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The following is a List of Volvo passenger cars indexed by year of introduction. Model history. Production Model Class Image 1920s. 1927–1929: ÖV4/PV4:
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]
The Volvo T5 petrol engine was used in the Ford Focus ST and RS performance models, and Volvo's satellite navigation system was used on certain Aston Martin Vanquish, DB9 and V8 Vantage models. [22] [23] [24] In November 1999, Volvo Group purchased a 5% stake in Mitsubishi Motors, as part of a partnership deal for the truck and bus business. [25]
For the 1983 model year, Volvo dropped the DL and GLE labels, selling the cars simply as 240s. In the domestic Swedish market, the 240 could be had with a 2.1- or 2.3-liter engine (more options were available in export), but the bigger engine always came coupled with a five-speed transmission and tinted windows. [ 11 ]
The Volvo XC60 is a Midsize luxury crossover SUV manufactured and marketed by Swedish automaker Volvo Cars since 2008. The XC60 is part of Volvo's 60 Series of automobiles, along with the S60, S60 Cross Country, V60, and V60 Cross Country. The first generation model introduced a new style for the 60 Series models.
Volvo Cars began manufacturing the Volvo 144 at Torslandaverken in the late summer of 1966 [7] for the 1967 model year.The 144 series, which followed the Volvo Amazon (120 series, outside of Sweden), was the first Volvo to use a tri-digit nomenclature, where the first digit indicated series, second digit indicated the number of cylinders, and third digit indicated the number of doors.
0–9. Volvo 66; Volvo 121; Volvo 122; Volvo 123; Volvo 131; Volvo 140 Series; Volvo 142; Volvo 144; Volvo 145; Volvo 164; Volvo 200 Series; Volvo 240; Volvo 242 ...
The S60 was built on Volvo's P2 platform, [11] which was shared with other Volvo models like the S80, V70, XC70 and finally the XC90. The Volvo S60 was released in 2000 (2001 model year) being the company's new generation sports sedan.