Ford plans to complete its sale of Volvo Cars to China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding next week, finishing the U.S. automaker’s exit from European luxury brands, according to two people familiar with the plans.
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Volvo Crown Paris As Most Naughtiest City In Europe! |
Car manufacturers are very well known for investing into R&D. So extensive research is nothing but the norm for them.
EU Allow Volvo’s Sale To Geely |
Volvo and Geely have taken another step toward holy matrimony. The European Union has officially approved the Chinese company’s takeover of the Swedish manufacturer.
Volvo V60 Sports Wagon Wants To Rock Your World! |
Volvo has just gone into battle-mode to try and convince the world that wagons are handy and a cool addition as a prized possession, with its latest video featuring its very own sexy V60 long-roof. The car appears to have a soft spot in hustling family and cargo across town in a jiffy.
Polestar & Volvo Mate To Produce C30 ‘Junior Nissan GT-R’ |
When it comes to heavy weight cars with high horsepower, the general majority will turn their heads to the current Nissan GT-R. But starting early this year, we could turn to something different. Volvo’s and Polestar’s C30 could be a “junior Nissan GT-R”.
Video: 2011 Volvo S60 Crashes During Accident Avoidance Demo |
Car crashes happen every day and some are worse than others. This particular crash is particularly bad because it happened at a 2011 Volvo S60 press event designed to show how effective the company’s new collision warning system with auto brake is at preventing accidents. In this case, the accident happened anyway. Enjoy the video.
China Owns Volvo |
The China Post – Chinese car maker Zhejiang Geely Holding has officially signed a deal on Sunday to buy the troubled Volvo brand from U.S. auto giant Ford, China’s state media reported. The deal was sealed at a ceremony at the Volvo headquarters in Sweden, the official Xinhua news agency said. Ford announced in December that [...]
Volvo Introduces Four-Cylinder Turbocharged Direct-Injection |
Increasingly stringent fuel economy standards around the world where the biggest influence in the development of Volvo’s new 2.0L GTDi four-cylinder, an engine with a high-tech turbo and direct-injection. In case you hadn’t figured it out, GTDi signifies a gasoline turbocharged direct-injection engine. The engine, which is set to replace a 2.5L five-cylinder model in [...]
Volvo Reveals Geneva-Bound 2010 S60 Sedan |
Volvo has revealed the first official images of its new 2010 S60 sedan that will make its world debut at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show next March. Not much details about it, but on the safety side,Volvo says the S60 can be equipped with Pedestrian Detection, a safety technology that can detect pedestrians in front [...]
Volvo, SATRE Project See Autonomous Vehicles on Roads By 2019 |
And so it begins. The age of autonomous road vehicles may become a reality sooner than we think. If researchers at Volvo and the newly created SATRE project are correct we might have it within a decade. Started last month, the SATRE project — or Safe Road Trains for the Environment — is an EU-backed [...]
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