Even after five years of his passing, Academy Award Winner Paul Newman left his mark in the world. He could make a great film come alive. He found a way to bring families together for dinner with Newman's Own salad dressing, pasta sauce, wine, and other food/drink while donating proceeds to charity. He also could make a power-thirsty Volvo.
Enter the Volvo 960 station wagon, a Newman creation.
Neman was a Volvo fan…
In mid-September, a 1966 Volvo PS1800 drove triumphantly along the Seward Highway in Alaska. This wasn't just an average drive. This was a three million-mile mark drive--a milestone only Irv Gordon has been able to achieve.
Gordon's journey is an unbelievable story of how he travelled the country for nearly 50 years in a trusty Volvo. His PS1800 gave him years of memories, discoveries, and time for contemplation. They're really a vehicle…
At Volvo Marin, we stand behind the Volvo brand and all the new Volvo, but we also stand behind when it's time to make a change. Volvo is ready to transform.
"When I joined Volvo a year ago," says Volvo Group head of design Thomas Ingenlath, "some people described Volvo's design as Vanilla. In other words, nice but not iconic or cutting edge. The vanilla days are over."1
They sure are. We…
At Volvo Marin, we want you to be yourself. We make ourselves approachable because you should want whatever vehicle you like here in our Corte Madera, CA to be a reflection of your truest self. That's why we particularly liked this new Volvo "rearview" commercial.
For all the EV drivers out there worried if the charge is just not enough for a long trip, this news is of particular importance to you. Volvo is in the works of solving your fear of losing juice on the road and getting stuck in the middle of nowhere. The automaker's newest prototype is an ingenious mobile charging system.
Known as "Pure Tension", the mobile system is in the form of a collapsible…
Performance, efficiency, comfort...these are all components we enjoy and expect from new Volvo models. Today's component, perhaps the most important, is safety. You can count on Volvo to deliver solid safety technology, and it's working diligently to do so through a new model refresh of the Volvo XC90.
Volvo will install three new cutting-edge safety technologies in the XC90, one of which is Pedestrian Detection in darkness. This technology does just as…
If you've ever driven any model from the Volvo lineup, you know that the brand is dedicated to efficiency. Imagine how much more efficient you'd feel driving one if it could take care of say, parking for you on its own while you resume your business? Volvo's put that exact idea to practice that's being demoed.
Volvo's worked on autonomous vehicles, as displayed by its SARTRE (Safe Road Trains for…
Many great ideas come from a pooling of great minds, and we at Volvo Marin are glad that Volvo took the initiative by encouraging customers to voice their ideas via social media. More specifically, Volvo's crowdsourced its Facebook fans asking them what they'd like to see on Volvo on Call (a mobile app that will explain in a moment), and the company's received a wave of responses.
First, Volvo on Call is…
Recently, we've witnessed a fusion of the independent soul. This need to break away from convention and define yourself and your path is eloquently manifested in a Volvo and musical collaboration with the worldwide-known DJ trio Swedish House Mafia. Together, they partnered to create a music video showcasing musical talent as well as the new Volvo XC60.
All Volvo's XC cars are designed around people's wish to get out and to leave…
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