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The Volvo C30 is a three-door, front-engine, front-wheel-drive premium compact hatchback manufactured and marketed by Volvo Cars from 2006 to 2013, in a single generation. . Powered by inline-four and straight-five engines, the C30 is a variant of the Volvo S40/V50/C70 range, sharing the same Ford C1/Volvo P1 platf
Geartronic is Volvo Cars' name for its manumatic automatic transmission, similar to Porsche's Tiptronic. It is available in 4-, 5-, 6-, and 8-speed models, and is controlled by a microprocessor . The microprocessor automatically shifts to the next gear if a user in manual mode red lines the engine.
Driver and passenger seat are mounted on transverse steel rails, [10] not bolted to the floor as per the standard configuration. [11] In a side impact these transverse rails allow the seats to crush a reinforced center console designed to absorb additional energy. [12] In 1994, [13] for the 1995 model year, [14] the SIPS-Bag [15] was introduced.
The Volvo Safety Concept Car (SCC) is an ESV concept car. The SCC incorporates the rear hatch design from Volvo P1800ES and the glass hatch from Volvo 480ES . [ 1 ] The interior design is similar to the S40 and V50 ; the majority of parts including the instrument panel, 'floating' centre stack and steering wheel are shared by the three cars.
The teams organized themselves any way they wished and at the speed they choose. While a worker on a conventional assembly line might spend his entire shift mounting one license-plate lamp after another, every member of a Kalmar work team may work at one time or another on all parts of the electrical system—from taillights to turn signals, head lamps, horn, fuse box and part of the ...
Volvo Cars has a long reputation as a maker of inline (or straight) engines. This list of Volvo engines gives an overview of available internal combustion engines. When Volvo started in 1927, they ordered their engines from the engine manufacturer Penta in Skövde. The first engine was the inline four-cylinder side valve 28 hp (21 kW) Type DA ...
The 360s were four-cylinders and not sixes as implied by the name; the "360" name was used to "give the new model a stronger profile in the Volvo range." [9] This 2.0 L 360 model was available in five-door and three-door hatchback form, with four-door "notchback" saloon models added in 1984. Trim levels were GL, GLE, or GLT, depending on output ...
The press described it as having a "sleek hatch body" in contrast to Volvo's traditional "boxcar look". [11] While the 480's design is often referred to as a shooting brake by commentators, Volvo themselves did not use the term. [12] [13] The 480 was the first Volvo of its style since the 1800ES, and the last until the unveiling of the C30. [14]