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Volvo Owners Endorse Crash Avoidance Technology in IIHS Report

ROCKLEIGH, N.J. (Dec. 20, 2012) – Not only do Volvo owners value their vehicles’ advanced crash avoidance technology but, according to a survey by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), most current owners would want crash avoidance technology on their next vehicle. Survey results were published today in IIHS’s Status Report newsletter under the […]

Volvo S60 chosen as IIHS ‘Top Safety Pick +

New safety award recognizes 2013 models with superior crash protection TORONTO, ON (December 20, 2012) – The Volvo S60 sport sedan can add another award to its list of accolades after the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced the winners of their new Top Safety Pick+ awards. The new S60 has been a Top […]

Volvo Cars of Canada headquarters open in Richmond Hill

TORONTO, ON (December 4, 2012) – After 40 years at 175 Gordon Baker Road, Volvo Cars of Canada Corp. headquarters have moved to a new office in Richmond Hill. Mayor David Barrow was on hand to officially welcome Volvo Canada president & CEO Marc Engelen to the central York Region, along with a number of […]

Volvo Announces November Sales

ROCKLEIGH, N.J. (Dec. 3, 2012) – Volvo Cars of North America, LLC, (VCNA) reported U.S. sales of 6,141 units, a 26.8 percent increase from November 2011. Year-to-date sales are up 0.1 percent over the first eleven months of 2011. The top seller for the month was the XC60 crossover with 2,067 units sold, an impressive […]

Valeo Ultimate Wiper Blades: Snow Test

Introduction Realizing that Valeo goes to great lengths in developing, testing and evaluating all performance aspects of its wiper products, I was very interested to see how the Ultimate Blades would measure up in a varying range of conditions and cold temperatures. Installing these blades requires very little effort and Valeo appears to have the […]

Valeo Ultimate Wiper Blades: Rain Test

Introduction We’ve been testing the blades for three months now (November 2004 – January 2005), and from everything I’ve seen, this wiper blade stands up to its name wholeheartedly, truly raising the bar for wiper blade performance and ease of use. The second set of blades were sent to our fellow board member Art, a […]

Valeo Ultimate Wiper Blades

Click here to purchase the Valeo Ultimate Wiper Blade at Amazon.com! Introduction Wiper blades, big deal you say. They sit on your windshield and wipe the dirt, water and snow away from view while driving… No big thing, right? Well, that’s what we thought until a thread popped up in our forums discussing a new […]

Volvo C303: The Original Volvo Cross Country

By Jan Nystrom, Editor of Rolling Magazine, Volvo Club of America‘s print publication Reprinted with permission from the Volvo Club of America The Volvo Cross Country name does not come from the Volvo XC70 Cross Country or the XC90 SUV. It comes from the C300 series of all-terrain vehicles introduced by Volvo Trucks in the […]

Bojo Auto-Tools

For some time now, I’ve been on a quest to find the right type of tools for various DIY tasks in and around our vehicles. The typical projects that I refer to occasionally involve the removal or prying up of delicate materials such as interior and exterior plastic trim/moulding or even scraping off those nasty […]