A few weeks ago when Steve tested Volvo’s S80 2.5, he made reference to the fact that South Africans seem to have an eerie loyalty towards products of German origin. Sure, the Germans make some excellent cars, but so do the Japanese, the Swedes and the Koreans. For some reason, you’ve not arrived if your [...]

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Volvo seem to have a problem with resale value in this country and I’ve never really been sure why. In Europe the Swedish limousines are considered to be right up there with German premium brands. Volvos are also built like the proverbial brick outhouse and [...]

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I love movies that feature cars, especially when they drive the specific car in a way you would rarely – if ever – see in reality. Think what Jason Statham and Liam Neeson did with Audi’s S8 in Transporter 2 and Taken respectively. Or that one Bruce Willis movie in which he drove a 7-series [...]

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Volvo, for long the bastion of forward-thinking Scandinavian automotive design, is in trouble. Sold to Ford in 1999 for a whopping US$6.4 billion, Ford has been unable to turn a profit and now needs to dump it, much like they dumped Jaguar and Land Rover. But if you found Jag and Land Rover’s sale to [...]

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Volvo has just released the first official photos of its all-new S60 and it certainly is the most dynamic and aggressive Volvo to date. Due for local launch late next year, it’s designed to bring a new level of elegance and dynamism to the Volvo line-up.
“The all-new Volvo S60 is sculpted to move you. It [...]

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