Just days after the announcement that Polestar would separate from Volvo to become a standalone manufacturer of electrified performance cars, Volvo has made a bold move and declared that from 2019, all Volvos will be electrified! The announcement comes as manufacturers make a drive towards green energy, with Volvo … Read more
Volvo and Polestar have enjoyed a long partnership with the latter assisting the former in developing not just performance variants like the S60 Polestar, but full on race cars. The partnership culminated with a 100% acquisition of Polestar by Volvo in July 2015 as the in-house performance brand for Volvo. … Read more
Geely – the Chinese auto manufacturer who owns Volvo and the London Taxi Company – has bought Lotus, the famed sports car brand from Hethel, England. In a move worth £100 million, Geely Holding Group acquired 51% of Lotus, with Etika Automotive acquiring the remaining 49%. In the same deal, … Read more
South Africa has a dismal record when it comes to station wagons. In stark contrast to Europe where wagons reign, our buying public would rather opt for a high riding SUV. Volvo have long been known for their iconic station wagons, and they may have the answer to saving the … Read more
You know the rather special Volvo XC90? Well there’s a BMW 5-Series rivaling sedan arriving soon based on the same SPA (Scalable Product Architecture) modular platform – the Volvo S90; and Volvo SA has just released pricing on the halo sedan. Expected to arrive at the end of 2016, … Read more
It’s Europe’s best selling SUV, which isn’t surprising when you consider it’s bigger brother is one of the best selling SUVs ever. But with an increasing weight behind moving to greener technologies, the Volvo XC60 is yet to adopt the full range of Volvo’s Drive-E engines. Ahead of the full … Read more
It’s 10:30 in the AM, Sandton and surrounding areas are their usual congestive chaos. I await the street light’s imminent change to green in silence – the norm for modern cars equipped with stop/start technology. But the silence continues as I pull away, and then reach the next intersection… and … Read more
