Monday mornings can be sooo nice
You know…Swedes are strong willed folks. When they set their minds do to something it gets done. For quite some time we have been working on improving vehicle quality. Oh, not that what we did in our past wasn’t good, we just knew we could do better. While this isn’t a resting point for us, it is conformation that [...]
UPDATE: Irv Gordon on History Channel/Nova January 26
UPDATE: Irv’s PBS special has aired, and I’ve never seen Irv look so good. Amazing what HD did for him! Irv … you looked marvelous. ‘Never means NEVER’ for anyone asking, even Duane. Through chuckles, Irv told me: “When the engine rebuild was finished, I went Duane’s shop to pick it up and it wouldn’t [...]
An ELECTRIC event this week in Detroit
I’m at this year’s North America International Auto Show in (really cold) Detroit, where on Tuesday we will unveil a crash tested Volvo C30 DRIVe Electric, the world’s first showing of safety in an electric car. Our focus is to bring the same kind of safety engineering leadership we do with all our cars into [...]
M x A = F regardless of who’s driving
You know, it never ceases to amaze me when people of stature think they are immune to physical laws. I’ve searched online and seems that in Mass x Acceleration = Force there is no missing factor for $ or S (Sense). Governor Lon S. Corzine was hurt in a car accident because he wasn’t wearing a seat [...]
Click and Clack (Car Talk) – NPR
Doug Berman, Tom and Ray’s producer over at NPR, recently sent us the following e-mail. Known around America as the Tappet brothers, they dish out nuts and bolts of automotive wisdom weekly on NPR. Thought we’d share this heartwarming note from one of their listeners. dan ___ From: Lara Date: October 6, 2010 10:07:23 PM [...]
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 [...]
Real world test of City Safety
I know Bill, and he’s far from an “inept driver” as one commenter alludes to regarding this “2011 Volvo S60: A drivers car that makes better drivers” Boston.com article. Stuff happens, and in this case we saved all the hassles associated with a minor accident. Here is Clifford’s counterpoint to Bill’s piece. To an extent, [...]
Los Angeles Auto Show – Volvo Keynote Speaker
Considering how many manufactures there are in this market, to be given an opportunity to ‘talk Volvo’ in front of national and international media is a rare offer. This year Stefan Jacoby, our new CEO and President of Volvo Car Corporation, was given this honor. Here are his thoughts about Volvo and our future. Part [...]
Irv Gordon’s newest friend
The day before last week’s Open House in Rockleigh, Stephen Jacoby, our new CEO of Volvo Cars, Sweden (and rest of our Volvo world) came by to meet with employees. “I spent years working to take market share away from Volvo as head of VW group US. Now I am going to work on taking [...]
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 [...]
