The main reasons why people choose a Volvo are well documented. Nowadays, the very word “Volvo” is synonymous with safety, comfort and reliability. As a result, it is now commonly accepted that Volvo sets the safety standards which others follow. Anyone who has driven a Volvo will be happy to tell you about its comfort. And you would have to travel a long way to find a motorist who stopped driving a Volvo because it was unreliable!
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1995 Volvo Range Brochure
July 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Volvo World Magazine Issue 3
July 12th, 2008 · No Comments
New “B-18 Series” Sedans Offer 90 H. P., 12-Volts, Disc Brakes
Well here they are-the first major changes in the Volvo sedan line in many a moon. New engines, new electrical sys- tems, disc brakes on the 122-S, and a host of other improve- ments, all, needless to say, in the guts of the cars. To the undiscerning eye, next year’s Volvos will look just about like last year’s, and those of the years before, with the exception that a B-18 emblem has been added to the front grill and rear of each car.
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Volvo 745 Turbo Road Test 1985
June 24th, 2008 · No Comments
This somewhat tired question is occasionally worth a re-think. If the German car is authoritative about its own excellence and the Japanese car unbeatably marketable, what is a Swedish car? A hard question. The Saab and the Volvo may have evolved from the same requirements for sturdiness, but they are as different from each other as seems possible. The Saab is nonconformist but generally European in nature, while the Volvo is probably the most American car ever to come over by boat. A truly assimilated product, the Volvo is your car next door, often taken for granted, perhaps by some people even taken to be domestic. Apple pie.
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