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The world was supposed to meet Volvo's new hatchback at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, but a French car magazine just leaked this grainy photo to us all. You're looking at Sweden's answer to the Audi A3 and the BMW 1-Series. More »
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This is a story about how I found the basement for the world's most storied auto museum with a key from an old Volvo and realized I loved something more than cars. Specifically, how I loved the woman who would end up with the questionable honor of being my wife. More »
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Pascal Prokop has his own solution for Switzerland's exceptionally cold winter: He built a wood-burning stove into the passenger seat of his 1990 Volvo 240 station wagon. More »
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The car is an '89 740 Turbo. No V8 swap, it's just a middle class family hauler with over 310,000 miles on the dash. Watch it slide through the snow in rear-drive perfection. More »
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It's a beater Volvo 240 wagon that's had a V8 heart transplant and is now serving duty as a sideways monster. Needless to say, we love it. More »
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A short list of things we'll never tire of: a glass of fine whiskey, the music of John Coltrane, the company of an intelligent woman, watching an old Volvo wagon outrun a Ferrari at a Swedish air force base. More »
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This is what happens when the Swedish army gets its hands on an old Volvo 142. Drifting, fire, and tanks. Warning: slight language-related NSFW interlude. More »
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If you need proof a big turbo can make anything go fast, look no further than this video of a four door Volvo 850 running a 6.85 second 1/4 mile. More »
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Volvo wagons aren't exactly the first vehicle that comes to mind when you think about a performance car, but this is no ordinary Volvo wagon. Underneath the hood of this 1997 Volvo V90 is the LS1 V8 from a 2004 Pontiac GTO. More »
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Although any Volvo 1800ES is a pretty rare find, an example with only 90 original miles on it like this one is beyond rare. We sincerely doubt any other 1800ES in the world has traveled so few miles and remained in such perfect example as the orange car seen here. More »
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There was no reason not to drive your 1993 Volvo 440 off a building—at least that is what this British Volvo commercial seemed to suggest. More »
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Sometimes, the more boring a car is when it rolls off the assembly line, the more amazing it can be in the real world. This is a naturally aspirated, 2.3 liter, four-cylinder Volvo 240 wagon with an automatic. More »
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We don't know much about this insane Volvo 142, but watching it run down the 402m drag strip at the Emmaboda Motorfestival in Sweden tells us more than enough. More »
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Leave it to Volvo's Swedish-Chinese overlords to pull an enigma into the Frankfurt Motor Show — a big luxury sedan called the Concept You that tells more about its carpets than its engine. Is Volvo turning into an upscale Ikea? More »
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A drag race between a Ferrari 360 Spider and a Volvo big rig sounds pretty one sided, but this isn't just any big rig. The "Mean Green" was built by Volvo and features a twin turbo 16 liter engine good for 1900hp as well as a 200hp electric motor. The company created the truck to be the world's fastest hybrid truck and from the looks of this video they are well on their way to claiming that title. More »
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Like Rodney Dangerfield, Volvo's innocuous C70 don't get no respect. Well, that's about to change - for the car at least - because today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo is too pimped to be diss'd, but will you find its price equally respectable? More »
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Get rid of the attractive spokeswoman and luxury backdrop, according to this classic Volvo ad the way to sell your car in 1973 was with involved diagrams and nerdy engineers in white coats. Instead of "fluff", other car makers started talking about disc brakes and strong bodies while trying to build the kind of car Volvo had been building for years. You know, slightly boring ones that would probably be a lot easier to sell with the help of attractive spokeswomen and luxury backdrops. More »
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There's no equivalent in China to America's array of lemon laws, forcing owners of massively defective new vehicles to exorcise their demons in other ways, whether it's sledgehammers or dragging a broken Volvo through the streets with an ox. More »
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Most car lovers will remember the Swedish built Caresto T6 R from the stir it created when it debuted in 2004. Along with becoming the first foreign built vehicle to ever capture Hot Rod Magazine's coveted "Hot Rod of the Year" award, the T6 R captivated the car show circuit. Seven years later this Swedish hot rod is being offered on Ebay by the Coach builder that created it. More »
