“Swedish safety” has become a bit of a tautology when it comes to vehicles. Whether you’re talking about Volvo, or its now defunct cross-country rival brand, Saab, Swedish-engineered cars, wagons, and crossovers have long set a standard for occupant protection. And so it goes with...Read More»
Volvo is recalling nearly 4,000 U.S.-registered XC90 crossovers from the 2016 model year According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, those vehicles may suffer from a design flaw that could prevent some airbags from deploying during collisions. ALSO SEE: Good Grief: Widows Pay...Read More»
Volvo Cars is preparing a recall for the 2016 Volvo XC90 crossover utility vehicle, for an issue that may prevent the side curtain airbags from functioning as intended. In XC90 models produced so far—all worldwide with the seven-seat, third-row layout, actually—a trim panel could...Read More»
No doubt about it, the 2016 Volvo XC90 is one of the most important production vehicles to go on sale this year. CHECK OUT: 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 First Look Besides being the all-new, long-anticipated second-generation version of Volvo’s roomy three-row utility vehicle (the brand's...Read More»
Is it any surprise that we're all very visual when it comes to staying in touch in our vehicles? What most drivers are accustomed to seeing, almost constantly, are tiled, list-style interfaces on phones and tablets. And so it makes a whole lot of sense that Volvo is going with what drivers know: a...Read More»
Volvo has a new XC90 waiting in the wings, but you'll have to wait a few more weeks until it casts a brighter light on the crossover SUV's new skin. By the time the 2015 Volvo XC90 is introduced, the current model will be almost 13 years old--but from the looks of these official images, the...Read More»
As of 2014, the Volvo XC90 crossover has been on the market for a dozen years; and its structure hasn't seen any extensive reengineering during that time. Yet the 2014 Volvo XC90 managed a top-tier performance in the tough new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) small overlap frontal...Read More»
While its just-announced $1.8 billion sale by Ford to Geely won't close for many months yet, Volvo carries on selling cars and crossovers in the U.S. But the Swedish make is slimming its model range before its overseas marriage, to focus on high-volume models. Exit the V70 Volvo spokesman Dan...Read More»
According to post last week on Autoblog, fears that former Volvo executives had about the deal that Ford has to sell Volvo to Chinese automaker Geely--namely, fears that Geely is low on cash and that the company would change the way that Volvo is run. Never fear, says Autoblog. The site references...Read More»
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