Best Review of Pedestrian Safety I’ve Seen
Very good description and demonstration by our Naughty Tour host.
Good holiday weekend to all our friends in the US. The rest of you…well it’s just two days to Monday.
dan
Every Little Bit Adds Up – 2011 S60 Regenerative Charging
I was going though technical specs and found a bit of technology that’s rather slick. Regenerative Charging (RC) is used in our S60s electrical system to reduce carbon output and increase fuel economy.
RC is an intelligent control of the alternator charging function. By changing the alternator charge level parameters, when the driver uses the brake [...]
Just Saw a Black 2011 S60
As we get close to launch date, we’re getting more S60’s at NJ office. Out back, in our Service Methods Shop, there are a couple of black ones. Black doesn’t photograph well – at least not with my skill set – so better to show nice pretty ones and leave black to your imagination. But [...]
George Perkins, Executive Producer – “Desperate Housewives”
A while back, we asked George if he would like to review our C70. Unfortunately, he was traveling in Hawaii at the time, leaving us no way to get one there within a reasonable time frame. However, upon his return, he took one for a state-side test drive.
Dan
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I’ve just received the Volvo C70 to drive [...]
The ‘Naughty Volvo Tour’ Coming to a City Near You
An S60 hello to you all.
Last year we took XC60 on tour. Our goal was to show something completely different in two ways: design and safety. No other Volvo ever looked as good, (okay, I think the first C70 Coupe was stunning, especially in Saffron color), but the XC60 was really the first showing of [...]
Word Smithing 101
When Toyota announced their Star Safety System, we started to scratch our heads like, “Gosh, what makes that so special?” I put together lists of what Volvo had, when we had it, when it was fitted, to what models, if there were any markets we didn’t have something fitted … and it became overwhelming.
So I [...]
First reviews of our all new S60
The on sale date for the all new 2011 S60 is mid-September. James is getting a media lauch ready for early September; we call this a ’short lead’ since most publications attending are able to turn around their stories rather quickly. Funny, long lead meaning print media that need 2-3 months to get articles in [...]
First U.S. Journalist to Drive the 2011 Volvo S60
Roger Hart from AutoWeek just came back from Germany, a great place to test drive any car, and in the link below he writes about our new S60 coming this later this year.
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100517/CARREVIEWS/100519894
dan
World Congress meeting of SAE, April 14, 2010
One of our VCC engineering colleagues attended this year’s Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Conference. Below is a short email from him acknowledging our Pedestrian Detection with Full Auto Braking for the upcoming S60.
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This came to our head of regulations and compliance in Rockleigh, NJ:
Hi Adam,
Here are some short notes [...]
Ready for the race track
Wow, that’s one bad…well you get the idea. Just looks nasty. Features mid-engine, V6 (not from our parts bins), 410 horsepower, an autobahn rocket.
dan
Volvo Cars enters the all-new Volvo S60 in the
Belgian Touring Car Series
Just weeks after the all-new Volvo S60 was introduced to the public, the latest Volvo model is also being unveiled [...]
