Hear the one about the man who put a BMW V10 and Porsche GT3 brakes in a Volvo? No? That’s probably because it’s not actually a joke… The ever-interesting SpeedHunters has a great article about a Scandinavian bloke called Jesper Andersson who did just that, and the resulting car is thoroughly magnificent! You can read the article […]
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Ballerinas, hamsters, bulls… now Volvo Trucks’ marketing department has done it again, in even more spectacular fashion – with JCVD! Epic indeed…
Don’t know if any of you caught this in the weekend’s Bathurst coverage, but it bore a striking resemblance to the days when Aussie touring cars were actually good to watch… Seeing Jim Richards belt a Volvo around reminded me of the days when the 2-litre cars mixed it with the V8s and Dick Johnson […]
The Top Ten finalists for the overall AA/NZ Motoring Writers’ Guild New Zealand New Zealand Car of the Year have been announced. They are, in no particular order: Subaru BRZ, Ford Kuga, Lexus IS, Holden Volt, Hyundai Santa Fe, Volkswagen Golf, Subaru Forester, Holden Commodore VF, Mazda6 and Volvo V40. The finalists will now be voted on by members of the NZ Motoring Writers’ […]
Volvo Trucks just seem to be getting sillier and sillier with their promotional videos lately. Not that we think that is a bad thing – their latest vids are great! Take this one for example: someone thought it was a great idea to paint a truck red and have it outrun a herd of bulls […]
Here is a great article on Jalopnik.com about one of three Volvo 960 wagons packing supercharged Ford V8s that the legendary Paul Newman had built – one for him, one for a family friend and one for talk show host David Letterman. LETTERMAN: I say to Paul, “Now wait a minute. Paul, I have a […]
While we have had the diesel versions of Volvo’s last Ford Focus-based small car for a number of months now, the petrol version have finally arrived. The diesels are perky performers with punchy engines and great handling, so what can the petrol-powered versions add to the mix? The answer to that question is; power, and […]
If you spent any time in the 1980s, you probably still can’t shake the idea that Volvos are boring. And let’s face it – back then, they were. The Swedish company’s focus has always been on safety and while safety is all well and good, it was hardly exciting. Unless, that is, you were a […]
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