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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has double-checked Volvo’s work and found little to criticize. The administration has awarded 11 Volvos its highest rating of 5 stars.  “Volvo has always been and always will be about people, which means safety is our number one priority,” said...

Weiterstadt. Volvo tuner, HEICO SPORTIV, is affording the new S60 and V60 models sporty design highlights in the form of an attractive bodykit. The program encompasses a three-part front spoiler and a rear diffuser including a tailpipe kit or, alternatively, a sport exhaust system. For over...

Volvo’s latest-generation S60 sedan has just come online alongside the new V60 wagon variant. Think “S60 wearing a backpack” and you’re in the ballpark. The V60 wagon is just as distinctive looking, fully featured, and quietly glamorous a thing to look at — though the wagon body sees the roof...

The Trump Administration’s proposed 25 percent import tariff on vehicles manufactured within the European Union could lead to low-volume European models being axed in the US. An anonymous senior executive at an unnamed European carmaker spoke to Reuters this week, telling the news agency that...

North American motoring enthusiasts have been waiting for a new family car revolution and the time is finally here. At least we hope so. For decades now we’ve seen the North American car-buying public flock to sport utility vehicles and  crossovers , largely due to the image those buyers...

Ghent, Belgium is the location of Volvo’s largest plant, and it will soon be the source of a range of new volume vehicles. China’s Lynk & Co will start producing its own Volvo-based vehicles at the plant starting in 2019. The move marks a new level of collaboration between the sister brands...

Volvo revealed the all-new V60 wagon yesterday, and now we know when they'll be revealing the S60 sedan. It will come this summer, in the not exactly Swedish locale of South Carolina. News of the reveal came from Volvo Senior VP Lex Kerssemakers, speaking with Roadshow. It seems like a strange...

The new Volvo V60 wagon has made its official debut ahead of the 2018 Geneva Motor Show next month. Just like every other product Volvo makes these days, the V60 is a handsome offering. It rides on the Swedish automaker’s Scalable Product Architecture platform, which can also be found in the...

Volvo has released a teaser video for its upcoming V60 wagon. Leaning heavily on nostalgia, the teaser tracks Volvo wagons through the years, ending with strategically angled shots of the V60. Based on the same platform as the larger V90, the V60 will share many of its big sister’s styling...

For the first time ever, the Volvo V60 prototype has been captured on film. This elusive wagon was found testing way up in the north of Sweden ahead of its debut. Based on Volvo's SPA platform, the V60 will share a chassis with the larger V90 (as well as with everything else in the 90 and 60...

One of Polestar’s first two models as a standalone brand will be a high-performance coupe to match the world’s best sports cars. After learning last week that Polestar would be spun off into its own brand making bespoke performance cars, the question of what those cars would look like...

In 1965 Joginder Sign won the Safari Rally with the Volvo PV544 and when Volvo’s 242 “Flying Brick” swept the competition off the racing circuits of Europe on its way to become the Group A champion the reputation for being a boring car was erased. It was not until the mid-1990s, when Volvo...

Volvo Car USA imported 265 S60 and V60 Polestar vehicles for model year 2016. Polestar engineers made over 70 modifications and upgrades to the original S60 and V60, resulting in an impressive performance vehicle that gives the driver optimal control in all roads and conditions. The appeal...

The Volvo -Polestar folks are experts in leaving impressions. A few years ago, I drove the S60 and V60 Polestar vehicles, and to this day, they linger in my memory for their brilliant styling, aggressive performance and popping personality in comparison to their more reserved stablemates...

The 2017 V90 Cross Country made its car show debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show today. Placed alongside the new V60 Polestar, the two cars show the duality of Volvo performance, in both ideal and less than ideal conditions. The svelte new V90 Cross Country features a raised ride height...

The 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show has officially opened its doors to the world's media, and Swedespeed was there with a camera to capture the loveliest cars Sweden has to offer in 2017. Complete with unspeakably stylish mid-century modern furniture and a moose, the Volvo stand at the show was also...

Volvo is calling back more than 74,000 vehicles over an issue with seatbelts.  The Swedish brand is calling back the S60, S90, V60, XC60 and XC90, all from the 2016 and 2017 model years. The issue is a connecting pin in the passenger seatbelt buckle which can malfunction and cause the belt to...

The Volvo enthusiast community is a small, close-knit group with many segments focusing on certain generations of vehicles. The second generation S/V60 platform, referred to as the P3 platform, has started to see more aftermarket tuning companies cater to this generation of Volvo vehicles...

Rockleigh, NJ-  The Volvo XC60 and Volvo V60 have been ranked favorites of the Northwest Automotive Press Association (NWAPA). The 2016 XC60 T6 All-Wheel-Drive compact utility vehicle was voted best Premium Utility Vehicle, and the 2016 V60 Cross Country wagon voted best Premium Compact Utility...

Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, and Polestar, the performance brand owned by Volvo Cars, have announced the launch of the quickest cars they have ever made – the new 367hp Polestar S60 sedan and V60 estate. The car makes the zero to 100kmh sprint in 4.7 seconds and is limited to a top speed...