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Volvo links up with British designer to create travel bag

Volvo in its quest for design has sought services of renowned British designer Ilse Crawford of Studioilse to create weekend travel bag in contemporary upholstery leather. The luggage represents Volvo’s dedication for design aligned with Scandinavian style of Volvo’s aesthetics.
Ilse Crawford has many creations to his credit including Cowshed brand and Cecconis restaurant and award [...]

Volvo offers free safety checks for mechanical components and other units

Volvo is to provide a free safety inspection service to check mechanical components, control units and critical computers of its vehicles.
The safety inspection, worth £56 a time, takes about 40 minutes for the full test to confirm that the car still meets high safety levels, which were demanded at the initial production.
All Volvo motorists with [...]

Volvo unveils factory built Police car

Volvo unveiled its factory built police car at the National Association of Police Fleet Managers’ (NAPFM) Conference held in Cheltenham on September 2. The Volvo V70 was designed and developed in close co-ordination with the National Police Improvement Agency, Police Federation, users and NAPFM. The fully equipped V70 estate which would offer turn key solutions [...]

High residual value predicted for the new Volvo XC60

Innovative features, jazzy styles and attractive equipment have raised the appeal of new Volvo XC60. As per the predictions of value guide CAP, Volvo185bhp D5 SE and XC60 163bhp 2.4D models would fetch trade value of 45% of new price which equals to £12, 00 and £11,675 respectively.
EurotaxGlass has predicted that Volvo XC60 2.4D SE [...]

Volvo’s Golden Jubilee in Germany

Volvo Car Germany GmbH, based in Rodenkirchen in Cologne, controls the impressive performance of Volvo Car Corporation, Sweden.  The Swedish premium brand auto manufacturer founded in 1928, started its first subsidiary in 1958 in Frankfurt and registered its trademark with the German Patent Office in the same year.
This year Volvo Car Germany is celebrating its [...]

Volvo continues its winning spree, bags Ward’s Interior Design Award

The Volvo C30 won Ward’s Interior Design Award for Best Brand Reflection and provided further momentum to Volvo’s award winning spree. Ward’s Autoworld magazine had also named Volvo S80 winner of the ‘Best Interior Design of the Year Award’ last year.
According to Eric Mayne, Ward’s Editor of News Operations, Volvo cars portray its heritage of [...]

Volvo Cars find favour with Russian car owners

Volvo Cars are on an award-winning spree in Russia. The Russian car owners voted Volvo XC90 as the best crossover - “2008 SUV of the Year”. Volvo Car Russia’s PR Director, Alexei Kozhukhov, was very proud of receiving the award at a ceremony in Moscow.
The competition featuring 8 categories was organised by the Motoring organisation [...]

Volvo warning on Paris bill payment move

Volvo, the second biggest truck manufacturer of the world has issued warning to the French government not to go ahead with the legislation which will force companies to pay their suppliers quickly. This will erode France’s industrial base. The Swedish group is threatening to review supply policy if  French government passes the bill limiting delays [...]