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The ‘Naughty Volvo Tour’ Coming to a City Near You

Posted by danjohnston on Jul 13, 2010 in City Safety, S60, XC60, c70, distracted driving, pedestrian safety, safety

An S60 hello to you all.
Last year we took XC60 on tour. Our goal was to show something completely different in two ways: design and safety. No other Volvo ever looked as good, (okay, I think the first C70 Coupe was stunning, especially in Saffron color), but the XC60 was really the first showing of [...]

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Cryptic Message

Posted by danjohnston on Jul 12, 2010 in General, Volvo History, distracted driving, news, pedestrian safety, safety, seat belt

Last week, after posting a short history of our seat belt, I received an e-mail from Sören, a man of very few words, always cryptic. His message was something like: “What, Clive and Mary.” And that was it. No clue what he was getting at.
I sent an equally sparse reply: ‘?’.  And of course, nothing [...]

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A journey that started with a ‘Click’

On July 14, 2010, our simple life saving device, the three-point seat belt, will forever be a part of American history. The Smithsonian National Museum of American History will officially accept Volvo’s three-point seat belt into their collection. On that day, with a press event for media, business, government and Smithsonian officials, a little bit [...]

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Word Smithing 101

When Toyota announced their Star Safety System, we started to scratch our heads like, “Gosh, what makes that so special?” I put together lists of what Volvo had, when we had it, when it was fitted, to what models, if there were any markets we didn’t have something fitted … and it became overwhelming.
So I [...]

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