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Volvo Air Motion
By: Chris Benjamin, Dean Bakker, Steve Goodrich, Bjorn Wessman, Doug Frasher, Dean Shaw, Geza Loczi Imagine… A vehicle lighter than a Formula 1 racing car… Experiencing the adrenaline rush of carving through the canyons with up to three friends… Not … Continue reading
More Moves: Peter Horbury leaves Ford back to Volvo and will be replaced by Moray Callum
Ford Motor Company today announced key changes to bolster vehicle design leadership at both Volvo Cars and Ford’s Americas operations. Peter Horbury executive director, Ford Americas design, will return to Volvo as vice president, design, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Horbury … Continue reading
Volvo’s Head of Design Steve Mattin Resigns
Volvo’s award-winning design director, Steve Mattin, has left the company. U.K.-born Mattin has been Volvo’s design director since May of 2005 and was instrumental in creating designs like the C30, XC60, and most recently, the S60 Concept from Detroit. Mattin … Continue reading
Volvo S60 Video Introduction
Volvo Car unveiled the S60 Concept at the 2009 Detroit Motor Show on January 11. Volvo Cars’ CEO, Stephen Odell held a press conference about the business and the future of the company. The company has the potential to reestablish … Continue reading
Volvo Cars Presents First Pictures of New S60 Concept with Orrefors Crystal
Volvo Cars presents the first pictures of the new S60 Concept, which will be unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show in early January 2009. The production version of the new Volvo S60 will be available in 2010. This video includes exterior studio shots of the car plus shots of the crystal center stack being created at Orrefors’ workshop and interviews with designers.
Volvo Cars has engaged world-famous Swedish glass works Orrefors in the work with the company’s next concept car, which will be a first version of the next-generation Volvo S60. The joint creation, a floating center stack of hand-made Orrefors crystal, will be shown for the first time at the Detroit international motor show in January 2009. Continue reading