Category: Volvo

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This week VehicleVoice introduces you to AutoPacific’s Automotive Futures Center in Southern California. The analysts and experts of AutoPacific do in-person research at the this facility that is one-of-a-kind kind in the world. AutoPacific clients from the USA, Europe, Japan, Korea and China use thte Automotive Futures Center to identify what American consumers really want in their next cars and trucks.
Also on tap, we begin a new occasional series called Test Drive, where we spotlight a specific vehicle and a specific destination. This week it’s the Volvo S80 and the Colorado Rockies, where there’s still plenty of snow to add a twist to our test drive. David Barrett is behind the wheel [...]

Welcome to Let’s Talk Cars

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This week VehicleVoice introduces you to AutoPacific’s Automotive Futures Center in Southern California. The analysts and experts of AutoPacific do in-person research at the this facility that is one-of-a-kind kind in the world. AutoPacific clients from the USA, Europe, Japan, Korea and China use thte Automotive Futures Center to identify what American consumers really want in their next cars and trucks.
Also on tap, we begin a new occasional series called Test Drive, where we spotlight a specific vehicle and a specific destination. This week it’s the Volvo S80 and the Colorado Rockies, where there’s still plenty of snow to add a twist to our test drive. David Barrett is behind the wheel [...]

Volvo's SUV gets a minor rework and a new engine for 2007 model year.

Volvo's flagship gets needed update for 2007MY. Platform shared with Lincoln MKS.

Volvo's star at the 2006 North American International Auto Show in Detroit was the C30 Design Concept. There will only be minor changes between the C30 Design Concept and the 2007 C30 that arrives in Volvo showrooms late in 2006. VehicleVoice (http://www.vehiclevoice.com) and AutoPacific (http://www.autopacific.com) correspondents were on hand for the unveiling of the agressive new small Volvo at Detroit.

Automotive Lease Guide is an influential and closely watched barometer of the value of brands and vehicles in the USA. ALG's data are used by leasing companies to set the values for vehicles two and three years in the future and are critical in determining what lease rates a lessee will pay.

Crossover SUVs will outsell Traditional truck-based SUVs beginning in 2006. This forecast comes from George Pipas, Ford's Manager of Sales Analysis and Reporting in a presentation in Long Beach, CA on December 12, 2005.