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Volvo adds new five-cylinder turbodiesel to S80 engine lineup

Volvo is introducing a new 2.4L diesel engine in the Volvo S80, with the only commonality between it and the outgoing mill being the D5 badge and five-cylinder configuration. The new engine is Euro 5...

Ford struggling to find buyers for Volvo

Ford is reportedly having trouble offloading its failing Volvo subsidiary, with German carmaker Daimler over the weekend strongly denying any interest in the Swedish brand. Volvo, which was once a par...

Volvo reinstates free maintenance on new cars

Free maintenance programs were once de rigeur for the upper ranks of the automobile industry, but the service has been dying a slow death with brands like Mercedes-Benz and Audi abandoning their progr...

Volvo launches research project to map driver behavior

As advanced as cars are becoming in terms of safety aids, nothing can make up for a skillful, attentive driver behind the wheel - yet, at least. Volvo has launched a research program to study how norm...

Volvo reveals S60 Concept ahead of Detroit Auto Show debut

Volvo has released details and images for a new concept vehicle previewing its next-generation S60 saloon due in 2010. The concept car will make its world debut next month at the Detroit Auto Show and...

Report: Volvo working on micro hybrid for 2011, diesel hybrid for 2012

The World Green Car of the Year award candidates were just released yesterday, and Volvo's name appeared on the list 5 times - more than any other brand. Today word has emerged of a range of new hybri...

Sweden offers $3.4 billion package to auto industry

The U.S. House of Representatives has just passed the $14 billion loan bill and it's now headed to the Senate, but that's not the end of the story. Lawmakers in Sweden have proposed their own aid pack...

Ford refuses to comment on talks with Chinese firms over Volvo sale

Earlier this week reports emerged that Ford was in talks with Chinese carmakers Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) and Changan Auto over a potential sale of Volvo. The Blue Oval has now c...

Report: Ford in talks with Changan Auto over Volvo sale

Volvo recently laid-off more than 2,700 employees and confirmed that managers at parent company Ford were in talks with a number of potential buyers over the sale of the Swedish carmaker. While it was...

Volvo lays off 2,700 workers, in sale talks with China's SAIC

Labor negotiations between Volvo and Sweden's auto worker union have come to a close today, resulting in the termination of 2,721 emloyees, the vast majority of which are blue collar workers. The layo...

Future for Swedish carmakers looks bleak without aid

Swedish carmakers Saab and Volvo are in dire straits due to the poor financial performance of their respective parent companies General Motors and Ford. When compared to one another, however, Volvo's...

Report: Ford seeking $6 billion from Volvo sale

Ford recently announced that it was opening up consideration of 'strategic options' for its Volvo brand, reversing repeated denials that the Swedish carmaker would be sold. According to the latest rep...

GM will decide Saab's fate quickly, Sweden willing to help, but not buy

Yesterday all three of America's major carmakers revealed their future plans to Congress, and a part of General Motors' was the possible sale of Saab. While the brand is still being reviewed, and no d...

Ford considering Volvo sale, joins GM to ask Sweden for aid

General Motors has disavowed selling any of its brands but Hummer, but tough financial and market situations are bringing serious pressure to bear. Just this morning, Ford has announced it is opening...

Volvo's upmarket plans hindered by brand image, poor CO2 emissions

Volvo's plans to move upmarket have been known for some time now, but the carmaker's new European boss Stuart Kerr has said that a couple of important factors are holding back the brand from reaching...

Volvo debuts S80L long-wheelbase saloon in China

Late yesterday we saw Audi release details for a stretched version of its A4 sedan built exclusively for the Chinese market. Today, Swedish carmaker Volvo has taken the wraps off its new long-wheelbas...

Report: BMW and Ford discussing Volvo sale

A report over the weekend has linked talks between BMW and Ford to a potential sale of the Volvo brand. Despite consistent denials by Ford that it is shopping Volvo around, the rumors of such talks co...

Review: 2009 Volvo XC70 T6

Downsizing. This euphemistic term for laying off workers, cutting out features and doing away with entire businesses as industries ‘rationalize’ hardly carries the potency necessary to convey the...

Volvo XC90 and S60 redesigns postponed

Volvo has been forced to postpone redesigning two of its vehicles due to a lack of funds and increasing focus on new technology and vehicle segments. Originally, Volvo's XC90 SUV was scheduled to be r...

Volvo's green future to be driven by hybrids, turbos

The flotilla of cars and concepts unleashed at the Paris Motor Show this week has largely been about vehicles that we'd seen coming for some time or design concepts that won't be seen for years, if at...

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