Posts Tagged ‘Volvo’

Volvo’s Concept You again showed off the firm’s Scaleable Platform Architecture at the 2011 Frankfurt IAA. SPA will underpin most of the brand’s future models. Instead of creating unique platforms ...

China has two types of vehicle maker – homegrown brands and importers. ‘Importer’ here means non-Chinese brands, ones we’re all familiar with. They’re not strictly importers, mind – Chinese law ...

BP’S Tony Hayward means I’m risking wrath when I reveal I too was taking part in the same race as him, on a similarly large yacht. (From the archive!) Indeed, ...

Volvo is intent on going sporty with the S60 range of junior exec saloons. Fresh from launching the core range, Volvo quickly rolled out the tuned R-Design models: this was ...

BIG alloy wheels are de rigueur nowadays. But, just a decade ago, they were far more rare. Maximum size for the mid-1990s Volvo S40, for example, was 16-inches. Goodness, mainstream ...

6 April 2009 – Volvo S60 IT’S still a good looking car, you know, the S60 that’s just passed me while I was out jogging. Sleek lines and a coupe ...

First it was Honda. Then, Volvo. Then, Renault. With what? Something so brilliant, I’m amazed nobody’s offered it before. Free payment protection insurance for those buying on the car makers’ ...

… I saw a heavily cloaked test car a few weeks ago on the M42. Looked like a Jaguar, beneath the disguise. It was – the new XJ, which Hilton ...