First Official Photos of the 2010 Volvo C70 Facelift Revealed

The first official photos of the refreshed 2010 Volvo C70 leaked into the web. The most prominent change on the folding-hardtop four seater concerns the new front-end motif with more organic facts and softer shapes that is very like to the S60 Concept that was reveled in Detroit this January.

That means a new front super arrangement with swoopy styled headlights and a wider and more pronounced framework. At the back, the facelifted C70 gains a new tail light intention with LED strips, a restyled abundant and a bigger ‘Volvo’ name on the wader lip. If we consider the interior of the 2010 C70′s , there don’t appear to be any changes made to the convertible’s model.

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New 2010 Volvo S80 Sedan Facelift (details and photos)

The updated Volvo S80 sedan will be debut for the first time at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show next month. Due to go on retailing in spiral 2009, the S80 has normal a reach of inferior surface updates but more importantly for European drivers, two revised five-cylinder diesel engines, the 2.4D and D5 boon the new low CO2-emitting 1.6D DRIVe diesel exemplar.

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The new S80 DRIVe will come equipped with the same powertrain as the slighter C30, S40 and V50 DRIVe, a 109HP 1.6-litre diesel engine hooked up to a manual gearbox, but with expressly tailored engine software and different ratios in third, fourth and fifth gears. While the 1.6D powertrain won’t be donation any staggering performance facts, it does help significantly cut fuel consumption and CO2 emissions to 129g/km and 57.6mpg UK (48.0mpg US or 4.9 lt /100 km) respectively.

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New Volvo S60 Concept revealed ahead of Detroit Auto Show

Volvo released the first images of its newest evolution of modern design next-generation S60 Concept, which will be produce in 2010. Probably, the concept will make its world debut next month at the Detroit Auto Show.

The new S60 Concept is profusions of exclusive elements such as the traditional Volvo fence, sculptured headlamps with LED bulbs, suspended doors, and open propose with no B-column blocking ingress to the berth. Some interesting performance elements embrace a retractable diffuser that adjusts with vehicle tempo to give better aerodynamic properties, as well as a higher compact petrol engine with immediate-injection and turbocharging technologies. The tiny grind displaces just 1.6L but develops a point harvest of 180hp (134kW). Fuel consumption is rated at an impressive 47mpg (5.0L/100km) and emissions levels are a correspondingly low 119g/km. Driving the front wheels is Volvo’s PowerShift six-rush dual-grip transmission.

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New Teaser photo of new Volvo S60 Concept

Volvo has confirmed that they are developing a new car with Swedish glassworks Orrefor to attend as a mold for the next generation Volve S60. The Swedish carmaker enlisted the help of Orrefor to come up with an imaginative interior that uses a schooner-rock pivot panel to give the bungalow a light-focused target.

The wineglass-sparkler interior hand crafted and very work intensive to make. The crystal panel is integrated into the dashboard and forms a center panel that flows all the way to the rear seat backrest.

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Volvo will present new DRIVe Line-Up at Paris Motor Show

Volvo will be present a 3 eco models based on the C30, S40 Sedan and V50 Station Wagon at the Paris Motor Show. Carrying the DRIVe badge, all three models are powered by a 1.6-liter turbo diesel engine and to all clock in below 120g/km CO2 emissions.

That equates to fuel efficiency ratings above 50mpg US (4.7L/100km) for all three cars in the extent. The S40 and V50 DRIVe models yield 52.3mpg US (4.5L/100km) while the lesser C30 manages 53.4mpg US (4.4L/100km). All three cars are powered by the same 1.6L four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine.

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New Volvo V100 Will be Released?

At Geneva Motor Show in 2003 Volvo presents the Versatility Concept Car (VCC), a design study, which was used by the Swedish car manufacturer could be great cars for the premium market with no compromise in its core values of quality, safety and environment.

In the five years, it has proceeded, there was little evidence that Volvo would advance from the concept, but latest information from welding Swedish magazine Teknikens Värld claims that Volvo are in fact working in the production model with the possibility of a revelation in either 2010 or 2011.

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Wow, Special Adhesive Designs for Volvo C30 (SE) [photo]

Volvo C30 buyers can now for their vehicles with a special adhesive film that is applied to the exterior panels of their cars. Buyers can choose from 20 different designs (some of them you can see at photo) ranging from urban panoramas with rainbow, wood panels, zebra stripes and the ever-popular hot rod flames.

Originally reserved for vehicles used for advertising purposes, Implementation of the film is aimed at fashion-conscious urban trendies who want to set differentiated from the rest of the riffraff C30. But in addition to the vanity of all, the film has Implementation of the practical effects of protecting the paintwork of rust, scratches and chipped stone, as it continues to be lasting for 2 years. After two years, Implementation of the film can be replaced with a new film or eliminated altogether.

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Volvo XC60 World Premiere at Geneva autoshow

It is official. We had heard the rumors, and it was not really a big shock, but today Volvo announced that its brand new Volvo XC60 crossover will have its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show at the upcoming 4th March.

The Volvo XC60 concept was first shown at the Detroit Motor Show 2007 (January 2007) and has since been only a few sightings. But a few times is enough for our Photoshop expert to extract wealth of information to work with, in the attached computer rendered image.

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