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Continuing just-auto/QUBE’s review of interior design and safety technology trends, we take a closer look at Volvo’s premium mid-size S60. While the S60 is a solid, safe and sensible choice, it comes bristling with an appealing spec.
In many ways, the fully redesigned Volvo XC60 SUV/crossover is a bit like a little sister inheriting a hand-me-down dress from big sister – the older sibling gets all the praise at the time of the first-time expose; but the junior, in the elder’s shadow, still looks just as nice. In this case, big sister is the XC90, launched to considerable acclaim – was it indeed two and a half years ago already? And now comes little sis XC60 in much the same dress but cut to a smaller size with a few stylish tweaks just for the newer generation.
Will people in the US take to the V90 CC? That’s the key question for a model which substitutes the XC70, a car that Audi went after with the A6 allroad, and now Mercedes-Benz wants in on the act too.
Ever since Euro NCAP came into being, thus forcing all of its competitors to have five-star rated cars in an influence as a price of entry to the vehicle market, Volvo has been scraping around for a fresh USP.
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When Volvo announced its 20/20 vision in two thousand eight – that no one would be killed or gravely injured in one of its cars by the year two thousand twenty – autonomous cars and connectivity were virtually nowhere on the automotive agenda.
Peter Mertens, senior vice president, research and development, Volvo Car Group, describes the cooperative development of the fresh Compact Modular Architecture (CMA) with parent Geely as “good relations” tho’ the embark was a little rocky as culture and time zones took some adjusting to, on both sides.
As head of software development for VCC’s V526 project, Ulrika Pettersson manages the input of suppliers to the fresh XC90’s advanced infotainment system. With more variants of this big SUV still to come, her role is evolving.
Volvo Cars’ technical director for the ninety Cluster models opens up about the development of the XC90. Plus, what’s coming for two VCC architectures: SPA for medium and large vehicles, and the smaller Geely-Volvo CMA.
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Five September 2017
Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, is heading for another record year in retail sales, after posting double-digit global sales growth of 15.5% in August compared with the same period last year. Total sales for the January to August period amounted to.
Volvo Group Connected Solutions is the freshly established unit that will lead the development of the Volvo Group`s connected services and solutions. Fresh ways of working will pull out innovation power and shorten time to market. The Volvo Group presently.
Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, is strengthening its executive management team with the appointment of fresh senior vice presidents for the Americas region and for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Effective fifteen September Lex Kerssemakers will be.
Polestar, the spectacle brand of Volvo Cars, has unveiled the Model Year two thousand eighteen Volvo V60 Polestar, finish with extra aerodynamic components made from lightweight carbon fibre material that increase downforce by 30% for improved spectacle and.
Volvo says its XC40 petite city SUV, to be launched in the coming weeks will suggest premium space, storage and functionality.
Volvo Car UK has appointed Mike Johnstone as marketing strategy director with instant effect. The fresh role will see Mike take responsibility for developing and implementing an integrated marketing strategy to help support Volvo’s ambitious growth.
The Gaikindo Indonesian International Auto Display kicked off on Thursday at the International Convention Centre in the BSD satellite city just outside Jakarta.
Volvo Cars and the premium automaker’s parent, Geely Holding have finished the formation of two fresh entities which they said would share existing and future technology and provide the economies of scale to more rapidly develop next generation electrified vehicle technology.
Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, remains tightly on course for another record year in retail sales, after posting a 7.9% increase for the very first seven months of two thousand seventeen compared with the same period last year. Total sales for the January to July period.
Volvo Cars announced it would set up fresh joint venture technology company with its Chinese car group parent Geely Holding.
Geely Holdings’ premium Volvo Cars unit booked a healthy rise in operating profit in the very first half of two thousand seventeen despite ongoing powerful expenditure on fresh models such as the XC60 SUV.
Polestar, the spectacle brand of Volvo Cars, has introduced the latest-generation powertrain optimisation for the fresh Volvo XC60. With the Polestar enhancement, the fresh Volvo XC60 T8 produces four hundred twenty one hp, matching the optimised XC90 T8 as the most powerful Volvo.
Geely’s Volvo Cars, which has just announced an updated electrification plan, expects “another record year in retail sales” after posting an 8.2% increase for the very first six months of the year. Total sales tally for the very first half of two thousand seventeen was 277,641 cars, versus 256,563 a year earlier.
Geely’s Volvo Cars said every fresh model it launches from two thousand nineteen will have an electrified motor tho’ many of these are likely to be no more than 48V ‘mild hybrids’ with a 48V starter/alternator and braking regeneration.
Geely’s Volvo Cars has said every model it launches from two thousand nineteen “will have an electrical motor” tho’ many of these are likely to be just mild hybrids with braking energy regeneration and a forty eight volt starter/alternator.
Volvo Cars and Autoliv have announced that they will work with NVIDIA, the AI and visual computing company, to develop advanced systems and software for self-driving cars.
