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Swedespeed Project V70 T5M: V70R Seat Restoration
The leather with the diamond pattern suede seats found in the 1998 to 2000 V70R represent one of the most memorable features from that generation.
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The leather with the diamond pattern suede seats found in the 1998 to 2000 V70R represent one of the most memorable features from that generation.
This technical feature covers the replacement of the '98-'00 V70 AWD propeller shaft.
Yes, while Volvo’s current range of wagons continues its exodus from the North American market, recent conversations suggest there may still be an outside chance for the company’s newest and most striking estate, the V60
Since we last checked in on our Volvo XC60, it has gone through a lot of changes. We ended the last update by switching back from our 20-inch Heico five-spoke wheels to the stock setup in hopes of testing the off-the-lot winter handling, as well as the handling and fuel economy differences between our setup.
For almost two decades now, Per-Ivar Sellergren, a senior engineer at Volvo in Sweden has been working on advanced technologies including one increasingly relevant breakthrough--body panels that funct...
Last year Volvo debuted the XC60, the Car that stops itself, as all the marketing equipment read. This year, theyll debut a new S60 thats even smarter, with sharper vision and a more advanced brai...
It seemed as if the Enerdel company had maybe built a massive wind farm in the middle of a random field in an even more random part of Indiana (itself a pretty non-descript state) just so visitors com...
While we were finalizing Stage 0 and other cosmetic enhancements, we began to plan out what we were going to do to turn up the fun factor for our Project V70 T5. While chatting with IPD, they mentioned they were going to be offering a new Turbo back exhaust system for the 870 cars and offered to send us a version for our project.
n mid-January, following our staff gathering for the Detroit Auto Show, the XC60 changed hands and left our man Georges outpost in Pennsylvania to see out the remainder of its year with us at our Chicago home base. The snow hasnt been bad since, and were still craving an opportunity to see how the latest all-road Volvo handles the real nasty stuff.
Stop right here. Hold your calls. Clear your schedule. Set everything else aside now, and devote the next half-hour of your life to reading the forum thread linked below. We promise, it'll be worth yo...