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VCOA meets VAPG

Posted by Anna Kruchowski on May 28, 2009 in City Safety, Volvo History

It’s always nice to meet folks who are as passionate about the Volvo brand as we are. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend my first Volvo Club of America (VCOA) owners meeting at our super-secret test facility located outside Phoenix, Arizona. Actually, I’ll let the secret out of the bag. Internally [...]

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What if we did a retro PV544?

Posted by Anna Kruchowski on May 19, 2009 in Volvo History

The new VW Beetle was shown in 1994 as Concept 1 at the North American International Auto show in Detroit, Mich. It had all the charm of the old Beetle and had the same basic shape and design, very nice looking actually. Years later, we took media to Sweden to show them our XC90 rollover [...]

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Who said Volvos were slow cars

Posted by Anna Kruchowski on May 19, 2009 in General

Enjoy this video preview of Volvo The Game. Dan

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We kept the toy and threw away the box

Posted by Anna Kruchowski on May 15, 2009 in Volvo History

So here’s this Brit – nice suit, kind of like what one would expect from someone being head of design for a car company – but he talks with an British accent. Ok, what the heck does he know about Swedish car design? I think in those days, the head of any department in Sweden [...]

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