DAKAR 2012 BEATEN BUT NOT DEFEATED

Volvo Polestar Racing unveiled its 650 HP Volvo S60 that will debut in the 2014 V8 Supercars by driving it across the Sydney Harbour Bridge under police escort. “This is a significant day,” said Christian Dahl, owner of Polestar. “Polestar has been Volvo Car Group’s global performance and motorsport partner since 1996, and has campaigned […]

Pewano’s D5 RR race engine, originally developed for Cross Country challenges like the Dakar Rally, has now made its way to the world famous Nürburgring. Heico Sportiv of Germany has in collaboration with Pewano and Volvo, adapted the race engine from our PEWANO XC60 RR to their VOLVO V40. Heico Sportiv will compete in the […]

How can the Volvo IT crew at the race stay healthy while traveling around the world for nine months? Today, the Volvo IT crew at the Volvo Ocean Race has issued a new challenge on Facebook. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdSg8WgdGK8

The Swedish team Pewano never got the chance to show their full capacity during the world’s toughest race – the 2012 Dakar Rally. Half way into the first special, the violent fire forced Alfie Cox and Jürgen Schröder to abandon the PEWANO XC60 RR.

The Volvo Ocean Race is mounting a global campaign to help raise awareness of the increasing volume of pollution that is swirling in our oceans and threatening sea-life across the globe. Scientists estimate in excess of 100 million tonnes of plastic is forming at least five vast floating rubbish dumps across the world’s oceans, including […]

First overall, car 20 – a 1965 Volvo 131 Amazon driven by Roger Bricknall and Ryan Pickering. Snow, rain, fog, ice, high winds and even some sunshine met crews taking part in the 17th annual running of HERO’s Le Jog which set off from Lands End to John O”Groats on Saturday December 10th.

SERIOUS CONDITIONS AHEAD AS AGULHAS CURRENT COMES INTO PLAY As night fell on the Volvo Ocean Race fleet, the notorious Agulhas current came into play. Thirty-knot winds whipped six-metre waves into a hurling mass, caused by the wind blowing against the direction of the current. And it’s much more difficult when it’s dark.

Volvo Car South Africa is further adding to its performance credentials with the launch of Polestar performance software available across a wide range of models at all Volvo dealers.

Well now, I do beg your pardon for takin’ up your time with a tale that carries both a shade of worry and a glimmer of progress, but such is the nature of the road the motorcar world is travelin’ these days. Volvo Cars

A growing body of evidence suggests that hay fever is no longer just a seasonal nuisance, but a genuine road safety concern. New research commissioned by Volvo Car UK reveals that nearly one in three drivers affected by

Volvo Cars is taking another major step toward simplifying electric vehicle ownership by expanding access to Tesla’s Supercharger network across Europe and parts of the Asia-Pacific region. Starting in the fourth quarte

In a glimpse of driving’s near-future nervous system coming online, Volvo Cars and Google are fusing automotive intelligence with frontier AI to create something that feels less like a dashboard upgrade and more like per