volvo

Volvo Group is a Swedish manufacturing company that produces buses, trucks, heavy construction equipment and aerospace products. Volvo Group shares the name with Volvo Cars - its former division - that is more familiar to the general public via its popular brand of cars and SUVs and its famously safety-oriented advertising.

Volvo has been producing cars since 1927 and the brand has been well known for dependability and attention to car safety. Volvo designers' unparalleled attention to safety has been responsible for introducing such staples of today's car safety as the 3-point seatbelt, laminated glass windshield (that prevent glass shards upon breakage), padded dashboards, side airbags, safety child seats and the list goes on.

Volvo's popular car models in the recent years include S40 mid size sedan, S60 full size sedan, XC90 SUV and others. In 2009 Volvo announced that it will start production of the first diesel-electric plug-in hybrid vehicle in 2012.

You can find Volvo cars talked about at sites such as Motors Forum Volvo and Motor Trend Blog

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “volvo”

 

• 2012 Volvo C70 T5 Premier Plus

  
  Autospit — Authority: 115
  2012 Volvo C70 T5 Premier Plus is equipped with a standard 2.5-liter, I5, 227-horsepower, turbo engine that achieves 18-mpg in the city and 28-mpg on the highway. A 5-speed automatic transmission is standard.  Pricing Information MSRP: $41,450 Invoice: $38,963 ...
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• Volvo Country’s Sign and Drive Event Celebrates Safety, Style and ‘Prices that Will Not Be Beaten’

  
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  Edison, NJ (PRWEB) May 06, 2011 Occurring now over the Tri-State area, http://www.volvocountry.biz is raising the standards and expectations of automobile leasing with options and features that can’t be beat. With a new Premium Advantage Pricing that has reduced the price of many of their 2011 Volvos including: C70, ...
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• Performance Software from Polestar Available on Select Volvo Models – Upgrade for C30, C70 and S40 from Model Year 2008 and Later

  
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  Rockleigh, NJ (PRWEB) November 07, 2011 For the first time, factory-authorized performance tuning software for several Volvo models becomes available next week at Volvo retailers across the country, it was announced today by Volvo Cars of North America (VCNA). Polestar, Volvo’s Swedish-based performance ...
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• Semi-Autonomous Road Train Trial Is A Success

  
  Autopia — Authority: 534
  A semi-autonomous, four vehicle  road train  has been successfully demonstrated at Volvo’s test track in Hällered, Sweden, paving the way for on-road trials. Road trains, also known as platoons, feature vehicles that can monitor and mimic the actions of the car or truck immediately ahead. In a road train, cars ...
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• CAMPER take lead on big day for Nicholson

  
  Nautic Online Magazin - English — Authority: 118
  CAMPER skipper Chris Nicholson has taken his team to the lead of the Leg 3 Stage 2 charge to China with perfect timing to celebrate his country’s national day of pride, Australia Day. The Aussie skipper edged PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG out of pole position around 2140 UTC on Wednesday night and fought off ...
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• Pointing at the target

  
  Nautic Online Magazin - English — Authority: 118
  It is neck and neck for the leading pair in the second stage of Leg 3, with just 3.4 nautical miles separating PUMA and tiresome terrier CAMPER. Chris Nicholson’s CAMPER crew may be astern, but they are to windward and fully fired up to snatch whatever opportunities they can to take the red boat into the lead. ...
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• Vehicle platooning project completes first demonstrations

  
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  A road train project to explore the energy-saving potential of vehicle platooning has successfully completed the first test demonstrations of the technique. The SATRE (Safe Road Trains for the Environment) project run by Ricardo, Volvo and the SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden among other industry partners has ...
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• Volvo 7700 Diesel-Electric Hybrid City Bus to hit Bangalore roads soon!

