Volvo is always looking for ways to make its cars safer. The latest one is an effort to slow them down. Starting from 2020, all Volvos will come with a top speed of not higher than 180 km/h in an effort to help accomplish that. They're also looking at more localised speed limiters. The automaker's Vision 2020 is a goal "which aims for no one to

Volvo has given the public its first up-close look at the all-new V60 compact station wagon at the Geneva auto show, following a web-only reveal of the 2019 model in late February. The 2019 Volvo V60 is the latest model to move onto the brand's SPA (scalable product architecture) platform, which already underpins the XC60 compact crossover and l

From its restyled grille logo and squinty "Thor's hammer" running lights, to its squiggly sculpted taillights and twin chrome-tipped exhausts, the redesigned seven-passenger 2016 Volvo XC90 is much more than your typical model refresh: it's a fully-rendered expression of Volvo's new architecture and style. It's the first vehicle in the Swedish auto

Back in the early 1980s, my dad, who was shopping for a new car at the time, took me to the local AMC and Jeep dealership.  It was there I first saw the Eagle, a bold machine that dared to be each a fashionable sedan (or coupe, or wagon) and an off-road truck sort of thing. At the time, nobody else made four-wheel-drive vehicles that offered ful

Volvo is bringing us a brand new V90 wagon , and a lifted V90 Cross Country is coming with it. The company has now announced pricing for the new models and dealers are taking orders for vehicles expected to arrive in the first quarter of 2017. Both models will come with Volvo's T6 engine. That's a 2.0L four-cylinder with a turbo and a superch

Before my current career of telling people about how cars drive, I paid for school by tending bar at a local jazz/blues night club in downtown Sudbury. Nightly, and for years, I got to listen to live music, 20 feet from the stage. Call this stereo a must-have if you’ll spend hours using your S90 as a rolling concert hall; it replicates audio

Cars and carmakers being what they are, there are always peaks and valleys. And that’s been Volvo: it had several lackluster years, but has soared in the last little while with impressive all-new models. It continues that momentum with its latest, the 2019 S60 sedan, as well as that vehicle’s V60 station wagon sibling. A tempting alternative

If you’re one of these mythical SUV decliners that are rumoured to exist, listen up. The new 2019 Volvo V60 is an excellently proportioned vehicle that can move a proper amount of stuff and is luxurious and stylish without breaking the bank – or at least, not as badly as similarly sized vehicles from other upscale brands. Those who are looking fo

BARCELONA, Spain – About forty-five kilometres northwest of Barcelona, Montserrat’s jagged peaks pierce the sky like a saw-toothed blade. Hidden deep within those formidable walls is a Benedictine monastery with roots going back circa 800 AD. Volvo has enjoyed at least a renaissance if not a return to autonomy. Aside from being the focu

The highest-performing version of the elegant 2019 Volvo XC60 R-Design is also it’s only hybrid-powered option. Shoppers after thrilling performance, excellent fuel economy, and fully electric operation that can massively slash fuel bills will likely find the XC60 T8 to be a uniquely compelling, and forward-looking, take on the modern luxury p

One thing I’ve never figured out is why the station wagon went out of style. It got run over by SUVs and crossovers, and that never should have happened. Wagons offer up essentially the same amount of passenger and cargo space as utility vehicles, but with a lower ride height for better handling. And in the case of Volvo’s new V90 wagon, they can b

Volvo Cars and their in-house race team and performance division Polestar have announced that they are putting a new engine in the S60 and V60 Polestar models. The old engine was a turbocharged inline six making 345 hp. The new one is a turbocharged and supercharged 2.0L four making 362 hp. There is also a new eight-speed automatic transmission. Of

This is a tricky one. Thanks in no small part to a multitude of great winter driving characteristics, long-haul comfort, and the sort of understated luxury and performance your writer appreciates the Volvo S60 is a luxury sedan I’d drop my own cash on. One day I will. There are several kinds of Volvo S60, and the latest generation of the s

It was eight years back, travelling home from Toronto to Sudbury, through a climatically unpredictable section of Ontario called the Snow Belt – and the Snow Belt was not happy. Volvo’s latest posh-ute has now won practically every SUV award in existence, and the new T8 powertrain is going to attract even more buyers for a look. The mid

North American shoppers, mostly, don’t buy station wagons – even if a few automakers offer a token unit, and sell about four per year. The crossover SUV has, after all, been the preferred family hauler in the premium scene for ages, leaving the once-glorious premium wagon scene, largely, dead on the table. Like the S90 and V90, the V90 XC skips