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Volvo tuning company Polestar was preparing to create a circa-258kW all-wheel-drive Volvo V40 Polestar hatch based on a World Touring Car Championships (WTCC) racer, but the plan was pulled to focus on development of the S60 Polestar sedan.
The facelifted Volvo S60 (above) will launch in Australia in December, around the same time as the two Volvo Polestar Racing V8 Supercars will begin testing for the 2014 season.
The Volvo S60 Polestar has been launched in Australia, with the tuned 50-unit limited edition priced from $109,950. Cited as the “quickest point-to-point luxury European sedan – in any weather” by Volvo, the 3.
Volvo Car Australia has confirmed it will start the 2014 V8 Supercars championship at the Clipsal 500, with two Volvo S60-styled factory-backed V8 racecars to race through Garry Rogers Motorsport.
Volvo will officially confirm its entry into the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship later today. After weeks of media speculation, today's announcement will reveal the details of the deal, which will see Volvo become the fifth manufacturer in...
Volvo will reportedly be the next manufacturer to join the V8 Supercars championship, following Mercedes-Benz and Nissan in joining the traditional Holden and Ford duo this year.
Volvo Car Group has begun production of the first engine alternatives of the new high-efficiency Volvo Engine Architecture (VEA) four-cylinder engine family. The strategy to concentrate on four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines, together with...
Volvo Australia is offering new vehicle buyers several sweeteners before the end of the financial year including free servicing, fuel and roadside assistance. Dubbed Volvo Freedom, the special offer includes three years free scheduled...
When the Volvo V40 launched in February 2013, the Swedish carmaker took to pushing its ‘safety first’ barrow harder than ever before – after all, their new hatch is equipped with the world’s very first pedestrian airbag.
Volvo says its extensive development and testing of kinetic flywheels has confirmed the technology is a lightweight, eco-friendly and financially viable solution for improving the performance of its future production vehicles.
The new 22kW fast-charger fitted to the latest Volvo C30 Electric reduces the vehicle's full charge time to just 90 minutes. The C30 Electric uses the world's first on-board charger that operates on a three-phase power supply and is small...
Volvo has no plans to build a luxury limousine to rival the likes of the BMW 7 Series and Mercedes-Benz S-Class, instead focusing its attention on smaller models that fit with its "green image".
The production version of the new Volvo S60 Polestar has been launched with a limited production run developed exclusively for the Australian market. Under the bonnet of the new Volvo S60 Polestar lies the T6 3.
A video teaser suggesting the Volvo S60 Polestar performance concept is coming to Australian showrooms has been released. Unlike the Volvo S60 T6 currently offered locally, which gets an optional Polestar tuning kit to produce 242kW and 480Nm...
Volvo is introducing new engine technologies, known as VEA (Volvo Engine Architecture), which the company says will further lower consumption and emissions, and along with electric motor technology render large-capacity and V8 engines obsolete.
Volvo has appointed Briton Robin Page, formerly head of interior design at Bentley, as its new interior design director. Before joining Volvo, Page was responsible for interior design at Bentley Motors for 12 years, overseeing the Continental...