One really fast C30
The Champagne corks are popping at HEICO SPORTIV. In a historic triumph, it became the first ever team to capture a class victory with a bioethanol-powered vehicle at the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife 24 Hour Race. After precisely 24:06:45.623 hours, the HEICO SPORTIV Volvo C30 blazed past the finishing line as victor of the “SPT4” class [...]
What does the History Channel, a Spy Car, and soon to be crushed XC60 have in common?
A lot! About four months ago the History Channel’s newest series, Sliced, called and wanted to get a seat belt and air bag to cut open. Told them we’ll give them a whole car and it seems we caught them completely off guard. We gave them an XC60 that was heading to US Customs certified crusher. [...]
First U.S. Journalist to Drive the 2011 Volvo S60
Roger Hart from AutoWeek just came back from Germany, a great place to test drive any car, and in the link below he writes about our new S60 coming this later this year. http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100517/CARREVIEWS/100519894 dan
A contest
Ok you guys and gals have seven (7 for those of us who are fixated with seeing a number number) days to come up with a caption. Awards have not been decided but you can bet it will not be a new Volvo. Fun weekend to you all, dan
C70 Review from CBS News Guest Blogger
CBS News reporter reviews our C70 p.s. – Yes this is a convertible. Armen Keteyian, a CBS news reporter, has received numerous accolades during his career including eight Emmys, four were for CBS Sports – three for coverage of the Tour de France, (2000-04) and one for a Super Bowl pre-game piece about NFL quarterbacks [...]
Our Safety Center Celebrates Saving Lives
Volvo Safety Center 10 years ago we moved from a very cramped, limited ‘real world’ crash testing facility to one that no one could top. One key feature was a movable track that rides on an air cushion, which can duplicate just about any kind of impacting angle where two vehicles could meet at varying [...]
Something w/o words
Around 1998 we took small group of media to Finland to drive our new S80 with Stability Control technology, I think we were one of the first to mass produce the technology. One journalist wrote: It’s like having God’s hand on your shoulder. dan
Racer on Sunday, FTS every other day
On a breezy spring Sunday morning just outside of Fort Worth, Texas, I found myself standing among a group of car geeks. Or maybe fans is a nicer way to say it. Okay, fans it is. I’m here because the day before I had been a guest of the Texas Chapter of the Volvo Club [...]
Teens/Texting/Trying to Drive
Below is a good piece on teen driving and possible ways to avoid deadly situations. Thinking about what we’re all looking for is to give teens more time to understand the physics of driving. Most have absolutely no concept that they are hurtling along with 4,000 pounds of metal and they have only basic understanding of [...]
