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Volvo buyers in the UK can now order a sportier variant of its acclaimed XC90, the R-Design, which was previously unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show. The SUV that you can see in the above pictures differs from the standard version with a set of 20-inch wheels with black accents, …

At a press conference in Toronto today, the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada unveiled the winners in the nine vehicle categories that make up this year’s Canadian Car of the Year Awards program. These are the results of four days of intensive testing in October at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park …

The 28 th edition of what is affectionately known as Testfest is under way. This annual event gathers up members of the Automotive Journalists Association of Canada in order to determine the best new vehicles for 2016. This year, the test program will be held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park …

Once again, we discover a new model thanks to some spy shots. This time however, instead of seeing a prototype being tested on the open road, it’s a scale model that was found by our intrepid photographers! We already knew that Volvo was about to launch a full-size luxury sedan, …

A few months ago, Volvo announced that the company was pulling out of all racing series as soon as its contracts would allow it. The Swedish manufacturer announced that racing was dangerous, and that it therefore conflicted with their new approach toward safety. It seems they changed their minds; the …

After a few very quiet years, Volvo is currently working hard to market a variety of new models, in addition to establishing an electrification plan for its product line-up. More precisely, Volvo will offer a plug-in hybrid version of each of its models in the near future, and by 2019, …

Recently, Volvo’s CEO gave a speech at the Swedish embassy in Washington D.C.; among other things, he spoke about his company’s autonomous vehicles, and more specifically about what would happen if a computer-controlled vehicle screwed up and hit another vehicle. According to Mr. Håkan Samuelsson, Volvo will actually cover the …

After handing out the 2015 World Car of the Year Award to the Mercedes-Benz C-Class earlier this year at the New York Auto Show, it was time to look ahead and start the journey on the road to World Car of the Year for 2016. Once again, the World Car …

We suspected this would happen, but we now have confirmation: Swedish automaker Volvo has just bought 100% of Polestar, the tuner that has been responsible for modifying their high-performance vehicles (and also for managing their racing efforts). So what does this change mean? First of all, Volvo expects sales to …

Volvo fans can expect to see more models wearing the Polestar badge after the Swedish automaker announced it has purchased the performance firm. According to Volvo, it has purchased 100 per cent of Polestar Performance and Polestar Holdings, the latter of which owns the rights to naming rights and trademarks.