Volvo Cars
Volvo FM’s on multi-drop grocery deliveries with A F Blakemore
Twelve new FM-400 4x2 tractor units have entered service with West Midlands Retail Distribution specialist A F Blakemore on the firm’s SPAR grocery contract. Plated for 28 tonne GCW operation, the new FM’s join the Willenhall-based company’s 200 vehicle fleet on multi-drop deliveries to 800 stores in an area which stretches from Aberystwyth in the west to Humberside in the east by way of the Home Counties in the south.
Volvo wins awards at The Caravan Club Towcar Competition
Volvo’s extensive experience of designing and developing cars suitable for drivers that tow has been recognised in the results of The Caravan Club Towcar of the Year 2007 Competition.
Volvo FM’s help Musgrave Budgens Londis with driver recruitment
Community food retailer Budgens, part of the Musgrave Budgens Londis Group (MBL), is using the company’s 50 new Volvo FM tractor units to recruit new drivers and also lower the environmental impact of their trucks delivering to High Street stores.
Hallett Silbermann 150 tonne FH Heavy Hauler takes on 70 tonne Volvo Excavator
One of Hallett Silbermann’s two new Volvo FH-520, 150 tonne GCW Heavy Haulage 8x4 tractor units, is being used to move the largest and heaviest Crawler Excavator on the Volvo Construction Equipment demonstration fleet. The 8x4 tractor units are among the first specialist heavy haulage configuration Volvo’s with the D13A engine to go into service in the UK.
New child seat legislation: Volvo has all the facts
Volvo has prepared a guide to the new child seat legislation and its child safety range which will be available from Volvo dealers and the Volvo website: volvocars.co.uk/childsafety.
Volvo C30 SportsCoupe to make world debut at Paris Motor Show
The new Volvo C30 SportsCoupe will make its world debut¹ at the Paris motor show² where Volvo will have a striking display of its all-new model which can be seen by the public from 30 September to 15 October 2006.
Volvo Trucks inaugurates factory in South Africa
Volvo Trucks is today inaugurating its new factory in Durban, South Africa, which will assemble trucks intended primarily for the growing South African market, in an initial investment of approximately 42 million Swedish kronor (£ 3.06m).
Volvo Truck deliveries
Deliveries from Volvo Trucks decreased by 3 per cent between January and July. In total, 60,068 trucks were delivered compared to 62,141 in the same period last year. The reduction relates mainly to lower delivery volumes to Iran. Excluding this market, deliveries increased by eleven per cent.
‘Pirate’ treasure hunt to find buried Volvo XC90 ends in the Bahamas
Volvo Car’s successful, multi-media ‘pirate’ treasure hunt¹ to find the one-of-a-kind Volvo XC90 V8 that was buried as part of Volvo’s partnership² with Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, has reached a dramatic conclusion on an exotic island in the Bahamas.
Hills Transport chills with FH reefer outfit
Shrewsbury-based haulier Hills Transport is double-shifting a new Volvo FH480 6x2 artic on chilled and frozen food deliveries across the UK, including a 7-day a week service to Scotland. The family-owned company has operated Volvo’s since 1988 and currently has 6 new-generation FH’s all hauling a variety of high-quality, locally produced food products, many of which are destined for deli-counters.
Millions saw mini-Volvo XC90 at the European Athletic Championships
Over eight million TV viewers across Europe watched the remote control 1:5 scale model Volvo XC90 collect javelins, discuses and hammers for the athletes at the European Athletic Championships in Gothenburg last week.
Lancashire constabulary adds seven diesel Volvo S60 saloons to its fleet
Lancashire Police has introduced seven diesel-engined Volvo S60s to its fleet of Motorway cars. The arrival of the high-powered diesel models, all fitted with Volvo’s award winning 185PS D5 engine, means the Lancashire force is one of the first to move into diesel-powered models.
Grantley Sawmill’s 21 year old timber treasure
Grantley Sawmills near Ripon, Yorkshire, are still operating a 21-year old Volvo FL7 which the company bought new from local Dealer Crossroads Commercials in 1986. The long-wheelbase 8x4, chassis number 8000096, was one of the first FL-cabbed trucks to go into service in the UK and has spent its entire working life hauling timber.
European premiere for Volvo’s comprehensive new truck range
The international truck show in Hannover on 21st-28th September 2006 marks the premiere showing of Volvo’s entirely new truck range to a wider public. It is a product renewal programme that was implemented in less than ten months and has resulted in one of the most modern product ranges in the truck industry.
First I-Shift evens out fuel figures for R.E. Denison & Son of Ipswich
Long time East Anglian Volvo operator R. E. Denison & Son has put the company’s first FH tractor unit to be equipped with an I-Shift automated transmission, into service with the fleet.