Volvo News

As well as a focus on biofuels and hybrid technology, Volvo is also making energy-efficiency improvements to conventional drive trains.

The all-new Volvo V70, the next generation of one of the police force’s most popular vehicles, makes its UK debut in full police specification and livery at the National Association of Police Fleet Managers (NAPFM) conference and exhibition at Wroughton on 14 and 15 August.

Eighty years ago the first Volvo car, the ÖV4 ‘Jakob’, left the factory in Gothenburg, Sweden and to mark this occasion, Volvo Car UK is hosting a Volvo Marque Day celebration on Sunday 2 September.

Volvo announces class leading residual values for its all-new Volvo V70 and XC70 premium estate models, plus the opportunity to test drive the cars before they make their official showroom debut in September.

Volvo is continuing its long standing commitment to environmental care by adding two new engines and models to its FlexiFuel bio-ethanol range. To power the all new Volvo V70 estate and the new Volvo S80 executive saloon, a two-litre FlexiFuel unit will arrive later this year and will be joined by a five-cylinder 2.5-litre turbocharged engine in 2008.

Volvo is extending the engine options in its stylish C70 coupe convertible range with the addition of the popular 136PS 2-litre turbodiesel. The 2.0D powerplant has already established itself as a firm favourite amongst Volvo customers and will now offer C70 drivers a combination of enhanced driving pleasure and impressive fuel economy.

Volvo Car UK has significantly improved ownership costs by lowering a basket of part prices, and reducing service times across the Volvo 2008 model year range.

A new Sport with R-DESIGN specification is being introduced for all new Volvo C30, S40 and V50 models. The R-DESIGN package replaces, and enhances, Volvo’s current Sport trim levels, offering a range of unique sports-inspired interior and exterior details to the Sport and SE Sport variants.

Volvo’s unique Personal Car Communicator (PCC) has won the Innovation award at the 2007 British Insurance Car Security Awards, announced today at Thatcham, the Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre.

Based on over 40 years of child safety research and development, Volvo’s latest results highlight a number of simple guidelines that any parent or family member can follow to provide optimum protection for children when travelling in cars, irrespective of make or model.