How a ‘fast thinking’ hero rescued Jessica Rowe and her teenage daughter from their burning Volvo

Jessica Rowe has paid tribute to the Good Samaritan bus driver who helped her and her daughter escape their burning car moments before it exploded in a fireball. The television star was picking up her eldest daughter Allegra, 14, from school in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on Thursday afternoon when the black Volvo XC 60 began … Read more

Volvo to sell only electric cars by 2030 and exclusively online

Volvo’s entire line-up will be fully electric by 2030 as it phases out all cars with internal combustion engines, including hybrids, it said today. The Chinese-owned Swedish company followed the likes of Ford and Jaguar Land Rover in recent weeks, in outlining plans to ditch petrol and diesel engines by the end of this decade.  … Read more

Volvo launches the £50,000 all-electric C40 Recharge

Volvo has today unveiled a new battery-powered crossover – the C40 Recharge – as it announces new green plans to sell only electric cars exclusively online and slash the number of variants available. The new ‘vegan Volvo’ is also the first model from the Swedish car maker to be completely leather-free, it says. The C40 … Read more

Volvo to sell only fully-electric cars by 2030 that will be bought exclusively online

Volvo’s entire car line-up will be fully electric by 2030 as it phases out the production of all models with internal combustion engines, including hybrids, the Chinese-owned company said on Tuesday. It followed the likes of Ford and Jaguar Land Rover in recent weeks to outline its plans to ditch petrol and diesel engines by … Read more

Man shares brutally honest advert for his ‘s**t’ and haunted’ Volvo V70

People often find themselves being misled by adverts promising ‘perfect’ products online, only to find out the real product is not quite so shiny and new. But one man had no intention of misleading buyers when he penned his brutally honest advert for his car, where he likened the Volvo to ‘a skip full of dog turds’. Tommy … Read more

Church treasurer, 58, was hit by Volvo while trying to take picture of I’m A Celebrity castle

A church treasurer was struck by a Volvo and killed after stepping into the road to take a floodlit picture of the I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! castle, an inquest heard. Mother-of-two Sharn Iona Hughes, 58, travelled ten miles from her home to Gwrych Castle in Abergele, North Wales to see the lights on the … Read more

Church treasurer, 58, was hit by Volvo while trying to take picture of I’m A Celebrity castle

A church treasurer was struck by a Volvo and killed after stepping into the road to take a floodlit picture of the I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! castle, an inquest heard. Mother-of-two Sharn Iona Hughes, 58, travelled ten miles from her home to Gwrych Castle in Abergele, North Wales to see the lights on the … Read more

Volvo drops ten of its cars from a 100-foot crane in extreme crash test

That’s what you call HIGH safety standards: Volvo drops ten of its cars from a 100-foot crane in extreme durability test of its latest models Volvo performed the stunt to better understand how well its cars can withstand collisions at very high speeds The Swedish brand has its own crash test facility but says it’s … Read more

Volvo drops ten of its cars from a 100-foot crane in extreme crash test

That’s what you call HIGH safety standards: Volvo drops ten of its cars from a 100-foot crane in extreme durability tests of its latest models Volvo performed the stunt to better understand how well its cars can withstand collisions at very high speeds The Swedish brand has its own crash test facility but says it’s … Read more

Volvo patents a sliding steering wheel that moves across the dashboard

Swedish car maker Volvo has patented a system that could allow customers to choose if they want the steering wheel in the middle of the car, or moved to the left or ride side of the vehicle. Sketches show a design that allows the wheel to be moved to three locations across the dashboard and … Read more