Thursday, May 30, 2013
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Hello fans! Here is your maintenance tip of the week.
Let floor mats take winter’s beating:
Use floor mats to protect carpeting. The best type for controlling
salt, slush, and mud in winter are rubber wafflestyle mats. They stay in
place, don’t allow the water to seep through, and are easy to wash
clean. Carpet-style mats are helpful, too. Shake, vacuum, or wash as
needed; replace them as they wear through.
Courtesy of Readers Digest
Monday, May 20, 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013
Thank you Lisseth for this excellent review!
"David was really nice and took us for a test drive. I realized it
wasn't the car I liked and my husband asked him to recommend a similar
car, so he did. When we test drove it I loved it! He gave us all the
information about this car and handed us the Car Fax and showed us
ratings and testimonials online. HE was very helpful and NEVER pushy or
aggressive." - Lisseth
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
Volvo C30 EV Can Fully Charge in Record Time!
Developed in partnership with Siemens, the new 22 kW fast-charger is
fitted inside the car, and is designed to use a three-phase outlet for
quick charging times. When hooked up to a regular European 230V power
supply, the C30 EV still takes 8-10 hours to fully fill up with power.
“Adding the innovative fast charging solution will radically improve
the time and mileage for the daily usage of the car. This will
drastically improve the cost of ownership since the customer will now be
able to drive many low cost kilometers per day,” says Lennart
Stegland,VP of electric propulsion systems at Volvo. “Even a quick
10-minute plug-in adds power for another 20 kilometres of driving,” he
finished.
The car is powered by a 120-hp electric motor, that motivates the C30
EV from 0 to 70 kph (43 mph) in 5.9 seconds, a seemingly random measure
of speed in America, which must mean something in Sweden.
Starting in the summer of 2013, Volvo will begin leasing a fleet of
100 C30 EVs to European customers, and will begin taking feedback on the
technology which the brand hopes to implement in a future series
production vehicle.
Courtesy of Auto Guide
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Friday, May 3, 2013
Volvo Ponders The Design Of The Next XC90
In dog years, the current Volvo XC90
is approaching retirement age, which makes it positively ancient in the
automotive world. Launched in 2002 as a 2003 model, Volvo’s funky
station-wagon-on-steroids crossover has soldiered on without a significant refresh for nine years.
That makes it overdue for a redesign, but Volvo knows to proceed with
caution. The XC90 was an unexpected hit for the Swedish automaker, which
shattered the 50,000 unit worldwide sales projections for the car
when it sold 86,000 units across the globe in 2005. In fact, the XC90
is now labelled as Sweden’s “most valuable export,” but even we’ll admit
that’s something of a short list.
Volvo’s been showing these design sketches to the automotive media, and they likely show the potential design direction Volvo will
take for the next generation XC90. Unless you look closely, all four
appear to be styled along similar lines.
Courtesy of Motor Authority
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