Classic design, modern flair
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One Man's Quest For Scandinavian Glory
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2008 Volvo V70, XC70
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Read about the ipd customized 2006 Volvo S40 T5, and the 1998 V70 T5 Sportswagon.
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First Drive2007 Volvo S80A High Water Mark Of Scandinavian LuxuryVolvos have always seemed something of an anomaly in the European market. That's not necessarily a bad thing. While other European manufacturers (the Germans) have become embroiled in a seemingly
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Volvo's big sedan has been a snore, but a new 2007 model (arriving Stateside next February) attempts to rouse it with a bit more performance, more safety, and more style.
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This is our First Drive behind the wheel of the 2006 Volvo C70 convertible, introduced at the Frankfurt Auto Show last year.
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We test drive the 2006 Volvo XC90 V8 and offer this road test, new car review.
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Over the last several years Volvo has been adding performance and design advancements to its core values of safety, quality and
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Stuffed within various garages and storage bins, Cleve Mason, a long-time Volvo employee, maintains his own personal fleet of vehicles. A BMW E46 M3, Subaru STi, Mitsubishi EVO VIII and a few others jostle for precious space. Cleve's garage doesn't suggest he works for Volvo, a company whose reputat
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This is going to hurt. That's the thought that flashes into my head as I am launched over a steep drop-off at silly miles an hour, only to be confronted by a gaping hole in the dirt track ahead. While I'm unlikely to incur any personal injury--I am, after all,
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When one thinks of sought-after modifiable imports, an automatic 1991 Volvo 940 station wagon may not find its way onto many a s
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It's a conundrum many auto enthusiasts with an eco-conscience face. You want to do right by the environment by driving a low-emissions, high-mileage car, but due to your family's size and/or lifestyle, you need a multiple-passenger vehicle capable of towing some sort of trailer. What's a Green to do
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"From a historical perspective, Volvo Cars is often linked with the image of spacious sport wagons for families with young children." Taken from the first line in Volvo's latest press kit, this statement at once sums up all that has traditionally defined Volvo
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Who would've thought a small company from Sweden could become Ford Motor Company's star property? Problem is, there aren't enough Volvos on sale to have a significant effect on Ford's misfortune. Enter the S40, a subcompact based on the same platform as the ne
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Traditionally, Volvo has not been known for gut-wrenching performance. Traditionally, Volvo vehicles in the United States have targeted the soccer-mom demographic, and traditionally that demographic has never really been concerned with how quickly a given car
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Jesus drives a 600-bhp, 1975 Volvo 240, and he's a plumber, not a carpenter. How do we know this? We recently spent some time with Henrik "Jesus" Alfredsson, a man who's had that ecclesiastic nickname since the fifth grade, is an industrial plumber, and is squ
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Congratulations to Volvo for winning the 2003 european car Grand Prix. The S60 R is the most powerful, fastest production car ever from Gothenburg. But, our selection was based on more than the outright speed elicited by the 300-bhp turbocharged engine. The S6
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The Volvo S60 R boasts the tenacity of the Audi Sport Quattro, the high-speed stability of a Porsche 911, the grunt of BMW's M3 and the interior elegance of a Range Rover. In a steel-clad nutshell, the Gothenburg-based manufacturer has built a car that can pre
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The premise was simple: Volvo's new R-types would reveal everything the Swedish company knows about engineering and building cars.
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They say that repeating an idea or action over and over again and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. But if one refines that idea, improves upon that action with every attempt and creates something new, the result is an act of genius.
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When you think of Sweden, what comes to mind? Tall blondes, midnight sun, aquavit, moose, fish--lots of fish. How about world power? No? It's not true now, but it was once. From the middle 1600s to the early 1700s, Sweden was a serious player in Europe, its te
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Volvo's S60 is no stranger to these pages. Smartly styled, its impressive combination of handling and performance, coupled with
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