Volvo Trucks
Latest News & Happening about Volvo Trucks
January, 2008
Volvo’s wagon safe and sleek
- January
- 7
Child-safety seats earn high recommendation
Since its introduction in 1997, the Volvo XC70 station wagon has always doubled as a family hauler and mud-and-gravel crawler, albeit a crawler with very modest off-road capabilities.
It was the perfect compromise between a family sedan and a sport-utility vehicle. It remains so today with some notable upgrades in styling and […]
First Volvo’s into PGR Construction Group
- January
- 7
PGR Recycling Limited, a part of the PGR Construction Group, based in Oundle, Northamptonshire, located close to Peterborough, has taken delivery of two Euro 4 Volvo FM 32-tonne eight-wheelers - the first Volvo trucks into their expanding fleet.
The specification of the two 400hp 8×4 FM’s includes a Day cab, alloy wheels and a reversing camera […]
Allied Transport expands Volvo truck fleet
- January
- 2
Allied Transport Establishment has contracted FAMCO (Al-Futtaim Auto and Machinery Company) to supply 30 Volvo trucks for its operations in the United Arab Emirates.
The company, which selected the Volvo FH400 model with I-shift transmission technology, received the first vehicles from the order during a recent ceremony at the FAMCO headquarters in Dubai.
“Our fleet currently includes […]
Strategy shift to help Volvo jack up sales
- January
- 2
Volvo Bus Corporation India expects a 30 per cent jump in the net sales volume in this calendar year.
The company is estimated to have sold around 250 buses in the previous year, which includes inter-city and intra-city buses.
Volvo has already started manufacturing buses locally, which it expects will accelerate sales.
“Our Rs 100-crore plant — a […]
Volvo to fix airbag fault
- January
- 2
VOLVO will fix a curtain airbag fault in its new V70 wagon before it arrives here early in 2008.
Euro NCAP tests found a delay in the deployment of curtain airbags in the side pole test.
Volvo agreed to modify production cars, so it was re-tested but failed again.
However, Australian models should not have the problem, according […]
2008 Volvo XC70 Wagon
- January
- 2
Complaints: None at this writing. This is one of the best wagons available in a market that has few wagons.
Ride, acceleration and handling: Excellent in all three categories for Point A-to-Point B drivers, people who want pleasurable motoring rather than racetrack fantasies.
Head-turning quotient: Luxurious without being over the top, and sexy without being trashy.
Body […]
Volvo calls in faulty trucks
- January
- 2
Swedish truck maker Volvo has recalled 125,000 trucks in North America due to the danger of short circuits in the lighting system.
Because of the fire danger, all the trucks produced in North America since 2003 are being recalled.
The company has described the fault in the lighting system as a heating problem which could cause a […]
Weak December likely for US automakers
- January
- 2
Industry analysts are predicting a lacklustre end to an already dismal year for automakers in the US, likely the worst in nearly a decade.
Holiday discounts failed to bring consumers out of their funk, and December sales are expected to fall around 4 per cent, which would bring the full-year total for US auto sales to […]
