Volvo has been playing a big game of catch-up in order to compete with the big name brands—such as BMW and Lexus—currently leading the market sales. As part of their tactic, Volvo is hard at work trying to find ways to expand their lineups and increase sales. That said, the Swedish make is apparently seeking [...]
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 [...]
Volvo’s tuning partner Polestar will be offering some power boosting packages for virtually any five- or six-cylinder Volvos. That pretty much means the C30, C70, S40, and only the T6 version of the S60 and the XC60. Thanks to some ECU work, increased boost, remapped throttle and advanced timing, the T5 is up to 250-hp [...]
A new tuning package has an upcoming release of for November 14th, but its not for one of the more usual suspects for a kit. Volvo is releasing a $1,295 kit to boost its recognition amongst enthusiasts, which will offer Polestar software on models that come with the T5 engine, including the C30, C70 and [...]
Volvo announced today that the C30 Electric has finally left the product development stage and is now being produced. Deliveries to leasing customers, companies and government agencies will start later this summer. “The Volvo C30 Electric will be manufactured and delivered to leasing customers throughout Europe, including in Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway,” Volvo [...]
A recall of the 2010-”11 Volvo C30 and 2010 Volvo S40 and V50 has gone global. It had originally appeared that the recall would only affect a handful of cars; 536 units in the United States. Volvo says that the recall now involves 29,299 cars worldwide. The vehicles effected are those equipped with six-speed manual [...]
Yes, that’s exactly what Mike Duff from AutoCar says about Volvo’s new C30 Polestar Performance Concept. “It feels like an extremely well-sorted Mitsubishi Lancer EVO, but possibly even a, dare I say it, a junior Nissan GT-R.” Oh, and as cool as this Volvo C30 Polestar Concept looks, the Swedish company is not going to [...]
About two weeks ago, Volvo and Polestar released details on their new concept called the Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype. The concept’s main goal was to explore the idea on what happens when racing engineers and designers get free hands to build a street car without any limitations set by a specific racing regulations. [...]
Later this week, Volvo Cars and Polestar will go into their 15th consecutive motorsport season in the Swedish Touring Car Championship. But before the two exit the pit for the weekend, they will present an ultimate Volvo for the street. “Main objective with the Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype is to explore what happens [...]
Even though the Volvo C30 BEV was introduced on American soil at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, it will not be offered in the United States… at least for now. When Volvo kicked-off development of the C30 BEV, it decided that the batteries would not have to be capable of quick charging in three hours [...]
