February 1, Volvo Company of North America announced that American sales (including sales of Puerto Rico) hit the record high in January of 2013 since 2008. In January of 2013, Volvo American sales were 4,875 vehicles, up 9.3% year on ...
Affordable mid-sized family cars have outperformed their luxury counterparts in the latest round of crash testing by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in the US. Thirteen out of 18 'moderately priced' mid-sized cars were ...
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Sales of medium cars surged beyond those of large cars in Australia for the first time in 2012,with the locally produced Toyota Camry leading the charge. After coming up just short of the large-car segment in 2011(75,984 versus ...
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Google will begin to phase out its Sync service for consumers and discontinue several other services in early January. The shuttering of the services, described as "winter cleaning" by the company, was announced in a post on its official ...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a consumer warning involving the sale of counterfeit air bags that were used as replacement parts for vehicles involved in a crash. The fake air bags look like certified, ...
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Swedish car maker Volvo Cars is planning to reduce the production volume at its Ghent factory in Belgium as of 2013. At first, the production line will be slowed from 59 cars per hour to 54 and as a result, 300 jobs will be laid off by ...
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Swedish carmaker Volvo is recalling 300 units of 2013 XC70 and S80 models due to a problem with tire pressure monitoring system. According to the US Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA ), a software error within the Central ...
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Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Car Group has confirmed its plans to cut production at Torslanda facility in Hisingen and Ghent facility in Belgium. The Torslanda plant will have three production-free days in week 51, before the ...
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Volvo has expanded its range of diesel engines lineup in the European market with the launch of a new entry-level five-cylinder 2.0-liter turbocharged engine for its V60, V70, S80 and S60 models. The new D3 diesel engine can be mated to ...
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The Volkswagen CC is like buying designer clothes at ready-to-wear prices. It looks really good, and you look good in it. But don't expect it to score aces for practicality. The CC is a "four-door coupe," another way of saying a sedan ...
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