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August Auto Sales: Cash for Clunkers' Climactic Conclusion

Even more so than in July, the federal government's blizzard of car-buying incentive cash made new-car dealerships an unlikely more

First Look: 2011 Volvo C30

It seems as if the C70 isn't the only two-door Volvo receiving a makeover for 2011. Designers also revamped the 2011 C30 hatchback, which debuts at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show. more

First Look: 2011 Volvo C70

The new 2011 Volvo C70, which debuts at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show, is perhaps the shapeliest Volvo design to reach consumers yet. more

Great Drive: Luxury Hardtop Convertible Comparison

BMW 328i, Infiniti G37, Lexus IS350C, Volvo C70: Four hardtop convertibles make a splash in the exclusive seaside resort of Laguna Beach. more

2010 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD

It's safe, comfortable, spacious, smooth, modestly attractive, and reasonably powerful, with great cargo space and a flat load floor. more

2009 Volvo XC60 - Noise Vibration & Harshness

The Jolliest of Fat Guys turns out to be surprisingly athletic. more

2009 Volvo XC90 AWD

Yes, the XC90 is starting to show its age, but the qualities for which Volvo is best known - its safety features - are still there in spades. more

2009 Volvo XC70

The XC70 is a great vehicle. It does everything it's designed to do and looks and feels damn good doing it; a legitimate SUV alternative. more

2009 Volvo XC60

The XC60 is not a small vehicle, but on the narrow, twisty roads of Spain, the XC60 exhibited a nicely balanced ride that belied its hefty mass. more

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

Noise, Vibration & Harshness: Drive vs. Fly

I wish I could fly, but I can't spare the time. So I'm driving. more

Noise, Vibration, and Harshness: Let Volvo be Volvo

We love Volvo's smallest car, the new C30, so much that we named it an All-Star for 2008. And what's being proposed is a frontal assault on the C30 and the related S40 and V50. more

2008 Volvo C30 - Four Seasons Wrap-Up

Our favorite Volvo in a very long time. more

2008 Volvo C30

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

All-Star: 2008 Volvo C30

For adults only: The smoothly chic, Scandinavian cool four-seat hatch. Volvo's funky C30 parks itself in the All-Star garage. more

Volvo Revival: What's in Store for the Next Five Years?

The new Volvo C30 is running fast out of the gate in Europe ahead of its U.S. launch this fall. That's good news for Volvo's ambitious plan to sell 600,000 vehicles per year by decade's end (up from 420,000 last year), but there's much more to come--possibly e more

2008 Volvo V70 Wagon

Pictures of the new 2008 Volvo V70 wagon have surfaced, and it looks exactly how we expected it to. It's styling is a gentle evolution from the outgoing model, with a front end from the new S80 sedan and a rear hatch design similar to the new C30 hatch. It's i 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 C30 Wallpaper Photo Gallery

The C30 is coming to our shores soon. We'll take ours in Orinocco Blue, please. more

2007 Volvo C30 Photos and Details

We loves us some wagons. Especially weird, two-door Swedish wagons. Which, of course, means that we have all kinds of affection for the old Volvo P1800ES: it was definitely Swedish, and it was definitely weird. So when we learned that Volvo would be employing more

2007 Volvo XC90 Sport Pictures and Details

Responding to "numerous requests for a sportier XC90," Volvo has released a new model, aptly named Sport. Mechanical changes for this more aggressive XC90 include stiffer anti-roll bars, firmer shock absorbers, and speed-dependent steering. Exclusive to the Sp 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

2007 Volvo C70 Photo Gallery

The 2007 Volvo C70 is back and better than ever. Check out these wallpaper quality photos from Andrew Yeadon. more