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K-PAX Racing's turned an off-the-line Volvo C30 into a world-beating race car in 60 days. Driver Robb Holland's giving us weekly race reports on Project Grocery Getter. This week they rack up their first win. —Ed. More »
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Swedes were apparently longing for big American V8s while we were longing for their boxy, well-sorted RWD sedans. Now an enterprising group has bridged the two cultures with a Volvo 740 powered by a Chevy 350 stroked to 383 with a pair of Garrett GT42 turbos. Genius. It'll run a 9.44 1/4-mile on slicks. More »
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K-PAX Racing's turned an off-the-line Volvo C30 into a world-beating race car in 60 days. Driver Robb Holland's giving us weekly race reports on Project Grocery Getter. Race three: Miller Motorsports Park, a little late. —Ed. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5806980&view=rss&microfeed=true And the first automaker to develop a Porsche-style flywheel KERS hybrid system for the street could be... Volvo? File this one under How the Swedes Got Their Shwerve Back. More »
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Volvo has said inte mer to more wagons, so those of us who love them will just have to make do with the ones already out there. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 1968 122 Wagon is out there, but is its price far out? More »
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K-PAX Racing's turned an off-the-line Volvo C30 into a world-beating race car in 60 days. Driver Robb Holland's giving us weekly race reports on Project Grocery Getter. Race two: Long Beach. —Ed. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5795462&view=rss&microfeed=true So the Dutch were all like Volvo and Saab are totally going to hook up this morning, but then Volvo today was like That skank? NEVER GONNA HAPPEN. It's like a Missy Elliot video up in here. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5794807&view=rss&microfeed=true An interesting twist in the ongoing Saab saga as the Swedish government reportedly "is in talks with" Volvo to see if they'll consider buying Saab. UPDATE Volvo denies this. More »
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The current Volvo S60 R-Design — like all R-designs — has been limited to suspension tweaks and expensive aesthetic upgrades. No more! An inside source tells us the next R-Design S60's getting a power boost. More »
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Round 3 of the Pirelli World Challenge Championships at Long Beach will be streamed online today via www.world-challengeTV.com starting at 7pm EST/ 4pm PST. Be sure to watch for Project Grocery Getter as Robb Holland and K-Pax Racing show the world what a Volvo C30 built in 60 days is capable of. More »
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K-PAX Racing's turned an off-the-line Volvo C30 into a world-beating race car in 60 days. Driver Robb Holland's giving us weekly race reports on Project Grocery Getter. First race: St. Petersburg. —Ed. More »
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Turbobricks.org was a site that was all about the fast Volvos. It's pretty much gone, but today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Turbo 242 is still here, and at a price that could mean it may not be going fast. More »
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K-PAX Racing's attempting to turn an off-the-line Volvo C30 into a world-beating race car in 60 days. Driver Robb Holland's going to give us weekly project updates. Part Eight: the finale. —Ed. More »
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K-PAX Racing's attempting to turn an off-the-line Volvo C30 into a world-beating race car in 60 days. Driver Robb Holland's going to give us weekly project updates. Part Seven: them's the brakes. —Ed. More »
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When WTCC's 2011 season starts in Brazil this weekend, it'll have a Swede in the grid: Polestar Racing's Volvo C30 DRIVe. The team's starting with a two-liter, and changing in-season to a 1.6-liter turbo from a brand-new Volvo engine family. More »
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K-PAX Racing's attempting to turn an off-the-line Volvo C30 into a world-beating race car in 60 days. Driver Robb Holland's going to give us weekly project updates. Part Six: a shocking revelation. —Ed. More »
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"The [Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid] as you see it today won't make its way to these shores" due mostly this country's diesel laws and buying habits. We're taking his comments to mean a non-diesel version isn't out of the question. More »
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We're going full speed, Wile E. Coyote on a giant ACME rocket style, headed towards the finish line three weeks away. Looking at our C30 now you're thinking "Wait a sec… it's taken you guys four weeks just to get the car down to a painted shell with roll cage!?!" More »
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Those of you following Project Grocery Getter know K-PAX Racing's prepping a Volvo C30 for the World Challenge GT racing series. They're also working up a pair of new S60s to defend the Manufacturer's and Driver's titles they picked up last year. More »
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One month down, one month to go and the guys at K-PAX Racing are right on schedule. That's one of the great things about these guys, they have built so many racecars that they have turned what is basically an art into a science. It's pretty awesome to watch and even cooler to actually be a part of.  More »
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