You might think you know the V40 Cross Country as it wears the company’s emblematic Cross Country badge. But this is Volvo’s first entry into the growing, small premium SUV market segment
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Volvo S60 Polestar vs Lexus IS F: comparison review (video)
Before you get to heavyweights like the BMW M3 and Mercedes-Benz C 63, you have these two tantilising underdogs. Can the turbo newcomer be a match for the V8 veteran?
Volvo State Estimation system can scan eye movements
You might have heard of external sensors on vehicles scanning the road ahead. Volvo is now working a system which monitors a driver’s eyes called Driver State Estimation. The company hopes to create cars that literally get to know their owners. Using a sensor mounted on the dashboard, the on-board […]
2014 Volvo XC60 T6 R-Design review (video)
The 2014 Volvo XC60 T6 R-Design is like the quiet, glasses-wearing librarian; intelligent, safe, and slightly quirky but with a passion of fire burning within
Volvo to launch 100 autonomous cars in 2014, world-first pilot
The world’s first large-scale autonomous driving pilot scheme will kick off next year, with up to 100 specially-made Volvo cars driving autonomously around the Swedish city of Gothenburg. Volvo Cars has teamed up with the Swedish Transport Administration for the ground-breaking project called ‘Drive Me – self-driving cars for sustainable […]
Volvo borrows US$800 million from China Development Bank
In an attempt to try and double vehicle sales to 800,000 per year before 2020, Volvo Cars has borrowed a staggering US$800 million from China Development Bank. A Volvo spokesman said the credit would be used to develop new products and enhance the company’s capital structure. It’s been a rough […]
Volvo Trucks president does own stunt in ‘The Hook’ ad
It’s not everyday that a company president will get involved in the marketing of a new product, especially not to the extent that he or she risks their own safety to appear in a commercial. Here we see a simple yet high impact ad by Volvo Trucks called ‘The Hook’, […]
2013 Volvo S60 Polestar review (video) – Australian launch
When it comes to performance cars, Volvo has almost always stood back and been the quiet achiever, especially in the past few years, with understated, contemporary, fairly powerful yet