Volvo V70 News

EUROPEAN VOLVO DRIVEe: Competing teams from Switzerland recently drove from Zurich to Gothenburg in Sweden in Volvo V50 DRIVe units and the winning team averaged 3.1 litres of diesel/100km. UK correspondent DAVID WILKINS has been trying out a similar Volvo S80.

New car sales in Sweden took an unexpected jump in November, signaling a clear upward trend in the market, according to an industry group.

There is a whole area of the Mercedes tradition connected with estate cars that the company's engineers and designers have had to digest and reinterpret in order to produce this new model.

LIKE ANY industry, the motoring world has its own generally accepted practices. The difference with the motoring industry is that when a member opts to think outside the box and challenge convention a rebuke rarely follows.

The 2009 Volvo C30 R-Design. With 227 horsepower on tap at 5,000 rpm and a strong 236 pound-feet of torque starting at a low 1,500 rpm and holding on until 4,800 rpm, the 1,450-kilogram three-door launches with enthusiasm.

Base T5 versions add a standard leather gearshift knob with aluminum inlays and a leather parking brake cover, while the T5 R-Design also gets standard foglights.

Yesterday we heard news that Ford's preferred bidder for Volvo, China's Geely, has ambitious plans to boost the Swedish automaker's sales to the one million mark within five years and is planning up to three new models in order to do so.

By Danie Botha Volvo's sportiest offering in decades, the S60, was launched in South Africa last week amidst high hopes from Volvo SA that this would be the car that will successfully take on BMW's 3-series and Mercedes-Benz's C-class. Based on the same platform used for the top-of-the-range S80, the V70 wagon and the four-wheel drive Xross ...

November 8, 2009: Volvo is in the starting blocks for 2010 with changes across its model range that further raise the stakes on technological advancement, customer appeal and value for money.

FORGET budget airlines for low cost breaks to Europe - Volvo has a new car which can do the job at a fraction of the price.

CAMDEN : If you believe that diesel vehicles are just those monster pickup trucks with dual wheels that fume and snort through town on the weekend , herea TMs a news flash: Diesel technology has come a long way, at least in Europe.

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Volvo's V70 family troop carrier has most of the UK's big estate market sewn up, but in spite of its enduring appeal and long-lived toughness, the V70 is a heavy and thirsty car which means high running costs and growing VED taxes.

FAMILY fun is the goal for Peugeot as it goes about launching a new seven seater.

There comes a time in the world of ever-upsized cars when you reckon there's simply no need for anything bigger, writes Ian Donaldson.

Andrew English of Popular Mechanics magazine is an envious individual right now.

Subaru's flagship, the Outback H6-3, has taken top honours as Caravan & Outdoor Life's Towcar of the Year in the new 4x4 category against tough competition from Audi's Allroad and Volvo's Cross Country, which were second and third respectively.

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Volvo Cars of North America today announced it is the first automaker to offer HD Radio technology as a standard feature across its entire product line.

As the editors of TheCarConnection.com have experienced time and time again, an unsatisfying sound or some stray creaks and rattles can ruin an otherwise perfectly good new-car driving impression.