and two received that rating for side collisions in recent testing by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Full story...

Four two-door cars received the highest safety rating in frontal crashes and two received that rating for side collisions in recent testing by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Full story...

Four two-door cars received the highest safety rating in frontal crashes and two received that rating for side collisions in recent testing by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Full story...

Four two-door cars received the highest safety rating in frontal crashes and two received that rating for side collisions in recent testing by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Full story...

When Volvo Cars launches a new car, an identical copy is released on a much smaller miniature-car scale. For the first time ever, a Volvo concept car is now also available as a miniature model. Full story...

Fifty years ago today, the Honourable Henri Courtemanche, Secretary of State of Canada, authorized the paperwork for a new corporate body operating under the name of Volvo (Canada) Ltd. In the five decades that followed, the Swedish company's iron mark logo became a well-known entity as approximately 350,000 Volvo vehicles found Canadian homes. Full story...

According to the most recent report from ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers' Association), 40,000 people die on Europe's roads every year, that is to say more than 100 per day. However, despite a threefold increase in traffic over the past 30 years, the number of fatalities has been halved in Europe during this same period, largely thanks to technological developments. Full story...

Volvo Car Corporation has chosen advanced, American-made lithium-ion battery systems designed and produced by Ener1, Inc. (Nasdaq: HEV) to power a pair of plug-in hybrid V70 demonstration cars being put through their paces across Europe this fall as part of a rigorous development program leading up to the planned 2012 commercial launch of a production plug-in model. Full story...

Press Release Source: Volvo (UK) Team Manager T-shirt for the little boss at home now in stores Volvo has started off this year's racing season in the Swedish Touring Car Championship with a bang - pole position in all races and several victories. Volvo has also introduced a new colour theme for this year's team equipment and clothing to match the green DRIVe technology on the racing car. A new green theme racing collection has now landed in stores with everything from caps, lanyards and polo shirts to genuine team shirts and team jackets. However, Volvo's Motorsport department is most proud of the new Team Manager T-shirt for children. "Little bit of a gem in the collection as it engaged the whole racing team. With several of us, from our driver Robert Dahlgren and his engineer to our main chef, becoming dads recently, developing the kids T-shirt quickly evolved to become just as advanced engineering as when we develop our racing car" says Alexander Murdzevski Schedvin, Commercial Director for Motorsport at Volvo. The result of this advanced engineering exercise with the racing team became a T-shirt made of the softest Full story...

Compact off-roader joins the rest of the range with a sporty makeover

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Volvo Cars will recall 1,020 vehicles sold in South Korea because of defective engine cooling fans, South Korean government officials have said. Full story...

Reports are circulating of continued interest from Chinese makers in acquiring Ford's Volvo Car unit. Full story...

The new Volvo XC60 alerts drivers when they unintentionally leave their lane, when there's a car in their blind-spot and even if a rear-end collision is probable. It'll also jam on the brakes and stop just before rear-ending another vehicle at low speeds. Full story...

Volvo Buses, with subsidiary Sunwin Bus, has signed a framework agreement for 1,500 buses with bus operator Bashi Group in Shanghai, China. Full story...

Despite the continued struggles of local automakers Saab and Volvo, Swedish companies have grown more upbeat in recent weeks but remain wary of setbacks for the economy, a survey carried out by the Nordic country's central bank showed on Monday. Full story...

Despite the continued struggles of local automakers Saab and Volvo, Swedish companies have grown more upbeat in recent weeks but remain wary of setbacks for the economy, a survey carried out by the Nordic country's central bank showed on Monday. Full story...

First Drive: 2010 Lexus IS 350C/250C

Ten years after the first Lexus IS rolled into dealer showrooms, Lexus is finally following its competitors and offering an IS convertible.

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Ten years after the first Lexus IS rolled into dealer showrooms, Lexus is finally following its competitors and offering an IS convertible, and it's a hardtop, just like the ones from BMW, Volvo, and Infiniti. The IS350C and IS250C, which hit dealers in late May, "give us an opportunity to compete in an area we've never competed in before," says Mark Templin, group vice president & general manager of the Lexus division. "We get to unleash our darker side with the IS C."

Photo Gallery: 2010 Lexus IS 350C/250C - Lexus Luxury Convertible Review - Automobile Magazine

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Mack Trucks, a unit of Volvo Group, has given federal legislators and policymakers a first-hand look at its parallel diesel-electric hybrid technology for heavy-duty trucks. Full story...