Volvo Cars is finding that kangaroos in mid-jump befuddle the XC90 autonomous drive prototypes it is testing in Australia.
Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, announces the following appointments. Robin Page as senior vice president Design. Mr Page, head of interior design for the past four years, will take over Volvo’s design operations as Thomas Ingenlath has been named.
Geely possessed Volvo Cars announced Polestar, its spectacle car arm, is to become a fresh, separately branded, electrified global high-performance car company.
Volvo Cars has reported double-digit global retail sales growth of 12.2% for May, compared with the same month last year, on the back of solid spectacle in all its three main sales regions.
Volvo Cars says it has become the very first car maker in the world to export China-made cars to Europe by train via China’s fresh ‘One Belt, One Road’ trade initiative.
Geely’s Volvo Cars is to embark vehicle assembly operations in India in 2017, in conjunction with Volvo Group, the truck, bus and construction equipment manufacturer which already builds vehicles in the country.
Geely’s Volvo Cars will not develop any fresh diesel engines as the cost of reducing emissions of nitrogen oxide is becoming too expensive, according to chief executive Hakan Samuelsson.
Geely’s Volvo Cars has announced a “close partnership” with Google to develop the next generation of Android based infotainment and connectivity which will launch on fresh models within two years.
The parent company of Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely, which possesses Sweden’s Volvo Cars, plans to acquire a stake of up to 30% in privately-owned Danish investment banking group Saxo Bank.
Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, spotted a good commence to the 2nd quarter of the year, reporting global retail sales growth of Ten.5% in April. Volvo Cars` three main sales regions all contributed to the double-digit growth. Total sales for the.
Autoliv reported record consolidated sales of US$Two,608m, a growth of Four.4%, for the quarter ended thirty one March 2017.
Geely-owned Volvo Cars has reported an operating profit of SEK3.Five billion (USD318m) for the very first three months of the year, up 11% year-on-year. It said the increase was mainly driven by strong request for the XC60 and ninety series model ranges.
Production of Volvo Cars` fresh XC60 mid-size SUV embarked on twenty six April two thousand seventeen at the company`s Torslanda plant in Sweden. The very first customer-bound car, a T5 AWD Inscription in Crystal White, flipped off the production line just before lunch time. The.
Geely’s Volvo Cars will build its very first fully electrified car in China, the company announced on Wednesday at Auto Shanghai in China.
Volvo Cars automotive business news, Volvo Cars company profile, Volvo Cars analysis, comment and interviews
Volvo Cars
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Continuing just-auto/QUBE’s review of interior design and safety technology trends, we take a closer look at Volvo’s premium mid-size S60. While the S60 is a solid, safe and sensible choice, it comes bristling with an appealing spec.
In many ways, the fully redesigned Volvo XC60 SUV/crossover is a bit like a little sister inheriting a hand-me-down dress from big sister – the older sibling gets all the praise at the time of the first-time expose; but the junior, in the elder’s shadow, still looks just as nice. In this case, big sister is the XC90, launched to considerable acclaim – was it truly two and a half years ago already? And now comes little sis XC60 in much the same dress but cut to a smaller size with a few stylish tweaks just for the newer generation.
Will people in the US take to the V90 CC? That’s the key question for a model which substitutes the XC70, a car that Audi went after with the A6 allroad, and now Mercedes-Benz wants in on the act too.
Ever since Euro NCAP came into being, thus forcing all of its competitors to have five-star rated cars in an influence as a price of entry to the vehicle market, Volvo has been scraping around for a fresh USP.
Latest interviews
When Volvo announced its 20/20 vision in two thousand eight – that no one would be killed or earnestly injured in one of its cars by the year two thousand twenty – autonomous cars and connectivity were virtually nowhere on the automotive agenda.
Peter Mertens, senior vice president, research and development, Volvo Car Group, describes the cooperative development of the fresh Compact Modular Architecture (CMA) with parent Geely as “good relations” tho’ the begin was a little rocky as culture and time zones took some adjusting to, on both sides.
As head of software development for VCC’s V526 project, Ulrika Pettersson manages the input of suppliers to the fresh XC90’s advanced infotainment system. With more variants of this big SUV still to come, her role is evolving.
Volvo Cars’ technical director for the ninety Cluster models opens up about the development of the XC90. Plus, what’s coming for two VCC architectures: SPA for medium and large vehicles, and the smaller Geely-Volvo CMA.
Latest news
Five September 2017
Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, is heading for another record year in retail sales, after posting double-digit global sales growth of 15.5% in August compared with the same period last year. Total sales for the January to August period amounted to.
Volvo Group Connected Solutions is the freshly established unit that will lead the development of the Volvo Group`s connected services and solutions. Fresh ways of working will let out innovation power and shorten time to market. The Volvo Group presently.
Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, is strengthening its executive management team with the appointment of fresh senior vice presidents for the Americas region and for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Effective fifteen September Lex Kerssemakers will be.
