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Junkyard Find: 1988 Volvo 740 GLE with 403,348 miles

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Volvo sold brick-shaped rear-wheel-drive station wagons in North America beginning in 1968 with the 145 and continuing through the final V90s three decades later. This isn't the highest-mile Volvo 740 wagon I've ever found in a car graveyard. liter SOHC straight-four engine, rated at 114 horsepower and 136 pound-feet.

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Junkyard Find: 1970 Volvo 145

The Truth About Cars

Because Volvo sold the 200 Series cars here from the 1975 through 1993 model years and so many owners loved those sensible bricks so deeply, plenty are only now showing up in the self-service car graveyards I frequent. Did the owner finally trade it in on a new Volvo? 1970 Volvo 145 in California junkyard.

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Volvo Cars buys 100% of Polestar; performance PHEVs

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Volvo Cars has acquired 100 per cent of Polestar, the Swedish high performance car company, including the Polestar brand. Polestar will now be used as the model name for special high performance Volvos. In 2015, Volvo expects to sell 750 Polestar versions of the V60 wagon and S60 sedan globally.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

Charged EVs

Still, the 2025 Kia EV9 and 2025 Volvo EX30 stand out as particularly important EVs for 2024. Volvo EX30: small and inexpensive, but is it premium? At the other end of the scale from the large 3-row Kia EV9 is the Volvo EX30. It’s Volvo’s smallest-ever SUV, and also the fastest-accelerating car the company has sold.

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Report: Volvo Drops Front-Drive Versions of XC40 and XC60

The Truth About Cars

Volvo is dropping front-wheel drive for the XC40 and XC60 crossovers for 2024. Since Volvo plans on going all-electric in the years to come, further consolidation of its gasoline-powered vehicles makes a lot of sense. Volvo is broadly considered a luxury brand and its clientele has shown a predictable willingness to be upsold.

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TransLink buys 15 electric Nova Bus LFSe+; Chicago CTA approves buying 600 diesel Nova Bus LFS

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Canada-based Nova Bus, a member of the Volvo Group, recently was awarded a contract for 15 LFSe+, Nova Bus’ long range electric buses, by TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s transportation network. Powered by an integrated modular system, the electric motor significantly decreases maintenance costs and emits no greenhouse gas emissions. LFS Diesel.

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The Tesla of vans? Renault and Volvo create Flexis to revolutionise electric light commercial vehicles

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Renault and the Volvo truck group have announced they are working together to hatch a pioneering new family of electric vans that will be sold under the Flexis badge when they go on sale in 2026. Renault and Volvo aren’t the only car-makers investing in pioneering electric vans. The post The Tesla of vans?

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