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Swedish Day UK 2014 – Recap

Swedish Day 2014 was our 7th event and this year also moved to a new home. Our new location was the beautiful setting of Haslebury Mill, which is located just outside Crewkerne. A fantastic 19th Centaury Mill with lots of history everywhere you look. Traditionally Swedish Day always takes place on the Sunday with a […]

Volvo Cars makes driving at night safer and more comfortable with innovative, permanent high beam

The new Volvo S60 and XC60 – shown to the public for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show – can be fitted with an innovation that makes driving in the dark safer and more comfortable. The renewed Active High Beam Control makes it possible to use high beam continuously thanks to an ingenious […]

Paul Williams wins Volvo Award for Environmental Journalism

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ON (October 25, 2012) – Volvo Cars of Canada Corp. is pleased to announce that journalist Paul Williams from Autos.ca has won the 2012 Volvo Award for Environmental Journalism.Williams received the award for his feature “Hybrids at the crossroads: new fuel efficient options for car buyer,” published on Autos.ca. The award was presented at […]

Family Get Together Ideas On a Quarter-Tank of Gas

With the soaring cost of travel, many families are opting out of flying or driving across the country for vacation this summer. Instead of tossing aside the beach towel and sunglasses, consider hopping in your car, discovering your city or region and making family memories together all on a quarter-tank of gas or less.”So often […]

Seat Belts: One Simple Invention is the Most Important Safety Feature in Cars Today – VOLVO Supports National ‘Click It or Ticket’ Campaign

“There’s a little bit of ‘Volvo’ in every vehicle on the American road,” says Doug Speck, president and CEO, Volvo Cars of North America. Such a bold assertion is based on Nils Bohlin’s development of the three-point safety belt. No single safety devise has saved more lives than the 3-point safety belt. So, as the […]

Key to Safety at Start Up

Volvo Cars’ most recent contribution to road safety is an experimental car equipped with a combined lock and seat belt lock as well as a special ignition key that regulates the “breathalyser” car’s speed. In order to start the engine, the driver must first blow into the built-in “breathalyser” lock and then fasten the seat […]

The million dollar computer that crashes all day

G?TEBORG (June 22, 2005) ? Volvo Car Corporation, the recognized leader in automotive safety research, has commissioned one of the world?s most powerful supercomputers to simulate vehicle collisions. Using a collection of more than 300 processors, the crash simulator works around the clock to accelerate ?real life? safety engineering and reduce the development time of […]

UK Snowboard Club Giving Away a Few V50’s

Snowlife, a campaign to promote skiing and snowboarding in the UK has just given away the first of three Volvo V50 sportswagons, worth more than ?26,000 each, in the national prize draw currently running in over 150 specialist snowsports retailers throughout the UK. Steve Jamieson from Penzance in Cornwall was picked out as the lucky […]

Volvo’s Latest Concept.. the 3CC

Volvo has just released their latest concept vehicle the 3CC, at the Michelin Challenge Bibendum in Shanghai, October 12-14.Further information and photos can be found:General Information and PhotosArticle on Optmized Personal Transportation

New VolvoXC.com Website Design

If you’ve visited before you may notice the new website design and color scheme. Goals were to provide a faster loading site, more intuitive layout with a fresh new look.One problem we’re struggling with though is a top marquee photo.. can’t quite seem to find the perfect image. If you’ve got a photo that you […]