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Three Must-Know Volvo Apps

Among the many reasons so many drivers choose Volvo to make their daily commute from Santa Rosa to Napa or Rohnert Park to the Bay Area is for the exceptional levels of convenience, safety, technological innovation and fun driving experience that comes with each and every model. To complement and enhance these well-regarded attributes, the Swedish automaker offers three distinctive apps: Volvo On Call iPhone App, S60 App for iPhone and iPad, and Volvo S60 Augmented Reality Driving Game.

Let's start with Volvo On Call iPhone App, shall we? Essentially, it delivers drivers an elite suite of Roadside Assistance…

Volvo is Tangled with the XC60 plug-in hybrid Cord Storage

There are beginning to be a lot more hybrid cars available and now even plug in hybrids. With so many auto manufacturers producing these gas sipping machines it comes down to features and usability that sets each apart. One of the features with plug in hybrids in the fact that well, you can plug it in. Storing the charging cord doesn't seem like a great feature but until you have to use it every…

Five New Volvos Boast 'IHHS 2012 TOP SAFETY PICK' Title

Volvo has built its reputation on extreme safety. The legacy continues with five new Volvo models featured on the "IIHS 2012 TOP SAFETY PICK" list: the Volvo S80, Volvo S60, Volvo C30, Volvo XC60, and Volvo XC90. That represents over half of all the models in the entire Volvo lineup!

Each of these highly-esteemed Volvo models earned "Good" ratings in all four of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's four crash tests: front offset, side impact, roof strength and rear-crash protection. Among a crowd of perfectionist Volvo drivers, "Good" might not sound all that great. However, Smothers European Volvo…

Volvo's Plans For the V40 and Baby XC60


The Swedish automaker has many fans biting their nails waiting for the introduction of the V40 and baby XC60. The two models are set to unveil at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. Production for the V40 is set to start in the near future under the well debated V40 name.

It looks like the Volvo V40 will be made on the P1 platform and the company plans to sell 90,000 cars annually for this model. The V40 is set to lean more on the green side with the VEA (Volvo Environmental Architecture).

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Proof Volvo Crash-Avoidance System, "City Safe", Works

Volvo is once again raising the benchmark on driver-safety technology with its new "City Safe" collision avoidance system. Keeping statistics that roughly 75 percent of automobile collisions occur at below 20 miles per hour top of mind, Volvo designed the system, with an optical radar system to monitor traffic up to six meters ahead. Should "City Safe" register that the car ahead dramatically slows or suddenly stops, it will automatically pre-charge the brakes. In the case of a more imminent accident, it will fully activate the brakes.

Speaking on the system in its infancy, Ingrid Skogsmo, Director, Volvo Cars Safety…

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