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Today, the press launch of the 2012 TTA Racing Elite League series was at Volvo Showroom in Stockholm. After work, I went by the find out if I could see a glimpse of it. Unfortunately, all was already over. But, behind the showroom, they we’re loading the cars back in their trucks and trailers. Some […]

The latest color on new Volvo R-Design is Polestar Blue or Rebel Blå. What a great color! “It’s cool, but they’ll never build it.” That’s what we thought when the Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype debuted last year in Gothenburg; if you’re a Volvo fan, we know you thought the same thing. But here […]

The new Formula One season is going to start this weekend in Australia. I have update my Formula One team site for 2012. See all the F1 cars form the last 50 years… 1 – 2 / Red Bull RDB8 – Renault RS27- 2012 / Sebastian Vettel & Mark Webber 3 – 4 / McLaren […]

After having some days with warm weather, the winter is still trying to leave its footprint behind. Approximate 20 cm snow came in the Stockholm region on the early saturday…

Volvo Photo Locations Part 78 On 14 April 1927, the first series-produced Volvo car leaves Lundby Göteborg factory. 85 years later, the Volvo Group is one of the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles and Volvo Cars approaches the 500 000 sold cars per year. It was ten o’clock on the morning of 14 april […]

Last part of our Volvo Factory Tour, organised by the Volvo-forum.nl, was the presentation of the new Volvo V40 in the Design Center. Fellow country man Fedde Talsma, Chief Designer at Volvo Car, had made some time free to explain us about the design process at Volvo and the V40 specific. Fedde has been involved […]

Next part of the 2012 Volvo Factory Tour, organised by the Volvo-forum.nl, was the Volvo Demo Centre. A test track with all the cars that Volvo has currently on sale. “The track has been constructed as a country road to ensure that you have the best opportunity for an authentic experience. The track is not […]

Part three of the Volvo Factory Tour, organised by the Volvo-forum.nl, was a visit to the Volvo Factory in Torslanda. Here we got the famous Blue train tour through the factory. After the tour through the factory plants of Torslanda, we were ready to go to the Brand Experience Center , to get a demonstration […]

As part of the Volvo Factory Tour, organised by the Volvo-forum.nl, we visited in the afternoon the SAAB Museum in Trolhättan. A lot has happend since the last time we visited the museum in April 2006 (see photos). It is wonderfull for both the Saab brand with all enthusiasts and for the Trollhättan region that […]

We joined the Volvo Factory Tour 2012 organised by the Volvo-forum.nl. First day that we joined was today, when we visited the Pininfarina Factory in Uddevalla, where the C70 is produced today. The factory is owned by a joint venture between Volvo Cars (40%) and Pininfarina (60%). o. Today, the C70 model is produced here […]