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As Volvo Cars marches toward its chosen October 16th reveal date for the new pure-electric Volvo XC40, the automaker is slowly feeding the news media tidbits of information to whet our appetites. The latest: as with so many other battery-electric vehicles, the Volvo XC40's lack of an internal...

Big accidents aren't the only scary ones. Sometimes, even if you haven't been hurt, it's hard to know what to do next. So Volvo USA wants to help. Known as Volvo Car Accident Advisor, the service is specifically intended for people who have not suffered any injuries and gives you guided...

Not since the CB radio craze of the ‘70s have trucks and passenger cars had so much to say to one another, but now Volvo’s cars and trucks will be able to warn one another about impending dangers on the road. Although Volvo doesn’t plan to warn drivers about smokeys or bear traps , they will...

Volvo Cars announced their first quarter financial results earlier today. The automaker reported an operating profit of 3,616 million Swedish Kroner. That's around US $416 million. That's up 3.6 percent from the same quarter last year. Net revenues for the company were MSEK 56,813 which is up...

Sales for Volvo were on the up and up this month, as the automaker sold 5.3% more cars in October 2017 than it did in the same month a year earlier. That hike came as a result of strong demand for the 90 and 60 series in large markets. Sales in China were up nearly 30%, while sales in the USA...

Volvo has only recently started exhuming itself from its post-recession sales hole and pushing its disastrous fling with Ford into the past. Turning a corner, the company has sold over 470,000 cars so far this year, aided largely by the successes of its XC90 SUV. Operating earnings having...

Volvo Cars, the first car maker to actively test child seats in crash tests as far back as the early 1960s, is launching a range of three new child seats with a focus on design, comfort and convenience. As a pioneer in child safety, Volvo Cars’ heritage of development, testing and clear...

Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, has announced a robust start to 2016 with operating profit for the first three months of the year increasing strongly to SEK 3.1bn and the operating profit margin reaching 7.5 per cent, as sales improved in Europe, Asia and the US. The Swedish company reported...

ROCKLEIGH, N.J. (May 3, 2016) - Volvo Car USA, LLC, (VCUSA) reported U.S. sales of 6,169 vehicles, a 33.1 percent increase versus April 2015. Year-to-date sales are up 22.7 percent over the first four months of 2015. Sales for the month of April were led by the award-winning XC90 luxury sedan...

Volvo Cars has unveiled a unique piece of art, based on the interior of the new S90 Excellence sedan, Volvo Cars’ top-of-the-line variant of the S90. The sculpture clearly illustrates how the Lounge Console could look in the new S90 Excellence, and Volvo Cars’ commitment to deliver a new and...

ROCKLEIGH, NJ – The all-new Volvo XC90 has earned a spot among the 2016 Wards 10 Best Interiors awards, which recognizes new or significantly improved passenger vehicle interiors. The Volvo XC90’s interior is designed to make occupants feel better when they arrive at their destination than they...

The theme for Volvo Cars at the world's biggest classic car show, Techno Classica, will be “60 years of estate heritage”. The new Volvo V90, just premiered at Geneva Motor Show, benefits from six decades of estate knowledge, starting with the Volvo Duett which was launched in 1953. It was the...

Volvo Cars is set to begin production of special editions of the S60, Volvo’s premium mid-size four-door sedan and its expressive sibling, the five-door V60 estate. The cars will come with a range of attractive exterior and interior updates that add an additional splash of dynamism.  The S60...

Volvo Cars’ S90 premium sedan has been voted Production Car Design of the Year 2015 by a panel of professional car designers from around the globe. The award, presented by Car Design News, represents the pinnacle of automotive design awards. The jury is made up of eighteen top car designers...

Volvo announced today that it will be “throwing its weight” behind the Charging Interface Initiative, a consortium interested in designing a universal charging system for electric cars. The system would allow all electric vehicles to use the same plugs for charging. By standardizing, all...

Global retail sales of 34,551 cars in February                                        US market up 31.1 per cent Volvo XC90 drives global growth Volvo Cars posted a 15.2 per cent increase in retail sales for the month of February, selling 34,551 cars globally. Sales of the new Volvo XC90 were...

For decades, drivers have been accustomed to accessing and driving cars with physical keys. But no longer. In a ground-breaking move for the automotive industry, Volvo Cars plans to become the world’s first car manufacturer to offer cars without keys from 2017. Volvo customers will be offered...

Volvo Cars is the first car maker to integrate the hugely popular Spotify music streaming service globally in its new cars, starting with the new Volvo XC90, S90 and V90 this spring it was announced at Mobile World Conference in Barcelona. The Swedish car maker has worked closely with the...

Volvo Car Group, the premium car maker, trebled its operating profit for 2015 to SEK6.620bn compared to SEK2.128bn for the same period in 2014. Revenue for the year was SEK164,043m, up from SEK137,590m in 2014. The company also reported an all-time sales record of 503,127 cars in 2015, the...

Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, expects to make record sales in 2016 for the third consecutive year, Håkan Samuelsson, president and chief executive said. Mr Samuelsson also forecast that operating profits would also improve in 2016 driven by growth in all of Volvo’s three main sales regions...