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K-PAX Performance Cars & Borla Performance Announce Partnership

K-PAX Performance Cars & Borla Performance Announce Partnership

K-PAX Performance Cars & Borla Performance Announce Partnership California. (August 17, 2011) “ K-PAX Performance Cars of Sunnyvale, California and Borla Performance of Oxnard, California are proud to announce their newly formed partnership. The companies will partner to jointly develop a complete line of high-flow pe ... Continue reading

Where New Cars Sold in USA Are Built

Where New Cars Sold in USA Are Built

Featuring Where Built Data For 2010, 2011, 2012 Model Years Where in the world is the car you are interested in buying being built this model year? Like trying to find Waldo, it might be built anywhere in the USA, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Hungry, Netherlands, Poland, China, Japan, South Korea, France, UK, Australia, Au ... Continue reading

Scandanivan Touring Car - Volvo Polestar Signs Gabriele Tarquini

Scandanivan Touring Car - Volvo Polestar Signs Gabriele Tarquini

WTCC driver and world champion teams up with Tommy Rustad at Karlskoga on August 13. ... Continue reading

Volvo's Most Versatile Wagon Now With Added Value

Volvo's Most Versatile Wagon Now With Added Value

Volvo Car Australia has given its popular XC90 seven-seat SUV more equipment as well as a price cut. ... Continue reading

2011 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD R-Design My World Road Test and Review - VIDEO ENHANCED

2011 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD R-Design My World Road Test and Review - VIDEO ENHANCED

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2011 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD R-Design I've spent plenty of time in Volvo XC60s, but before last week that time was never at and around home. At introduction was a lovely drive up California's scenic Highway One north from San Francisco, and more recently a thousand-mile trek on Interstat ... Continue reading

Volvo SCC Turns 10 Years

Volvo SCC Turns 10 Years

Most of the concept car's technical innovations are in production - and it inspired the lines of the Volvo C30 No other concept car in the history of Volvo Car Corporation has meant more for the company's technological advancement than the Volvo SCC (Safety Concept Car). Ten years after its 2001 world premiere in Detro ... Continue reading

Volvo Group Sales Increased for the Second Quarter 2011

Volvo Group Sales Increased for the Second Quarter 2011

During the second quarter, the Volvo Group's sales continued to grow as an effect of a continued recovery in the Group’s mature markets and continued strong demand in emerging markets. Consolidated sales grew 15% compared with the second quarter of 2010 and amounted to SEK 79 billion. Operating income am ... Continue reading

Volvo Safety System Saves Lives

Volvo Safety System Saves Lives

High-tech system on Volvos is preventing crashes ARLINGTON, VA Vehicles are doing a better job of protecting people in crashes, but a new crop of advanced technology aims to prevent many crashes from happening altogether. ... Continue reading

Volvo Car Corporation Develops Range Extenders for Electric Cars - Adding 1,000 km Extra Range

Volvo Car Corporation Develops Range Extenders for Electric Cars - Adding 1,000 km Extra Range

Volvo Car Corporation is now taking the next step in the company's electrification strategy by producing test cars with Range Extenders - electric cars that are fitted with a combustion engine to increase their effective range. ... Continue reading

Volvo's UD Trucks Has New Model Condor Medium Duty Truck

Volvo's UD Trucks Has New Model Condor Medium Duty Truck

Sweden--The Volvo Group subsidiary UD Trucks is launching a new Condor MK and Condor LK. These Condor trucks have undergone a full model change under the development concept of UD Advantage and UD Solution and will go on sale in Japan 12 July. The new Condor MK (4-ton class payload) and Condor LK (5-6 ton class payload ... Continue reading

Best June Result Ever for Volvo Car Australia

Best June Result Ever for Volvo Car Australia

Volvo Car Australia has recorded its best June ever with 638 retail deliveries for the month. This result eclipsed the previous record of 620 cars in June 2009. ... Continue reading

Irv Gordon and his Miracle Volvo Are Back in the News Again

Irv Gordon and his Miracle Volvo Are Back in the News Again

NEW YORK - July 1, 2011: Retired school teacher Irv Gordon owns a special Volvo. What makes the vehicle so special is that it keeps breaking world-wide longevity records. Now, Irv's 1966 P1800 is getting close to hitting the 3 million miles mark. Yes, that's right, 3 million miles driven. The Auto Channel has been cove ... Continue reading

New Number of Votes in AB Volvo

New Number of Votes in AB Volvo

Sweden-- The number of votes in AB Volvo (STO:VOLVA)(STO:VOLVB) has changed due to the conversion of a total of 3,232,011 Series A shares to a total of 3,232,011 Series B shares. The conversions were implemented with the support of the opportunity for Series A shareholders to request conversion of Series A shares to Se ... Continue reading

Feel Safe And Secure In A Volvo

Feel Safe And Secure In A Volvo

Volvo was honoured with two awards at the British Insurance Vehicle Security Awards 2011, held at the Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre in Thatcham on Wednesday 15th June 2011. Beating strong opposition, Volvo Cars was awarded Thatcham's International Vehicle Security Award while the Volvo C30 won the Best Small F ... Continue reading

Brazil Orders Volvo Hybrid Buses

Brazil Orders Volvo Hybrid Buses

Other exhaust emissions decline by 80-90% compared with current levels in South America. Volvo Buses has received its largest hybrid bus order to date. The city of Curitiba in Brazil has ordered 60 buses that generate up to 35% less fuel consumption. ... Continue reading

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