Volvo Road Tests Articles

2008 Volvo V70 Wagon

When you think station wagons, you usually think Volvo. The V70 is the image of practicality, if not exactly a driving excitement. more

2008 Volvo C30

The smallest Volvo is more than a chopped version of the S40 sedan. more

2007 Volvo C30

Brussels When Snow White and her clan hit the road, they must always roll out two Volvo C30 coupes--that's the only way they can accommodate all seven dwarfs. We bring up Snow White because the design of the new Volvo C30 pays homage to the 1971 Volvo 1800ES, more

2007 Volvo S80

Volvo's S80 sedan was the company's first car to break out of the box, design-wise, but eight years on it's looking pretty dowdy. A redo for 2007 pushes the Scandinavian design thing even harder, adds the latest safety technology (big surprise there), and ups more

2005 Volvo S40 Four Seasons Test

Volvos have been good-looking long enough to banish the sensible-shoes image that has dogged the Swedish brand for decades. We can thank Brit designer Peter Horbury for sculpting the once slab-sided boxes into sleek shapes while maintaining their uniquely Volv more

2007 Volvo C70 Convertible

It rains all the time in Hawaii. In the wetter regions, during the rainy season-the rest of the northern hemisphere's winter-spastic tropical rainstorms come almost often enough to set your watch by. It rains in the morning, it rains at night, and occasionally more

2005 Volvo XC90 V-8

An American parent company, a Swedish SUV, and a Japanese engine builder team up to make one great truck. more

2005 Volvo V50

The V50 is the latest evidence that Volvo no longer stumbles upon coolness by accident. more

Volvo Revises its 2005 Mid-Size Range

The S60, V70, and XC70 "tone up" inside and out. more

2004-2005 Volvo S80

With newly restored sparkle, Volvo's big sedan edges out of the shadows. more

Volvo S60R and V70R

Volvo's S60R and V70R performance models err on the side of caution. more

2003 Volvo XC90

The spirit of "boxy but good" lives on in this new SUV from Volvo. more

2001-2005 Volvo V70

Does the Volvo V70 T5's driving experience match its svelte looks? We spend a year finding out. more

2002 Volvo S60 AWD

Safety first, big guy. more

2000-2004 Volvo V40

The average Volvo lasts decades. Our Four Seasons V40 didn't feel like your average Volvo. more

2001 Volvo S60

The new S60 sedan sets out to show that Volvos can be sporty-in addition to safe, rational, and responsible. more