Replicating the current Lux upgrade already available on Volvo's SE, R-Design and Cross Country variants, the Business Edition Lux provides some added luxury to the S60 and V60 models. Popular with company car and fleet drivers alike, the Business Edition variants currently account for 29% of total S60/V60 sales, while almost half of Volvo's end-user … [Read more...]
Newslines 28 April
Just 100 limited edition Jeep Renegade Tough Mudder vehicles will go on sale from this weekend across the UK. To celebrate Jeep’s fourth year sponsoring the UK Tough Mudder series, it has released just 100 of the special limited edition vehicles costing £27,795 and the Tough Mudder version is a 4x4 Auto 2.0 Multijet 140hp – available in orange and … [Read more...]
Newslines 21 April
Volvo has chosen China to build its first EV. The Chinese owned prestige car maker will create a new model for the family and it’s likely to be sold world-wide. You can meet world speed challenger Richard Noble and the Bloodhound SSC team members at their Bristol technical centre on Monday 1 May. There’s even a simulator of the car destined to be … [Read more...]
Newslines 10 April
A Swedish court acquitted former top managers at Saab of tax evasion and fraud charges relating to their failed attempts to save the Swedish automotive brand, which went bust in 2011. Former Saab CEOs, Victor Muller and Jan Ake Jonsson, were accused along with five other people of forging documents to secure funding from Russian tycoon Vladimir Antonov … [Read more...]
Women don’t like men with a Mini, or BMW
It’s no secret that studies often find that women consider men who drive expensive cars more attractive, but what about the cars they find least attractive? New research revealed that the Mini topped the list with just 5% of women saying that they found men driving Mini’s attractive. The survey, conducted by OSV Ltd, the UK's … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Volvo V90 D4 AWD Estate
Volvo’s award winning large S90 saloon and V90 estate ranges see the addition of sporting R-Design derivatives for both body styles with front wheel drive and AWD drivetrains and AWD Cross Country versions are added for the V90 estate line-up, reports David Miles. All are diesel powered with an eight-speed automatic gearbox for now although … [Read more...]
Briefly 14 February
The T9 bus service linking Cardiff with Cardiff Airport has experienced its best year on record, suggest figures by Welsh Government. Quarterly figures up to September 2016 show an average of over 13,200 passengers a month used the service in the last year, with month on month growth every month since June 2014. Plans for a new off-road 4x4 in the … [Read more...]
Newslines 7 February
Volkswagen is being sued by German fish distributor Deutsche See for misrepresenting a fleet of vehicles it leased as environmentally friendly. It’s the first major German customer to sue VW over its emissions-cheating scandal and Volkswagen already faces numerous lawsuits from individual owners, regulators, states and dealers, many of them in the form of … [Read more...]
Newslines 27 January
The Volvo S90 and V90 received Five Star Euro NCAP ratings this week as a result of their class leading safety. Both cars follow the trend set with the XC90, with excellent occupant protection, and a full suite of AEB functionality that includes pedestrian and cyclist crash prevention technology as well as its unique AEB system that is capable of … [Read more...]
Tradelines 11 January
The VW Polo was the world’s best selling small car in 2016. Almost 706,000 were sold, over 50% more than the Ford Fiesta, which was just ahead of the Renault Clio. Volvo Cars is adding Skype for Business, Microsoft’s leading collaborative productivity app, to its new 90 Series cars. Skype for Business is actively used by millions of people at work … [Read more...]
