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Used Approved Volvo - Car Review (2008 May)
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Used Car Expert ask, "What do I get if I buy a Used Approved Volvo?" Are the cars inspected? “Trained Volvo technicians inspect the vehicle and compile a report on each car. If required, components are replaced with Ge... Used Approved Volvo
Volvo V60 D5 Ocean Race Edition - Car Review (2011 Oct)
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BUYING a special edition of any car has the bonus of making you stand out in the crowd.But some special editions are so blatantly over the top that it cheapens the brand.Not so, however, Volvo’s Ocean Race special editions which are tasteful, subtle ... Volvo V60 D5 Ocean Race Edition
Volvo V60 T3R Design Premium 1.6 - Car Review (2011 Apr)
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THE Volvo V60 T3 R-Design Premium embodies a challenge to choice.Three-quarters of the way to being an estate and not a saloon, the tourer body is itself a compromise shaped by style, while under the flowing form between bumpers lies a highly sophist... Volvo V60 T3R Design Premium 1.6
Volvo V60 T4 SE - Car Review (2011 Mar)
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AS even its top designers have admitted – Volvo estates used to be built to carry fridges.Practical? Definitely. Stylish? Not really.But times change and the latest V60 shows how the Swedes have progressed as it is a sports wagon with coupe-like styl... Volvo V60 T4 SE
Volvo V60 R-Design D5 - Car Review (2011 Jun)
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THE Brits are renowned for their love of sporting cars, so it’s not surprising that Volvo’s new R-Design V60 is expected to be a big seller on these shores.And if you are one of a rapidly dwindling number of people who still think that a Volvo estate... Volvo V60 R-Design D5
Volvo V60 D2 R-Design DRIVe Premium - Car Review (2012 Feb)
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VOLVO was making fashionable estate cars way back when - before most people had even thought about the possibility of making load luggers trendy.And though the brand has had something of an association with buyers in the 'older' age bracket in the in... Volvo V60 D2 R-Design DRIVe Premium
Volvo V60 T5 R-Design - Car Review (2011 Sep)
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PRECONCEIVED ideas can sometimes be misguided, especially if you think that the latest Volvos are overweight tanks.The fact is that Volvo has evolved into a highly technological and very attractive range of cars and the only thing that has not chang... Volvo V60 T5 R-Design
Volvo economy cruiser - Car Review (2012 Jan)
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AFTER many years of experience I can normally get used to a car within half an hour of getting behind the wheel.But occasionally it’s great to have one for a longer time as I recently did with Volvo’s excellent V60 R-Design.Over several weeks I did m... Volvo economy cruiser
Volvo V60 DRIVe - Car Review (2012 Jan)
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WHEN Volvo decided to build an estate version of its popular S60 saloon it was determined it would be different.This was to be an estate car for people who don’t like estate cars. For those who do the Swedish company reasoned there was its larger, sq... Volvo V60 DRIVe
Volvo V60 D3 R-Design - Car Review (2011 Aug)
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VOLVO has come a long way since the 70s and 80s when its boxy estates were renowned for their safety and reliability but had a somewhat staid image.The old ‘bricks’ – as they were sometimes known – may have gone on for miles and miles but they hardly... Volvo V60 D3 R-Design
Volvo bucks trend with DRIVe cars - Car Review (2010 Jan)
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THERE are a number of reasons to celebrate in the Volvo camp this Spring, not the least of which is the forthcoming launch of the new S60 executive saloon.Another reason for cheer is the fact that Volvo Car UK has beaten Britain's economic downturn w... Volvo bucks trend with DRIVe cars
Volvo C30 2.0D R-Design Sport - Car Review (2008 Oct)
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PROBABLY the most iconic Volvo ever was the P1800 of the 1960s.Volvo decided that the time was right for another crack at a compact coupe and came up with the C30, a neatly styled little number with a glass tailgate deeply reminiscent of the P1800.Bu... Volvo C30 2.0D R-Design Sport
Volvo C30 2.0D SE Sport - Car Review (2007 Apr)
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VOLVO has gone retro with its mould-breaking C30. Some critics, who like to dip into the archives, have lost little time in comparing it with Volvo's 1800 ES shooting brake, popularised by Roger Moore in the 1960s and 70s by the TV series The Saint.B... Volvo C30 2.0D SE Sport
Volvo turns on the style with C30 coupe - Car Review (2006 Nov)
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IS Volvo’s new coupe a saint or a sinner?Certainly, the new C30 is the spiritual successor to the classic Volvo coupe made famous by Roger Moore in the Saint television series of many years ago.But the radical styling of the C30 – espec... Volvo turns on the style with C30 coupe
Volvo C30 1.8 SE - Car Review (2007 Feb)
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WHEN Roger Moore had women going weak at the knees in the television series the Saint in the 1960s and '70s his suave, racy image rubbed off on to the car he drove.The Volvo 1800 P was seen as a trendy, sporting coupe designed to put some excitement ... Volvo C30 1.8 SE

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Volvo 850 News, FAQs and Buyer's Guides

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Motoring on a budget (2008 Jan)
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Hello Matt, Whilst a student and in my youth, I have had a succession of terrible cars, failed M.O.T's and bits falling off. I currently own a very old P-reg Volvo 850 estate kindly handed down to me by parents, who were fed up with helping out with... Motoring on a budget
Volvo launches auto DRIVe diesels (2011 Dec)
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VOLVO has announced the latest step in its push towards zero emissions strategy with the launch of an automatic gearbox option in four Volvo DRIVe models.It means that DRIVe versions of the S60, V60, V70 and S80 can for the first time be ordered with... Volvo launches auto DRIVe diesels
Volvo plays it safe with new V40 (2012 Feb)
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VOLVO aims to overtake its premium rivals with the new V40 hatchback due to be unveiled at next week’s Geneva Motor Show.The sharper-looking V40 features characteristics from larger Volvos wrapped in a sleek, compact package.And it has been developed... Volvo plays it safe with new V40
Volvo's American connection (2010 Sep)
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EVERY pack has its joker and with Volvo in the 1970s it was most definitely the 262C.Based on the rugged 200 Series the 262C was a hunky six-cylinder coupe with a very American angular coupe rear end.This wild card was an attempt to build a luxury c... Volvo's American connection
Volvo wins city safety award (2008 Mar)
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Volvo Cars’ in-house developed technology for avoiding low-speed collisions – has been awarded the American “Traffic Safety Achievement Award” at this year’s World Traffic Safety Symposium in New York. “City Safet... Volvo wins city safety award

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