After we gave you your first look at the new Polestar 1 – the first model from Polestar after establishing themselves as a standalone performance electric brand – today the Swedish based firm has unveiled the Polestar 1 in full. Based upon the SPA modular architecture that underpins the … Read moreContinue Reading
This is the Polestar 1 Concept before you’re supposed to see it… sort of. Ahead of its full reveal tomorrow, Polestar – the newly separated standalone electrified performance brand once responsible for all things Volvo and fast – has been releasing small pieces of the puzzle that is the first … Read moreContinue Reading
I grew up with a father who loved the idea of a Volvo station wagon. Growing up in the mid 90s, I can only imagine the one he lusted after was the 850 T-5R estate, in Cream Yellow as they called it. My late father never did own that Volvo … Read moreContinue Reading
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 moreContinue Reading
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 moreContinue Reading
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 moreContinue Reading
The Volvo XC90 has dethroned Porsche after 3 years at the top of the Car of the Year competition in South Africa. Porsche didn’t have a finalist in this year’s WesBank / SAGMJ COTY line up, but the Volvo saw off fierce competition from 11 other deserving finalists to come … Read moreContinue Reading
