The Volvo P1800 Cyan is a restomod of the 1960s Volvo P1800 created by Cyan Racing (which was Polestar Racing) with a very modern update and performance. More than a decade ago we revealed the Vox Volvo P1800, a hugely appealing restomod of the Saint’s car, built by a Koenigsegg engineer and fitted with a […]
Care by Volvo NEW car subscription now UK-wide – XC40 from £559pm, XC90 from £859pm
Care by Volvo – Volvo’s fixed-price new car subscription plan – goes nationwide in the UK with prices starting at £559pm for an XC40. Volvo’s Care by Volvo subscription plans, which are effectively car rental, have been floating around for some time, with local trials going on in the UK and other countries, like Sweden, […]
Volvo XC40 T4 Recharge Plug-in Hybrid joins the XC40 T5 in Volvo’s PHEV offerings
The Volvo XC40 T4 Recharge Plug-in Hybrid arrives to join the XC40 T5 plug-in as Volvo extends its electrification of the XC40. Just yesterday we revealed Volvo has dropped diesel engine options in the XC40, leaving just a couple of pure petrol models on offer and the rest either PHEV, EV or the new ‘B’ […]
Volvo XC40 DROPS diesel option – and the only pure ICE XC40s are now the petrol T2 and T3
The Volvo XC40 can no longer be bought in the UK with a diesel engine, with the only pure ICE models now available the XC40 T2 and T3 petrol. We have moaned that Volvo’s nomenclature for its mild hybrid models is a bit odd, with a ‘B’ suffix replacing the previous ‘D’ for diesel and […]
Polestar – Volvo’s Electric Performance offshoot – to open at London’s Westfield White City in October
Volvo’s electric car offshoot – Polestar – will open its first ‘Polestar Space’ in the UK in October, located at the Westfield Shopping Centre in West London. We’ve had lots of noise around Polestar as Volvo’s now standalone brand for electric cars, from the launch of the Polestar 1 – which was actually a high-end […]
Volvo XC40 passes 300,000 units as Volvo’s CMA Platform racks up 600,000
Volvo has built over 300,000 XC40s, and if you add in production from Lynk and Co and Polestar on the same CM Platform it’s over 600,000. It’s actually 10 years this week since Geely bought Volvo from Ford and set about transforming Sweden’s finest in to a proper premium car maker to challenge the might […]
Volvo XC100 ELECTRIC Coupe SUV – heavy hints from Volvo it’s on its way
A range-topping electric SUV Coupe – probably the Volvo XC100 Recharge – looks set to arrive as Volvo looks to deliver new models to its electric range. Ever since the new Volvo XC90 arrived some six years ago, we’ve expected Volvo to go beyond its core range to deliver more individual Volvo Coupe and Convertible […]
Volvo On Call Smartphone App now shows how ‘Part-Time’ your ELECTRIC use is on PHEVs
Volvo’s On Call smartphone App has been updated with new functionality to show drivers how much they use electric driving on PHEVs. Volvo are on something of a mission to get drivers of plug-in electric hybrids do what a chunk of them don’t do – plug-in their car to charge the battery. It might seem […]
Volvo extends FREE electricity offer for plug-in hybrids in the UK
Volvo has extended their free electricity offer for plug-in hybrid versions of the XC40, XC60, XC90, S60, V60, S90 and V90 models. In many ways, plug-in hybrid cars are an over-complicated, and quite expensive, way to add a bit of electric help to cars, and EV anoraks will decry them as a pointless step. But […]
Volvo RECALL 170,000 cars in the UK for seatbelt fault
Volvo is recalling 170,000 cars in the UK, and 2.2 million worldwide, to correct a fault with seatbelt fastenings which may cause problems. If you want a safe car, Volvos are about as safe as you can get, even if some of the ‘Nanny’ systems irritate a bit it’s hard not to admire their commitment […]
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