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Comparison: 2017 Volvo V90 Cross Country vs. 2005 Volvo XC70 Cross Country
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Despite of many pundits’ outcries, station wagons are not dead. They never really left us. Some of the most popular SUVs are simply jacked-up wagons with body cladding and a promise of a rugged outdoor life. Volvo’s popular Cross Country models were always that, jacked up versions of their conventional models. Their latest offering in…
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Review: 2016 Volvo XC90 T6 AWD Inscription
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In the not too distant past Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo were all part of Ford’s Premier Automotive Group. Ford sold off each of those brands, while keeping Lincoln and killing Mercury. Interestingly, since then, one by one, those brands started turning themselves around. It took a little time but each brand introduced…
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2016 Volvo XC90 T6: A better Range Rover by way of Sweden
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVmPfHxCdS4&ab_channel=TheHooniverse[/youtube] Safe. Brick-like. Swedish. Volvo is still two of those three things, and the new 2016 XC90 is no brick. In fact, it’s a damn fine looking machine and it’s packing a twin-charged inline four-cylinder engine under the hood. You have a supercharger and turbocharger playing nice with a 2.0-liter, and the result is plenty…
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Volvo V60 Polestar: High Performance Conflict Resolution
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWng9JJ4IFc[/youtube] You need a car that can handle the load of your daily life. You also need a car that’s going to make you smile when you drive it. Enter the Volvo V60 Polestar; a premium, compact wagon with a racing background. It’s limited. It’s packing 350 horsepower. It will run from 0-60 miles per…
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Review: 2013 Volvo V40 XC T5
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The Volvo brand sits in a strange, sparsely populated hollow in the automotive landscape. It doesn’t bay for attention like the German big three in the falsely dubbed “Premium” sector, yet it doesn’t quite fit in with the accepted mass-market names of Ford, Opel, Peugeot etc. It’s a brand that, for the most part, just…
