Volvo is looking at the Range Extenders as the backbone for their electrification strategy, to increase the range of electric vehicles. Read More… In its fully electric, zero emission mode, an EV can cover a very limited range before running out of juice. But with the help of a range extender engine, which is usually [...]

Although has denied many times any plans for making the C30 Polestar PCP, a high performance version of the innocent hatchback, some say the car is finally on its way. Read More… Normally Volvo would not make such a hotted-up car. It wouldn’t fit their sensible image. But now turns out the Swedish car maker [...]

Usually it’s Britain where all the special editions of all the good hatchbacks end up, but this time Volvo released one for Italy. Read More… Hatchbacks sell like hot cake in Italy and nearly all manufacturers are present, so to stand out there Volvo had to come up with something really good. And the C30 [...]

When developing a new car, car makers usually use available data from previous models so it saves them a large amount of time and money. But now that each model is getting an electric variant, those data are kinda obsolete and they have to redo all tests! Read More… That is the case with the [...]

The magnificent Polestar Volvo C30 might never see the daylight as a production car, but it’s signed up for a full season of World Touring Car Championship in 2011 as a one-car team. Read More… They don’t see this as racing so much as a commercial and technical evaluation ahead of 2012. In other words [...]

Volvo Announced the base price for the 2011 C30 Sports-coupe in the British market and it’s £14,995. For that you get the C30 ES 2.0 petrol powered version with 145 PS. Read More… The car can also be had with the 2.0 petrol to the T5 (230PS) and D2 (115PS) plus the D4 (177PS). The [...]

Volvo has released an official video today as well. It’s about the new 450-hp all-wheel-drive C30 they have prepared in collaboration with their motorsport partner the Polestar Performance. his car is in the concept phase for the time being, but it’s going to enter production in limited numbers. And when it does, it’ll become by [...]