Volvo XC90 News

Here are the first pictures of a Volvo V40 Cross Country seen on Malaysian roads, sent in by eagle-eyed reader Mesh Naidu.

The image you see above is just about all we know of the new Volvo crossover that will be revealed at 8:30 pm Central European Time on May 17 .

The integrated campaign of TV, print, billboard and digital marketing, launched two weeks ago, moves away from Volvo's traditional safety-oriented ads.

Six new Volvo models featuring revised styling, additional equipment and reduced CO2 emissions are set to arrive at dealerships nationwide.

ALTHOUGH it may not have revolutionised the luxury 4x4 genre quite so radically as the BMW X5 did, the Volvo XC90 moved the state of the art on in a way few thought possible.

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Volvo is in the midst of developing a Golf -sized modular vehicle platform with owner Geely , and according to Automobile Magazine , this platform will first underpin the XC40, a future C-segment crossover that could bridge the gap between the V40 Cross Country and the XC60 .

Despite just having refreshed nearly its entire portfolio, Volvo is still in the middle of a big product offensive.

Volvo has a reputation for building solid, safe, Swedish cars , and apparently it's content with that.

Volvos have been changing over time, but it's a slow change. John Davis says they take their 'Swede' time, which is enough to make everyone in a 12 mile radius audibly cringe.

The Volvo XC90's design was actually completed in the late 1990s even though it didn't go on sale until the early 2000s.

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Despite Volvo's attempt to aim for BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi , CEO Hakan Samuelsson says that the brand will not introduce a full-size flagship.