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I Just Love Our Parking Lot – One Strange C30

Posted by danjohnston on Aug 16, 2010 in C30, Uncategorized, contest, design

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 more [...]

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George Perkins, Executive Producer – “Desperate Housewives”

Posted by danjohnston on Jul 30, 2010 in S60, V70, c70, news

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.
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I’ve just received the Volvo C70 to drive [...]

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Something nice to watch – next generation S60

Posted by Anna Kruchowski on Oct 26, 2009 in 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 [...]

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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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