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Refreshed cars will come in early summer

Volvo desperately wants to boost sales, and it appears willing to spend money to do it. Last week, the Swedish automaker released its January sales report, and things were not good. Sales were down 2.1% globally and down 14.7% in the EU. The brigh...

The award specifically lauds Volvo's pedestrian airbag

Volvo has received a Global NCAP Innovation Award for the pedestrian airbag in the Volvo V40. Professor Lotta Jakobsson, Volvo's safety specialist, accepted the award at the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles Conference in Seoul, South Korea. Jakobss...

Volvo will be testing safety systems at a new separate business called Active Safety Test Area, or ASTA for short. The business will be located next door to Volvo's test center in Hällered, Sweden, and is owned by the Technical ...

Volvo has a goal that no one in one of its cars will be killed or significantly injured in a car accident by 2020. Volvo's Senior Safety Manager says that the company is on track to achieve the goal. It currently has three safety initiatives: ...

It will debut at the North American International Auto Show

Volvo has revealed its Concept XC Coupe that will publicly debut at the North American International Auto Show on January 13. It is the first tease of what the next generation XC90 crossover will look like when it goes on sale in 2014. Like th...

Luxury version of the new Swedish SUV will be offered in selected markets

Volvo is going forward with its expansion strategy based on the new XC90. In Shanghai the Swedish brand will be unveiling a super-luxury version of the XC90 SUV, called Excellence. The new XC90 Excellence will go on sale later this year in selecte...

It will take many of the styling elements from the Concept C, like the grill and infotainment

During the reveal for the Volvo Concept Coupe, Volvo also presented the first images for the next generation XC90 that will go on sale next year.  The front of the car has the T-shaped running lights from the Concept Coupe and rectangular...

Volvo Cars’ crash-test laboratory is celebrating 10 years of work. Thanks to this facility, located in Torsland Volvo has completed almost 3,000 full-scale tests in the last ten years, giving the brand a help on handing safer vehicles to its ow...

05RR was unveiled at the Goodwood Festival

The Mexican brand Vuhl created a more radical circuit version based on its first production model the 05. The 05RR was unveiled at the Goodwood Festival.   Twenty kilos lighter than the 05 (at 675kg) and more aerodynamic, the 05RR wit...

Asia continues to be a major market for both companies

Volkswagen Cars and Audi continue to experience worldwide growth, except in Europe where both had falling sales. Both are still experiencing rapid growth in Asia, especially China. Volkswagen Volkswagen Cars has sold 2.91 million cars in t...