125 years Automobile: Volvo's most famous car turns 50

The most famous Volvo, P 1800, celebrates the anniversary year of the car a special birthday. He was 50 years ago to market. The legendary sports coupe is the most international of all it has built brand models: a Swedish sports car, designed by Pietro Frua in Italy, with press in Scotland body in England mounted (at least the first 6,000 copies), America's most important market, and first presented as a prototype at the Geneva Motor Show 1960 in Brussels.

Volvo S60 and V60 now in stores

The Volvo S60 and V60 Drive Drive are now at the German dealers. They have an average consumption of 4.4 and 4.5 liters per 100 kilometers and CO2 levels of 114 or 119 grams per kilometer. The prices for the Drive versions start at 27 950 Euro (S60) or 28 950 Euro (V60). With the launch of the economic drive versions, the Swedish premium brand underlines its competence in the production of powerful and highly efficient engines.

Volvo is preparing for entry-level WTCC

Volvo starts this weekend (19-20 March 2011.) Season opener of the WTCC in Curitiba, Brazil in a preparatory season for the World Touring Car Championship 2012th the new season. It is to be collected especially important experience for a possible official entry into the race series next year with the used set of motorsport partner Polestar Racing Volvo C30 Drive.

Volvo's first with the current 2-liter engine at the start. It will be replaced during the season but with a 1.6-liter turbo, which is based on a completely new engine family, the Swedish manufacturer. At the wheel of the C30 will sit Robert Dahlgren, last season's Scandinavian Touring Car Championship.

Geneva 2011th Volvo V60 diesel plug-in

At the Geneva Motor Show in Geneva (3 to 13 March 2011) Volvo presents the world premiere of the Volvo V60 diesel plug-in hybrid that is already on the market in 2012. With him taking over a five-cylinder turbo diesel and an electric motor at the rear of the advancing. Touch of a button can select three driving modes: pure electric, hybrid-economical operation and for best performance.

As an electric vehicle that gets its energy only from the lithium ion battery, is the Volvo V60 diesel plug-in hybrid on a range of 50 kilometers and it works completely emission-free, provided the electricity was generated from renewable energy. The hybrid mode is the default when starting the vehicle.

Geneva 2011: Volvo V60 shows a diesel plug-in hybrid

Volvo will show at the Motor Show in Geneva (1.-3.13.2011) the V60 as a plug-in hybrid with a diesel engine. The vehicle is a standard consumption of just 1.9 liters per 100 kilometers and have emit 49 grams of CO2 per kilometer. The launch is planned for 2012. The Volvo V60 diesel plug-in hybrid was made in cooperation with the energy supplier Vattenfall.

The front wheels are driven by a modified five-cylinder D5 turbo diesel with 2.4 liters, which provides 158 kW / 215 hp and a maximum torque of 440 Newton meters. At the rear axle, an electric motor operates at 51 kW / 70 hp, which draws its strength from a strong 12 kWh lithium ion battery unit.