Thursday, October 27, 2011
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Volvo Is Set to Crown the Golf Champion of the Golf Champions of South Africa
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The European Tour's first-ever true ‘tournament of champions' event has been confirmed for South Africa's number-one golf course, The Links at Fancourt, from 19th - 22nd January, with the prospect of the finest field ever assembled for a European Tour event on African soil chasing the €350,000 (Approx US$500,000) first prize. With a prize fund of €2million (Approx.US$2,700,000) the Volvo Golf Champions is the first solely-sanctioned European Tour event of 2012 and offers the circuit's most valuable purse on the African continent.
The Volvo Golf Champions is open only to European Tour players who have won an event on the previous year's European Tour International Schedule and current Tour Members with ten or more European Tour wins to their name. With prize money and valuable Official World Ranking Points on offer from first to last place and with only a dozen events until the Tournament, an unprecedented gathering of global golfing talent is expected to line up at the world-acclaimed Links at Fancourt, recently voted number one course in the country and designed by South African golf legend Gary Player.
Commenting on the selection of The Links at Fancourt, Per Ericsson, President, Volvo Event Management said, "Quality, both of the challenge the golf course will pose to the field of proven champions and of the infrastructure, was a key consideration and The Links at Fancourt is right up there with the very best in the world."
"We also wanted a location that was suitable for the staging of the world final of the Volvo World Golf Challenge which will be staged simultaneously, with the successful formula of ‘Playing with the Pros'. Volvo's customers and prospects can enjoy the sporting experience of a lifetime by playing alongside the stars of the European Tour for one day, live on worldwide TV," continued Ericsson.
He added, "South Africa is an increasingly important market for Volvo and we believe everyone will enjoy all that South Africa and its world-renowned Garden Route will provide in January."
The inaugural Volvo Golf Champions, which was staged as a celebration of global golf in January, saw the 34-year-old Arizona-based Englishman Paul Casey triumph, securing his place in the Fancourt field. Having won on every continent in the world except Africa, Casey is determined to put that right as he defends his Volvo Golf Champions crown in South Africa early next year.
**Courtesy of Volvo Global Newsroom.com
Friday, October 21, 2011
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Volvo Brings Recognition to National Teen Driver Safety Week
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In recognition of National Teen Driver Safety Week (Oct. 16-22, 2011), Volvo will be speaking with Andy Pilgrim, a professional race car driver and founder of Andy Pilgrim Foundation, and creator of a DVD titled “The Driving Zone 2.” Andy’s mission is to educate new drivers and raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving, so his DVD addresses the pitfalls of texting, emailing and talking on the phone while driving. It also highlights many useful tools used by professional and experienced drivers to enable them to stay collision-free.
**Courtesy of Volvo Blog North America, by Jess Snell; for more information please visit Volvo BlogUS.com
Monday, October 17, 2011
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Find Out Why More People Are Smiling When They're Driving a Volvo
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When I brought home my first Volvo, a ’58 PV444, I didn’t noticed how uncomfortable the seats were. After I drove from Torrance to my Aunt and Uncle’s home in Livermore – about 300 miles – I couldn’t wait to get out of that car. I later bought a seat back cushion (a small coiled wire with cloth covering) that helped air circulate and gave me a little more back support, but it was still an uncomfortable journey. I did find the adjustment for the seat back, a small 10mm screw in the bottom of each seat fame side – clever but not practical – and there wasn’t any lumbar support. When I started at Volvo, out back behind our warehouse was a 164 that was accident damaged. I ‘borrowed’ the light tan leather front seats and threw away those ’58 back breakers. It was kind of hard to close the doors, but boy those were comfortable seats. So what happened between ’58 and ’68?
Volvo’s newly installed (1956) President Gunner Engellau, killed the P1900 fiberglass convertible, which was terrible to drive, had poor brakes, and guess what, rotten seats. He sensed that while we made good cars, except P1900, we really didn’t understand seat design. In the following years there were minor improvements to seat back and cushion design, but everything would change when he hired Doctor Ulf Nachemson who was a spinal specialist (thanks Bob for finding this) to work with Nils Bolin to teach us how to build good seats. Basically it was not rocket science to designing a comfortable seat, just ask someone who knows bones, how best to support our back, and you’ll have a great seat. I think aside from giving the world a three-point seat belt, Volvo’s next great accomplishment was to put a lumbar adjustment in seats.
Then again, here’s what USA Today’s automotive editor Jim Healy’s wrote in his 2009 C30 review:
The seats. You can’t talk about a Volvo without championing the seats as probably the industry’s most comfortable. You gotta wonder why all other automakers don’t simply copy ‘em.”
**As seen on the Volvo Blog Website article by Dan Johnston; for more information, please visit Volvoblog.com.
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