According to this leaked Volvo dealer product update, the V70 wagon
Today, We're Thankful For The Pre-Chinese Volvo
We're thankful for pre-Ford Volvo, but now we're thinking Post-Chinese Volvo
2009 Volvo XC70 T6, Part One
No amount of training or 24-hour news coverage-watching prepares you for the sight of your city, your home, suddenly transformed into a disaster area. Having recently moved back to Houston after a couple of years in Chicago, I made it just in time for Hurricane Ike to knock me around like a sack of potatoes. With power …
The Volvo XC70chero Brings The Dream To Sweden
There's a stanza in a Stephen Malkmus song that goes "And the trashed young Scandi mistook me for a Swede. her slurred medieval accent was like a puddle at my feet. You could see chopped tobacco in her teeth." This made us wonder if Swedish people actually were into chewing tobacco and, by extension, if there were…
Chicago Auto Show: The Volvo XC70 SR Surf Rescue Vehicle, For When Hof …
Somehow we missed this XC70 SR at the SEMA show last year, overwhelmed as we were with things covered in pink carbon fiber. Unless you've passed out due to blood loss from a shark attack, you'll notice the five-inch lift and 20-inch wheels. While the XC70 SR sports the ubiquitous (on concept trucks) LED lightbar, it…
Volvo Safety System Makes Assumptions About Your Beverage Preferences
If there is one thing that really grinds my gears, it's when an inanimate object judges me and makes assumptions about my lifestyle. A new safety feature to be included in the 2008 Volvo V70, XC70 and S80 will flash a coffee mug in the middle of the tachometer when it senses your driving is impaired. Despite…
Volvo to Make HD Standard in All Almost All Models
Because their customers really want to listen to Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me in High Definition Hybrid Digital, Volvo is going to make HD standard and almost every model. And if you think we're joking about that, we'd note they made the announcement in Boston. The list includes S40 T5, V50 T5, C30, C70, S80, V70, SC70 and …
New York Auto Show: Volvo XC70 Tougher and Safer, Less Teal
While Volvo may have given up finishing motorcars in teal leather, their quest for safety has evidently become stronger and more exciting. The designer cited the elegant lines and rippling muscles of the new and improved XC70 as an example of this continued move away from the staid image and iron duke slowness of older …
