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Volvo Announces Pricing of the New 2010 XC60

Posted by kimmcmartin on Jan 30, 2009 in XC60 General

The following is Volvo’s press release announcing pricing of the 2010 XC60. Check it out: San Francisco, Calif. (Jan. 29, 2009) Anticipation is growing as Volvo Cars of North America, LLC, (VCNA) today announced pricing of the exciting new 2010 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD small premium utility. With a starting price of just $37,200* for [...]

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Media Launch for XC60 – Jan. 19-30

Posted by kimmcmartin on Jan 21, 2009 in City Safety, XC60 General

We’re starting today near San Francisco, Sausalito area, to show U.S. media our XC60.  We have four groups of about 30 journalists in each group, meeting with us to go over details about our newest Crossover. This starts with presentations by out lead safety guy Thomas Broberg and Global Project leader Lars Blenwal, both from [...]

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When is a dog an elephant?

Posted by kimmcmartin on Jan 13, 2009 in General

Laws of Physics just don’t lie.  In a 35 mph crash 60 pounds becomes about 2,700. Our Labradoodle Chelsea can, in a flash, be morphed into a baby elephant. Granted this would have to be a solid vehicle without energy absorbing zones tanking into a solid wall but you get the idea. Of course, physics [...]

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A Really Good Question

Posted by kimmcmartin on Jan 6, 2009 in City Safety

The other day, we were asked if we keep adding systems like Blind Spot, Driver Alert, Lane Departure, Collision Warning with Auto Braking, City Safety and, in the future, Pedestrian Safety, if we are taking control away from the driver. Well yes and no. This question came up years ago when manufactures started adding ABS [...]

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