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  • Volvo S60 begins to deliver on Polestar promise

    A true Polestar model from Volvo South Africa. Currently the S60 is also the only one of its kind on sale and available in limited numbers. The lines between Polestar Performance Parts and Polestar (WTCC flavour, for lack of higher praise) becomes less blurred with the arrival of the Volvo S60 Polestar...
  • Step into the shoes of WTCC with S60 Polestar

    Polestar, Volvo’s performance division, has found a way to spice things up for its tired and wrinkled S60 model. Volvo S60 Polestar – which is different to Polestar Performance Parts – is available in South Africa as a limited run of just 45 units. For the 2017 model year, the...
  • Volvo improves XC90 with Pilot Assist

    Apart from claiming the WesBank SAGMJ Car of the Year, the Volvo XC90 has received a smattering of technology tweaks that will come standard for all 2017 models. Pilot Assist and PowerPulse diesel technology, for a lag-free diesel driving experience, are both now available in South Africa. The semi-autonomous...
  • Fastest V40 on sale but not a true Polestar model

    Volvo V40 T5 R-Design with Polestar Performance Parts is the fastest V40 you can currently buy in Africa In South Africa the little blue square denoting Volvo’s Polestar emblem is downright confusing. Stuck somewhere between fully fledged Polestar, only available in the S60, and Polestar Performance Parts fitted to...
  • Volvo SA releases pricing of svelte S90

    With just a few months left before the year ends, Swedish carmaker Volvo plans to end it with a boom by revealing the official pricing for the new flagship model, the S90, set to arrive in SA before the year ends. The executive sedan carries a starting price tag of...
  • Iron Knight sets speed record for Volvo Trucks

    Volvo Trucks must pay its marketing team well. Remember Jean Claude Van Damme doing the splits between two moving Volvo trucks? Now the team is back in the record books with its 2400hp truck dubbed Iron Knight. The new 500-metre record now reads: 13.71 seconds at an average speed of...
  • Volvo’s best is still to come with XC40

    Two success stories in the last eight months with XC90 and S90, Volvo is turning up the heat once more as revealed in these very early images of the 2018 model XC40. The Volvo XC40 is on target to make its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March...
  • Volvo will pamper clients through retail experience

    Volvo will make a lasting impression through its new Virtual Retail Experience. New store opens up in Bedfordview. A little slice of Sweden in Bedfordview. That’s how the PR at Volvo eloquently described the first Volvo Retail Experience which opened its doors today in front of a small media...
  • New Drive: Transition period for updated Volvo V40

    Living with the weight of expectation following the phenomenal XC90 (SA Car of the Year) and S90, the updated Volvo V40 has become Volvo’s oft forgotten (at least in the media) yet accomplished elongated hatchback.  Volvo has however taken time out from pushing technological boundaries to spruce up the 2016...