Hagerty’s 2023 Power List, which tracks celebrity car influence by analyzing the increase (and sometimes decrease) in value by comparing stars’ cars with their standard equivalent at the time, was created to explore how celebrity ownership can affect the value of a vehicle. Using Hagerty’s vast amounts of market data, comparisons are made to theRead Full Story
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Volvo EX90 all-electric SUV debuts in North America
Volvo showed its new EX90, representing a new era of safety for the company, for the first time in North America at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. A true seven-seater, the Volvo EX90 is an all-electric SUV that further raises the company’s standards in safety and a more sustainable lifestyle. ToRead Full Story
Buy these vehicles before they’re hot: Hagerty issues annual North American Bull Market list
Hagerty has unveiled its fifth annual Bull Market list, which features the enthusiast cars and trucks that its market experts predict will increase in value over the next 12 months. The list is not intended for get-rich-quick flippers but for future owners who want to find, buy and drive a good vehicle they love. “AtRead Full Story
VRCBC members inspired by tour of RWM’s Delta restoration shop
Members of the Vintage Racing Club of BC (VRCBC) recently a private tour of RWM & Co.’s restoration shop in Delta to learn more about the restoration process and view some of the 12 classics being worked on. The tour began with host Rob Maynard speaking about the feature display, a Rolls Royce boat tailRead Full Story
Morrey Volvo Cars opens in Burnaby
With the opening of Morrey Volvo Cars Burnaby on September 27, 2021, Volvo now has a new retail location in Vancouver’s Lower Mainland. With electric vehicle sales in British Columbia increasing in 2021, the opening of Morrey Volvo Cars Burnaby seeks to help address the consumer demand for EVs and serve the growing sales andRead Full Story
Volvo Cars Canada launches complimentary ‘Tow for Life’
No matter what vintage Volvo you may drive, roadside towing is now available free of charge in Canada. With road trip season just around the corner, Volvo Cars is expanding its suite of complimentary services available to Canadians with “Tow for Life”. This service complements the free towing already provided to in-warranty customers via RoadsideRead Full Story
Volvo’s ChargePoint in-car app for its Recharge models with Google Android Auto OS
Volvo is simplifying the way drivers of its electric and plug-in hybrid cars recharge, with an in-car app that eliminates the need to swipe a payment method to unlock a charging station and which consolidates multiple charging network accounts into one. The ChargePoint in-car app allows drivers of Volvo Recharge cars equipped with Google AndroidRead Full Story
Volvos now come with 180kph speed limit and Care Key to set additional limits
Every new Volvo car now comes with a limited top speed of 180kph, as Volvo Cars delivers on its promise made in 2019 to introduce this limitation, going beyond regulation and legislation to help close the gap to zero serious injuries and fatalities in traffic. Apart from the speed cap, every Volvo car will nowRead Full Story
Volvo to impose 180kph speed limit on its cars
Volvo Cars is sending a strong signal about the dangers of speeding and will limit the top speed on all its cars to 180 kilometres per hour from 2020. The company’s Vision 2020, which aims for no one to be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo by 2020, is one of the mostRead Full Story
Volvo S60 named 2019 North American Car of the Year finalist
The all-new Volvo S60 compact luxury sedan is a 2019 North American Car of the Year finalist. The S60 is the first Volvo car manufactured in the U.S. and the second model to be available through the company’s new subscription offer, Care by Volvo. Care by Volvo makes getting into a new Volvo as easyRead Full Story
Volvo Car Financial Services launches in Canada
Volvo Car Canada Ltd. has launched Volvo Car Financial Services (VCFS). VCFS will handle day-to-day management of the financial services business including leasing and financing. “Volvo Car Financial Services is an integral part in growing the Volvo Car business in Canada,” said David Carroll, national sales manager – Canada, VCFS. “We are here toRead Full Story
North Vancouver Volvo technicians win award
British Columbia service technicians Tony Do and Justin Lam of Jim Pattison Volvo North Vancouver have been named winners of the 2016 Volvo International Service Technician Award (VISTA) in the category of Service & Repair. The team from North Vancouver competed against 40 teams from Volvo markets around the world. VISTA is a biennial customerRead Full Story
Volvo unveils all-new V90
Volvo has revealed its all-new V90 estate wagon. The V90 is the latest in the all-new Volvo product lineup and joins the XC90 and recently launched S90 in the 90-series cluster. Building on Volvo Cars’ indisputable heritage in the estate segment, which began more than 60 years ago with the Volvo Duett, the new V90Read Full Story
Record-breaking driver of a 1966 Volvo P1800
In a journey that has lasted nearly half a century, spanned the globe and elicited awe from generations of car lovers, Long Island’s Irv Gordon has a phenomenal achievement in his sight: driving 3,000,000 miles in the same car – a shiny, red 1966 Volvo P1800. When he drove off the lot in 1966,Read Full Story
Volvo Maryland man latest Volvo ‘Million Miler’
On a recent Saturday morning, Baltimore-area resident Selden Cooper, 66, visited his dealership of 25 years, Lehman Motors Volvo, for a routine oil change in his 1987 Volvo 240 sedan – the vehicle’s 200th oil change. That very day, Sept. 22, 2012, Cooper joined Volvo’s growing list of million-mile drivers, a rarity for auto manufacturers.Read Full Story