Some of my good friends from Important Media happened to be on the ground at the Geneva Motor Show this week. And, while they were probably really there to check out things like the new electric Jaguar I-Pace and the 1900 HP Rimac C Two, they happened to take some shots of the new Polestar…
2019 Volvo V60 Officially Revealed (85 Photos)
Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, today revealed the new V60 five-door, mid-size premium estate, underlining the Swedish company’s position as a maker of cars that combine good looks with everyday practicality. The car was launched in its natural habitat – the driveway of a family home in Stockholm – highlighting Volvo Cars’ pedigree in…
Volvo XC70 Adventure Wagon: an Overland Primer
My love for the Volvo XC70 has been well documented here, but you’d probably have to head over to Gas 2 or Cleantechnica to know about my love for the planet Earth. I like to straddle that line between gear heads and tree huggers, in other words, and I like to think I do it…
Volvo Cars Reports Record Operating Profits in 2017
Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, has reported a strong 27.7 per cent increase in operating profit in 2017, earning a record SEK14.1 billion compared to SEK11.0 billion in 2016, driven by global sales of 571,577 cars. Net revenue for the period increased 16.6 per cent to SEK210.9 billion compared to SEK180.9 billion in 2016,…
Volvo 240GL IMSA Widebody Concept by Ash Thorp
Speedhunters’ Dino Carbonare and artist Ash Thorp like to play the “What if?” game. When they asked each “What if someone took an unassuming automotive platform … something a little left of field; a car that still appeals, but one that maybe nobody has yet gone crazy with, or has never applied a certain style…
For Sale: 680 HP Mid-engine V8 Volvo S60 Race Car
I’m not gonna lie- I have no idea what this is. Near as I can tell, it’s loosely related to this concept drawing of a mid-engined Volvo S60 race car meant to compete in the Belgian Touring Car Championship- but it can’t be that. That car would have had a tick over 400 HP, while…
Geely Volvo Announces Joint Venture w/ VIA Motors
Founded by industry favorite Bob Lutz, electric truck-builder Via had big plans. Back in 2015, the company had plans to sell 50,000 new vehicles by 2018– which, I mean, just didn’t happen. As recently as August of last year, in fact, Via was still talking about putting an electric pick up on the road “within…
Secret History: North Korea and the Unpaid Volvo Bill
Urban Lehner – The 1973 Volvo screeches around tight curves, slaloming across all five lanes of the road. In another country it would be a suicide ride. But, in North Korea, so few cars ply the highways that each can often have the road to itself. It’s a rarely-mentioned fact that, in 1975, Sweden was…
Chris Milton’s 835 HP LS-Swapped Volvo 240
Based on everything I’ve read on the internet, Australia is 100% freakin’ madhouse crazy bonkers all of the time. And, before you try to tell me that I shouldn’t believe everything I read online, consider the following: an 835 WHP turbo-LS powered Volvo 240. This particularly nasty engine-swapped Volvo showed up on the Chris Milton…
Volvo Engine Plant is Officially Carbon Neutral
Volvo Cars’ engine factory in Skövde, Sweden, has become the company’s first climate-neutral manufacturing plant, having switched to renewable heating as of 1 January 2018. Skövde is the first plant in Volvo Cars’ global manufacturing network to reach this status, which marks a significant step towards the company’s vision of having climate-neutral global manufacturing operations…
4 Year Old Girl Drives a Volvo FMX Truck (w/ Video)
You know who’s tough on equipment? Four-year olds. Volvo knows this, and that’s why they recruited four-year old Sophie to take command of on of their FMX trucks and drive it around a little. After all, how much damage could one little girl actually do? It turns out, she can do a whole bunch of…
2019 Volvo S60, V60 Interior Leaked (w/ Video)
It’s hard to know, for sure, what you’re looking at when you see a concept video like this one, below, by Garmin. One thing that’s certain, however, is that it looks an awful lot like a Volvo interior. Thing is, if it is a Volvo interior, it belongs to a car that we haven’t yet…
Meet David Bowie’s Classic 1981 Volvo 262C
I think most people would agree that David Bowie was a genius. A musician, actor, producer, and tireless promoter, Bowie helped to shape the path of popular music for more than five decades until his death in 2016. More significantly to this blog, however, was the fact that Bowie was also a Volvo driver. Meet…
Sustainability and Profitability – a Golden Combination for Volvo
Volvo Cars’ focus on sustainability is not just beneficial for people and the planet. It is also good for the company’s balance sheet. Here are some of the reasons why. 12 trillion US dollars. That is the estimated value of market opportunities for the private sector in supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),…
Guru Mobile Takes on Rebel Blue C30 (w/ Video)
Every gear head loves a good car detailing video, but even those can become “more of the same” when the cars they feature are boring. A T5 Volvo C30 in Rebel Blue, though? Those are many things, but they’re never boring! This video is a great commercial for a company called Guru. They make a…
Classic Iron: Volvo 242 Group A Race Car (w/ Video)
Volvo’s WTCC championship-winning Volvo Polestar S60 underscores the fact that Volvo can offer a premium performance experience on par with anything else on the market, but successful Volvos are, of course, nothing new. Volvos have been winning touring car races for more than thirty years, and one of those historic Volvo race cars is currently…
Volvo Cyan are Your New Touring Car Champions
Thanks to a number of dominating drives and an incredible win at the series finale at Qatar’s Losail International Circuit yesterday, Volvo Polestar Cyan Racing driver Thed Björk is your new 2017 WTCC champion! It’s an incredible achievement- made even more so because it happened three years early. “We entered the championship last year with…
Classic Iron: 1961 Hoyt Volvo Belly Tank Racer (25 Photos)
Here’s one you probably haven’t seen before! Built by US Air Force pilot Albert Hoyt in 1961, this aluminum belly tank racer competed in a number of SCCA events throughout the early 60s. And now, this little piece of Volvo history is for sale. Motoring Investments is listing the “Only one in the world!” special…
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