William Stopford
Volvo mild-hybrids still around 12 months away
Customers looking for the slight boost in efficiency offered by a mild-hybrid will have to wait another year or so for the first MHEV models from Volvo.
6 Years Ago
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William Stopford
Volvo V90 Cross Country update due late 2020
Volvo and wagons go together like meatballs and lingonberry sauce, so fortunately Volvo is continuing to offer its tasty V90 Cross Country here even after it axed the S90 locally.
6 Years Ago
James Wong
Volvo recalls vehicles over fire risk
Volvo is recalling several older-generation models due to a cooling fault that could pose a fire risk, with 1409 vehicles affected locally plus 375 in a second recall.
6 Years Ago
Scott Collie
Volvo recalls multiple models for seatbelt fix
Almost 25,000 Volvo vehicles sold between 2007 and 2018 have been recalled to fix a problem with the front seatbelts.
6 Years Ago
James Wong
VFACTS: Dry July for luxury brands
After a promising June, the premium brands struggled during the month of July – though there were a handful of exceptions.
6 Years Ago
James Wong
Volvo P1800 Polestar spied
Volvo's classic P1800 coupe could be making a comeback with a twist. Next year marks its 60th birthday, and this prototype hints at an electric revival.
6 Years Ago
Mark Trueno
This V8 Volvo uses a two-stroke home-made boat engine, and it sounds nuts
Two crazy Swedes have shoe-horned an Evinrude 300XP outboard V8 motor into a Volvo Amazon
6 Years Ago
James Wong
VFACTS: Luxury segments on the rise in shrinking market
COVID-19 hasn't stopped the luxury brands from achieving growth in 2020, here's a closer look at the premium brands' sales performance thus far.
6 Years Ago
William Stopford
Volvo: 24,977 Australian cars in global seatbelt recall
Front seatbelts in just under 25,000 Australian-market Volvos aren't showing enough restraint as the company issues a global recall of over two million vehicles.
6 Years Ago
Derek Fung
Volvo chooses Waymo as self-driving car partner
Volvo and Waymo are teaming up to create a new electric taxi platform with Level 4 self-driving capability.
6 Years Ago
James Wong
2020 Volvo XC40 Recharge PHEV priced from $64,990
The Swedish brand's most affordable plug-in hybrid is coming soon, capable of driving 46km on EV power.
6 Years Ago
Mike Costello
Volvo cars to be ready for driverless highway cruising from 2022
Sweden's safety pioneer has teamed up with Silicon Valley to take LiDAR mainstream, and potentially make autonomy on highways a reality as soon as 2022
6 Years Ago
Geoff Quattromani
Android Auto v Android Automotive: What's the difference?
Android Auto and Android Automotive sound similar, but they're totally different systems. Here is why.
6 Years Ago
Scott Collie
Volvo Car to cut 1300 jobs
Volvo is currently working out which staff will be laid off as part of its large-scale white collar cuts.
6 Years Ago
Henry Man
2020 Volvo XC40 recalled
Volvo has issued another recall for its XC40 small SUV due to a problem with the brake booster.
6 Years Ago
Scott Collie
Volvo recalls entire 2019/20 range
Volvo has recalled its entire 2019/20 range to fix an issue with the autonomous emergency braking system.
6 Years Ago
