New S60 T5 arriving this month
We’re just announcing pricing for S60 T5 – $30,975. Honestly…a bargain. If you have driven this car, you’ll understand. If not, we have a surprise waiting for you. I and couple comrades, have been working with media to help them understand what we are up to and what this car can do for consumers. The [...]
LA Auto Show Was Electric
Been doing this show for longer than I care to remember, and I have never seen such excitement over a single breed of cars. Really, no one expects them to be our saving grace from global warming, but every bit helps. I have never driven one, until last week. Amazing to drive. Quite smooth, and [...]
Our first Open House since 1998 (I stand corrected since 2000)
Amazing how the years just blow by. Friends who work here now have sons and daughters working here, new cars have been launched, people change positions. So many things are different. But not our Open House. Around nine months ago, Doug Speck, our CEO, told us it’s time to do one again. Working with Volvo [...]
Best Review of Pedestrian Safety I’ve Seen
Very good description and demonstration by our Naughty Tour host. Good holiday weekend to all our friends in the US. The rest of you…well it’s just two days to Monday. dan
I Just Love Our Parking Lot – One Strange C30
Stumbling into work the other day, this C30 begged to be photographed. Tracking it down, Andrew Gallagher, one of our product guys, asked what I thought of the interior. Some years back, probably around 1982 when we all had to wear suits, Bob Deutsch put together an “Ugly Tie Day” event for employees. I won [...]
George Perkins, Executive Producer – “Desperate Housewives”
A while back, we asked George if he would like to review our C70. Unfortunately, he was traveling in Hawaii at the time, leaving us no way to get one there within a reasonable time frame. However, upon his return, he took one for a state-side test drive. Dan —————————————————————————— I’ve just received the Volvo [...]
Something nice to watch – next generation S60
You know, there are times when music, images, and story just seem to be so interwoven that it is like watching someone play the piano and seeing music in colors. As with Scandinavian design, this piece seems so very Swedish. There is also a brief piece where Peter Horbury meets Mr. Armagan. I think that [...]
We kept the toy and threw away the box
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 [...]
