CARSCOOP (Free subscription) | yesterday
How much sense does it make to offer a performance package for an eco-friendly diesel car model that has been specifically designed to deliver maximum fuel efficiency and low CO2 emissions? Not much if you ask us but anyways... This here is Heico Sportiv's tuning package for the recently unveiled 2010 Volvo C30 1.6D DRIVe. In factory form, the...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
A U.S.-led consortium calling itself Crown and led by former Ford ( F ) director Michael Dingman is preparing a $2-2.5B bid for Ford's Volvo to rival Geely's $2B bid , sources say . 1 comment!
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Welcome to Down On The Street , where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Many East Bay Amazons have been getting crushed , but this one is safe on the Island. I'm having a tough time figuring out the year of this 122S; the early-series yellow-on-black license plates mean it's no newer than '63 or '64, and the grille also suggests...
The Local (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
A further two consortiums are set to compete with China's Geely, the front runner to purchase Volvo Cars from Ford, and are expected to submit offers in the coming week.
The Local (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
A further two consortiums are set to compete with China's Geely, the front runner to purchase Volvo Cars from Ford, and are expected to submit offers in the coming week.
Gasgoo.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Union leaders at Ford Motor's Volvo car unit held their first talks with China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group on Thursday but are still waiting to see Geely's financing plans for the Swedish carmaker.
garagecar (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Heico Sportiv C30 1.6D DRIVe Heico Sportiv think there is much interest for tuning economical models, so they opted for the C30 1.6D DRIVe base. That car has several hippie technology as a start / stop system and brake-energy recovery, but that should not be a problem. After-treatment, the Heico C30 rated at 125 hp (standard 109 hp) and a max torque of 280nm (standard 240 Nm). The sprint to 100 km...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
TheCarConnection.com submits: We've been keeping a close eye on the evolving Ford/Volvo/Geely saga. So far, the biggest point of contention in the brou-ha-ha has been Ford's concerns about intellectual property, which Geely might or might not respect after the ink dries. (China hasn't exactly been at the forefront of IP law.) However, there have also been unspoken worries about the shift in production...
eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Rolls-Royce is joining Volvo in offering HD Radio as standard on all of its 2010 and 2011 models. Of course, that doesn’t mean a lot seeing as Rolls-Royce only has the new Ghost and three different variants of the Phantom; not to mention if you’re paying over six figures for a vehicle, features like HD [...]
AutoMotoPortal.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Volvo and Mack are the first truck manufacturers to have their engines certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | yesterday
The guys driving the V8-powered Volvo 244 were hoping to follow up their victory at Buttonwillow with another this weekend, but the Buick V6-powered Wedginator Triumph has made that goal much, much harder to reach. The video below, provided by the V8olvo team, tells the whole story. Fortunately, nobody was hurt, and the Volvo will be ready to race later this morning. It seems unlikely that the TR7...
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | yesterday
When it comes to luxury automobiles and pampering its customers Rolls-Royce isn't stopping at specialized purse holders. Nay, they're extending the perks to include HD radio , now standard on all the vehicles they offer. The move makes Rolls-Royce one of only two car manufacturers to offer HD radio standard, the other being Volvo. Audi and Mercedes-Benz will follow suit in 2011. HD radio listeners:...
TechGeer (Free subscription) | yesterday
Surprising as it may sound, Rolls-Royce has just joined Volvo as the only manufacturers to offer HD radio as a standard feature in every model, meaning that the Ghost and the Phantoms will be getting the feature. Aside from those 2 companies, Mercedes-Benz is starting to roll out the feature ...
The Film Doctor (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
See the Volvo XC60 SUV. It appears prominently in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, because Edward Cullen drives it to his high school. According to the ad , "There's more to life than a Volvo, that's why you drive one," especially if you are a vampire. This is Bella Swan. Bella has a hard time in New Moon , because her two boyfriends dump her repeatedly due to their various monster agendas. This...
SUBROSA (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The Swedes, in conjunction with Volvo, tried an experiment to see if they could encourage people to use the stairs rather than the escalator. H/T to Daniel1979
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traimi | 29/09/2009
Despite a report by Wall Street Journal that Ford Motor Co. is currently analyzing Geely Automotive’s bid to purchase Volvo, CEO Alan Mulally would only state that Ford’s plans for the sale of Volvo are “progressing.” Last Friday, Mulally was in Chongqing, China, at a ground-breaking ceremony for a new 150,000-unit factory that will increase Ford’s production capacity in the country to 600,000 by 2012.
traimi | 27/09/2009
Chinese manufacturer Geely is inching its way to take over Volvo from Ford and a report in the Wall Street Journal is saying that in fact, it has emerged as the leading contender. Geely’s bid is estimated to be worth $2.5 billion, a bid that Ford and outsiders consider much higher than was expected for Volvo.
traimi | 27/09/2009
Volvo is coming up with new ways to improve the safety in its electric cars by taking into account the situations that are unique to this type of car. These safety systems will be incorporated in the new cars produced by Volvo. For instance, Volvo seeks to reduce the effects of a collision.
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