Polestar, the spectacle brand of Volvo Cars, has unveiled the Model Year two thousand eighteen Volvo V60 Polestar, finish with extra aerodynamic components made from lightweight carbon fibre material that increase downforce by 30% for improved spectacle and.
Volvo says its XC40 petite city SUV, to be launched in the coming weeks will suggest premium space, storage and functionality.
Volvo Car UK has appointed Mike Johnstone as marketing strategy director with instantaneous effect. The fresh role will see Mike take responsibility for developing and implementing an integrated marketing strategy to help support Volvo’s ambitious growth.
The Gaikindo Indonesian International Auto Display kicked off on Thursday at the International Convention Centre in the BSD satellite city just outside Jakarta.
Volvo Cars and the premium automaker’s parent, Geely Holding have ended the formation of two fresh entities which they said would share existing and future technology and provide the economies of scale to more rapidly develop next generation electrified vehicle technology.
Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, remains rigidly on course for another record year in retail sales, after posting a 7.9% increase for the very first seven months of two thousand seventeen compared with the same period last year. Total sales for the January to July period.
Volvo Cars announced it would set up fresh joint venture technology company with its Chinese car group parent Geely Holding.
Geely Holdings’ premium Volvo Cars unit booked a healthy rise in operating profit in the very first half of two thousand seventeen despite ongoing powerful expenditure on fresh models such as the XC60 SUV.
Polestar, the spectacle brand of Volvo Cars, has introduced the latest-generation powertrain optimisation for the fresh Volvo XC60. With the Polestar enhancement, the fresh Volvo XC60 T8 supplies four hundred twenty one hp, matching the optimised XC90 T8 as the most powerful Volvo.
Geely’s Volvo Cars, which has just announced an updated electrification plan, expects “another record year in retail sales” after posting an 8.2% increase for the very first six months of the year. Total sales tally for the very first half of two thousand seventeen was 277,641 cars, versus 256,563 a year earlier.
Geely’s Volvo Cars said every fresh model it launches from two thousand nineteen will have an electrical motor however many of these are likely to be no more than 48V ‘mild hybrids’ with a 48V starter/alternator and braking regeneration.
Geely’s Volvo Cars has said every model it launches from two thousand nineteen “will have an electrified motor” however many of these are likely to be just mild hybrids with braking energy regeneration and a forty eight volt starter/alternator.
Volvo Cars and Autoliv have announced that they will work with NVIDIA, the AI and visual computing company, to develop advanced systems and software for self-driving cars.
Volvo Cars is finding that kangaroos in mid-jump befuddle the XC90 autonomous drive prototypes it is testing in Australia.
Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, announces the following appointments. Robin Page as senior vice president Design. Mr Page, head of interior design for the past four years, will take over Volvo’s design operations as Thomas Ingenlath has been named.
Geely possessed Volvo Cars announced Polestar, its spectacle car arm, is to become a fresh, separately branded, electrified global high-performance car company.
Volvo Cars has reported double-digit global retail sales growth of 12.2% for May, compared with the same month last year, on the back of solid spectacle in all its three main sales regions.
Volvo Cars says it has become the very first car maker in the world to export China-made cars to Europe by train via China’s fresh ‘One Belt, One Road’ trade initiative.
Geely’s Volvo Cars is to begin vehicle assembly operations in India in 2017, in conjunction with Volvo Group, the truck, bus and construction equipment manufacturer which already builds vehicles in the country.
Geely’s Volvo Cars will not develop any fresh diesel engines as the cost of reducing emissions of nitrogen oxide is becoming too expensive, according to chief executive Hakan Samuelsson.
Geely’s Volvo Cars has announced a “close partnership” with Google to develop the next generation of Android based infotainment and connectivity which will launch on fresh models within two years.
The parent company of Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely, which possesses Sweden’s Volvo Cars, plans to acquire a stake of up to 30% in privately-owned Danish investment banking group Saxo Bank.
Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, witnessed a good commence to the 2nd quarter of the year, reporting global retail sales growth of Ten.5% in April. Volvo Cars` three main sales regions all contributed to the double-digit growth. Total sales for the.
Autoliv reported record consolidated sales of US$Two,608m, a growth of Four.4%, for the quarter ended thirty one March 2017.
Geely-owned Volvo Cars has reported an operating profit of SEK3.Five billion (USD318m) for the very first three months of the year, up 11% year-on-year. It said the increase was mainly driven by strong request for the XC60 and ninety series model ranges.
Production of Volvo Cars` fresh XC60 mid-size SUV commenced on twenty six April two thousand seventeen at the company`s Torslanda plant in Sweden. The very first customer-bound car, a T5 AWD Inscription in Crystal White, spinned off the production line just before lunch time. The.
Geely’s Volvo Cars will build its very first fully electrical car in China, the company announced on Wednesday at Auto Shanghai in China.