Driving a car and enjoying it depends not only on the car per se but also the audio system your car comes with. Fancy driving a car that has a music system, which screeches through your journey? Well, Volvo’s cars are now going to have an...
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A teacher has been found guilty of dangerous driving after being stopped by police for having 13 people travelling in his Volvo car. Abraham Gniwosch, from Tottenham, north London, pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving in Llandudno, Conwy, on 8...
Modernity is all about being chic and even if it is a distribution truck it has to be slick smart in this fashionable world. Functionality also cannot be compromised with. Confused as to what form such a utility vehicle would then take! We would...
There is not much to say about this other than the fact that these kinds of things happen once in a blue moon in every major company and the graceful thing to do is accept that there is a mistake and that is being rectified. Volvo has done exactly that...
‘Hot Rod’- I can’t but talk about Rowdy Rowdy Piper the moment you mention that. But we won’t discuss about that further. There is something about antique stuff that has great appeal to all of us. But then if you do not know about the value...
Volvo touched the coveted 15 million car mark on Wednesday when a shiny celestial blue pearl C70 rolled off the assembly line in the company’s Uddevalla factory, 60% of which belongs to the Italian Pininfarina. Though the company is not willing to...
Cars that don’t crash are finally here! That is quite a relief for some of us, especially the ones who have their girl friends pestering them to allow them a little stint behind the wheel. I mean, it has gotten annoyingly painful to entirely deny...
The crossover vehicles’ market has been selling well, and
Volvo has done good business in this segment. Such success should naturally
prompt the automaker to introduce new vehicles into the segment. This apparently,
is what Volvo has in mind. The...
Volvo XC90 will arrive with its new R-Design, look at the forthcoming North American International Auto Show. The new car is nothing, but a redesigned Volvo XC90 Sports model that was introduced in 2006. There has been no technical up-gradation with...
Volvo has joined the ranks of automakers offering twin-clutch gearboxes with Volvo Powershift. Developed in partnership with Getrag, powershift is a six-speed unit featuring twin wet clutches. One of these clutches works on the odd numbered gears and...
The C30 has been a runaway hit in those Hollywood terms, a car that did save the face for Volvo in the torrid times and now just like Ford capitulated on the Thunderbird for decades, the Swedish carmaker is planning to launch a crossover based on the...
A couple of days ago we had written a story that Volvo has scrapped plans on building the next gen XC90 owing to lack of components and hybrid options, not to mention the downward trend in the market for full sized SUVs. As things turned out, this...
Reports say plans for a second generation XC90 have been shelved, and shelved for good. The decision was made a few days ago and the information has not yet trickled down to supplier companies. This conclusion was reached after the decision makers...
Volvo and Garmin have come up with a new portable navigation system compatible with all new Volvo cars. The hand navigator, called nuvi 760 is fitted on top of the dashboard, a placement that means maximum viewability and minimum distraction.
The...
Classic cars never fail to catch attention. The beasts that once set the road on fire are still revered as collectables and predecessors to what we drive now. UK Classic Motor Show is one place where vintage cars gather to make a reminder of the bygone...
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Tommy Forsgren is 32 years old. He has a Bachelor in fine arts of product Design and a Master in fine arts of Transportation Design, from the Institute of Design, Umeå University, Sweden. And presently he is living and working in Munich, Germany.
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