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May 26, 2017 |
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Lap records at Germany’s Nurburgring circuit are usually shouted from the rooftops. But Volvo kept its time in the S60 Polestar sedan quiet for a year or so. “Being Swedish, we didn’t...
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May 22, 2017 |
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Volvo Cars NZ general manager Coby Duggan was officially first made aware of the company’s proposed shift away from diesel engines at a recent conference of Asia-Pacific distributors....
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March 22, 2017 |
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The cost of continuing to meet ever-tightening exhaust emission rules in Europe is likely to rule out diesel beyond 2020 as a mainstream fuel for passenger cars, says Volvo CEO Hakan...
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January 30, 2017 |
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Both the S90 sedan and V90 wagon scored the maximum five stars – 95 per cent for adult occupant protection, 80 per cent for child occupant protection, 76 per cent for pedestrian...
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January 30, 2017 |
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Volvo can rightfully claim that it makes the three safest cars on the planet, judging by crash test results from the European New Car Assessment Programme (EuroNCAP). The Volvo S90 sedan...
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January 6, 2017 |
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Owners of semi-autonomous vehicles in New Zealand will soon be able to make Skype calls from their dashboard – and Volvo appears to be leading the way. The Chinese-owned Swedish carmaker...
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May 2, 2016 |
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Motoring industry heavyweights like Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) CEO Sergio Marchionne believe the global sales shift to crossover/SUVs is permanent. “People favour SUVs and...
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April 12, 2016 |
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Volvo used a stretch of highway in California to create a tongue-in-cheek advertisement about pinching energy from other cars on the road to power its SUV, the XC90 T8. The 300kW T8 is a...
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February 12, 2016 |
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Leaked photos of the new Volvo V90 station wagon show it is more streamlined than the boxy V70 it replaces – but pictures are all New Zealanders might get to see of it. The Volvo people...
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January 21, 2016 |
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The Volvo XC90 (above) has topped the European New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP) as the vehicle with the best overall crash-safety performance in 2015. The big SUV scored 97 per cent for...
