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Featured car - What a new Volvo P1800 looks like
What a new Volvo P1800 looks like
Volvo design chief sketches update of 1960s classic for 50th anniversary…
See sketches of what a new Volvo P1800 could look likeLatest news
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New Volvo XC90 sketches
The designers at Volvo have been redesigning the next version of the XC90
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This is an Aston Martin-engined Volvo
One-off coupe features prototype AM four-pot, on display in Birmingham
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Volvo's Aston Martin-engined P1800
Check out a bigger pic of the one-off Volvo P1800 fitted with a prototype Aston Martin engine
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Frankfurt 2011: Volvo Concept You
See pics of the Volvo You concept, how the Swedish carmaker imagines a luxury, premium full-size car...
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Frankfurt 2011: Volvo ‘Concept You’
How Volvo imagines a full-size, premium luxury car...
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Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid driven
TG tests Volvo's first ever diesel-electric hybrid drivetrain. Impressive figures, but is it any good?
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Shanghai 2011: Volvo Concept Universe unveiled
New Chinese design direction ‘reflects the serenity in light when the sun is rising or setting’…
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Volvo C30 PCP driven
You saw it on the show - now remind yourself just how good this little Volvo is...
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There are a number of Very Fast Hot Hatches around at the moment. The 350bhp Focus RS500 has just landed. We're getting our hands on the 395bhp Cosworth Impreza very, very soon. And don't forget about the Golf R.
But this might just be the fastest of the bunch...Words: Sam Philip
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The Polestar C30 uses the 2.5-litre turbo five-pot already found in the T5 (and the Focus ST and RS), but heavily revised and fitted with a larger turbocharger to achieve that 400bhp output. There's less turbo lag than in, say, the Evo FQ-400, and once the engine gets spinning past 4,000rpm, things get all warpy and ballistic. Oh, and it sounds like half an old F1 engine. Deafening. Brilliant.
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LA Motor Show 2010: the eco brigade
Sandal-wearing vegematarians, your carriages have arrived. A round-up of the world-saving future
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Video: Volvo is down, under
TopGear Oz man ploughs into pedestrian during Volvo safety test, footage ends up on YouTube
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Whether there's enough demand for fast Volvos to make this a reality remains to be seen, but the bosses at both Polestar and Volvo are keen to find out, with the UK identified as the market most likely to go for a hardcore C30 hot hatch.
Cross those fingers. This could be the start of something excellent.
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