  
  Indian Cars Bikes — Authority: 524
  Very soon, Bangalore’s roads will have a low emission diesel-electric hybrid bus to ferry passengers. Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation(BMTC), is all set to induct an experimental fleet of Volvo 7700 Diesel-Electric Hybrid city buses which will be run as a part of a two month trail. If the trial proves to ...
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• Sea monster in charge in Year of the Dragon

  
  Nautic Online Magazin - English — Authority: 118
  Today may be the start of China’s Year of the Water Dragon but it is PUMA’s ‘sea monster’ Mar Mostro that is dominating in the Volvo Ocean Race having stretched their Leg 3 lead in the Indian Ocean drag-race overnight. Team Sanya celebrating chinese new year - Andrés Soriano/Team Sanya/Volvo The six ...
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• From the Maldives onwards to Sanya (+Map)

  
  Nautic Online Magazin - English — Authority: 118
  As racing gets underway from the Maldives to the Chinese city of Sanya on Leg 3 Stage 2, we’re bring you all the latest dispatches from our on-the-water reporters. It’s a typical day in Malé – hot, humid and with little wind. The start line has been laid between the race committee boat and a small island ...
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• Reunited fleet prepare for battle in race to China

  
  Nautic Online Magazin - English — Authority: 118
  Pressure is starting to mount as the clock counts down to the next round of the Volvo Ocean Race, to the Chinese city of Sanya, starting on Sunday at 0800 UTC. The full line-up will head into battle for the first time in more than a month as the second stage of Leg 3 gets underway. The fleet of Volvo Open 70s ...
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• Volvo CE educates talents in China

  
  3D Car Shows - Local, National and International Automotive News — Authority: 561
  Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has opened a new Competence Development Center in North China in partnership with local colleges and dealers to educate talented young people in technician training. Educating and supporting future generations has always been important to Volvo Construction Equipment. And ...
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• Sanderson and Sanya set sights on more challenges ahead

  
  Nautic Online Magazin - English — Authority: 118
  Mike Sanderson today reflected on a “long and bumpy” road after his Team Sanya crew successfully completed stage 1 of Leg 2 in the small hours of the morning but his focus was soon on the immediate challenge ahead. The Sanya skipper gave a brief whoop from a spectator boat as his stand-in Richard Mason and a ...
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• CAR STORY – Part 4

  
  Daddy Papersurfer — Authority: 104
  Desperation.Search radius increased to forty miles. Hours are spent on the interweave.We head North towards London to look at several cars at a particular garage. Unbeknownst to us there are 2 large luxurious Volvos on the forecourt. We sit in them. One has very comfortable leather armchairs for seats with an ...
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• Sanya’s Equatorial virgins hauled before King Neptune (+Video)

  
  Nautic Online Magazin - English — Authority: 118
  They may have been deprived of a visit to Neptune’s court during Leg 1 but there was no escaping the King of the Seas for the four Team Sanya crew members as they raced to the safe haven. Four of the seven crew on board Sanya were hauled before King Neptune as part of the traditional ceremony to mark the crossing ...
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• New Volvo XC90 Crossover Confirmed for U.S. in 2014

  
  SUV Track - Sport Utility and Crossover Vehicle News — Authority: 112
  2014 Volvo XC90 Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby, has confirmed that the new XC90 crossover will be arriving in the U.S. in 2014. The 2014 Volvo XC90 has only been revealed in a few sketches at the previous LA auto show. “While Volvo is currently shrinking its American lineup, it nevertheless is still busy preparing new ...
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• Report: Volvo’s not bringing the V40 to the US, new XC90 supposedly due in 2014

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 539
  Last December, we learned that Volvo was in the works to debut an all-new V40 estate at this year’s Geneva Motor Show . And according to some reports, word is that despite the hype, Volvo of US’s CEO, Stefan Jacoby, said that the V40 will skip the US market. The V40 was being pitched as Volvo’s answer to the ...
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• Volvo hybrid concepts Debut new XC60 plug-in Auto Show Detroit.

  
  online car magazine — Authority: 122
  Last month Volvo version of the model of the first plug-in hybrid ever seized V60, this November to sales limited in some countries in Europe. Swedish car manufacturer, today announced that it will soon add another plug-in hybrid in transition. Time- based crossover XC60 with oil (instead of diesel ...
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• Golf champions on display Volvo Trucks

  
  3D Car Shows - Local, National and International Automotive News — Authority: 561
  All roads lead to Fancourt as Long-distance courier operator, Triton Express and the local Volvo truck company co-operates to promote the Volvo Golf Champions, teeing off at the Links golf course at Fancourt in George this week. The trailer has been turned into a mobile billboard showcasing the top golfers ...
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• 2012 Fiat 500 Sport: Canine Equivalents

  
  Long-Term Road Tests — Authority: 130
  So there we were, sitting at a traffic light with a bucket of fried chicken on my girlfriends lap. Shuffling across the crosswalk was an older gentleman and his tiny lap dog. Just as they pass the Fiat...
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