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The car helped change perceptions of Volvo: "The S40/V40 range was the car that finally persuaded buyers that Volvo really could build a credible compact executive car", reported the RAC. [12] For the 2000 model year, Volvo expanded the S40/V40's market to North America, where this range went on sale exclusively with the 1.9 liter turbo. [13]
The 2005 Volvo FlexiFuel S40 was one of the first E85 flex-fuel cars by a Swedish automaker. Volvo offered the following vehicles in the European market that use E85: [16] With the exception of the 2.5FT engine, all engines were derived from Ford and were similar to those used in the Ford Focus and Ford Mondeo. Volvo C30 1.8F FlexiFuel; Volvo ...
2005–2008 Volvo S40 II [124] badged as S40 T5; 2005–2008 Volvo V50 [124] [177] badged as V50 T5; 2007 Volvo C30 badged as C30 T5; 2006 [178] –2007 [179] Volvo C70 badged as C70 T5; 2005 [180] –2011 Ford Focus [169] badged as Focus ST [181] 2007–2010 Ford Mondeo Mk4 badged as XR5 Turbo for the Australian market. 2007–2010 Ford S-Max
In 2005, Volvo introduced to the Swedish market the company's first E85 flexifuel models. Volvo introduced its S40 and V50 with flexible-fuel engines, joined in late 2006 by the then new C30. All Volvo models were initially restricted to the Swedish market, until 2007, when these three models were launched in eight new European markets. [116]
Ireland, 61, recalled how she auditioned for the part of a nurse on the series, which ran from 1989 to 1993. "It's like, 'Okay, my mom's a nurse, so I know how nurses behave.' Well, this nurse ...
The Volvo V50 is the station wagon version of the Volvo S40 small family car first unveiled at the 2003 Bologna Motor Show, both assembled at Ghent, Belgium.Sharing the Volvo P1 platform with the European Ford Focus and the Mazda 3, the V50 featured interior "theatre" lighting, a floating center stack and "Volvo Intelligent Vehicle Architecture".
24 QNI was issued in Northern Ireland for cars with indeterminate age, kit cars. On 1 January 1987, a completely new registration plate system was introduced for new vehicles. Vehicles older than 1987 imported into Ireland from 1987 were not given age-related numbers from the old system but were included in the new system.
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 ...