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Volvo Car Press Releases 2009

• Volvo V70 and S80 DRIVe. Two of Volvo's largest cars emitting only 129g/km of CO2 emissions
  (5 November)
• Cars that drive themselves can become reality within ten years
  (22 October)
• Volvo Cars tests new, unique safety technology in Copenhagen - in a disguised S60 prototype
  (12 October)
• Volvo UK Announces New Prices For The C30 And C70
  (5 October)
• Tommy Rustad, Volvo and Polestar won the STCC
  (27 September)
• Volvo Cars on the move towards a future without traffic accidents
  (25 September)
• Unique Volvo systems for automatic braking with full force at all speeds
  (25 September)
• Volvo Car's environmental vision: DRIVe Towards Zero
  (25 September)
• Volvo Car Corporation to put plug-in hybrids on the market in 2012
  (25 September)
• Volvo Cars takes on safety challenges involving electric cars
  (23 September)
• All-electric Volvo C30 project presented for the first time
  (17 September)
• New Volvo C30 brings CO2 emissions to record low: 99 g/km
  (15 September)
• Volvo C30 R-Design With Sports Chassis
  (14 September)
• The New Volvo C30 Sportswagon
  (8 September)
• The New Volvo C70
  (1 September)
• Volvo XC60 Gets The R-Design Treatment
  (25 August)
• Prince Michael of Kent Awards Volvo the Special International Road Safety Award
  (13 August)
• Volvo's three-point safety belt turns 50
  (12 August)
• New dummy enhances active safety
  (12 August)
• The world's most expensive dummies save lives
  (11 August)
• Intelligent cars avoid accidents
  (10 August)
• Volvo Car UK Succeeds With Its Congestion Charge Challenge to The Mayor of London
  (3 August)
• Volvo DRIVEe With Start/Stop Technology. Low CO2 Emissions and Over 70mpg
  (27 July)
• Volvo Car UK launches Polestar Performance for Volvo owners wanting to enhance their vehicle's performance
  (16 July)
• Volvo XC60 boosts sportiness with R-Design
  (7 July)
• Volvo Car UK Has Challenged the Mayor of London to Emissions Quality
  (30 June)
• Volvo PV445 celebrates its 60th anniversary
  (22 June)
• Volvo XC60 named overall winner at the Towcar Awards 2009
  (19 June)
• Volvo S40 DRIVe With Start/Stop - WHAT CAR? Green Car of the Year
  (9 June)
• Volvo Hybrid Cars A to Z
  (1 June)
• Volvo Cars aims to be market leader in plug-in hybrid technology
  (1 June)
• Volvo Cars and Vattenfall to develop new plug-in hybrid
  (1 June)
• Volvo's most powerful Flexifuel engine gets higher performance and lower fuel consumption
  (14 May)
• Volvo C30, S40 and V50 DRIVe gain extra attitude with R-Design
  (24 April)
• Volvo Cars launches three new child restraints for children of all ages
  (16 April)
• DRIVe technology in the new Volvo C30 Green Racing for STCC
  (6 April)
• Peter Horbury new head of Design at Volvo Car Corporation
  (1 April)
• Last Volvo S60 rolls off the assembly line in Ghent
  (31 March)
• Sixes from Volvo - A smooth 80 year affair
  (17 March)
• Volvo S80L - launch and start of production
  (13 March)
• Volvo Car Corporation avoids notices by reducing personnel costs
  (13 March)
• Volvo Launches ‘Ice White’ C70 Coupé Convertible
  (9 March)
• Volvo Cars upgraded state-of-the-art emissions laboratory - for reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions
  (6 March)
• Volvo Cars and the Environment
  (5 March)
• Sports chassis gives enhanced driving pleasure in the Volvo S80 and customers more freedom of choice
  (26 February)
• The refreshed Volvo S80 - first class exclusiveness and driving properties
  (26 February)
• Volvo presents seven new cars with the green DRIVe badge - all with best-in-class CO2 levels
  (25 February)
• Two new five-cylinder diesels from Volvo: More power and less fuel consumption
  (18 February)
• Volvo XC60 takes the SUV of the Year at the 2009 What Car? Awards
  (23 January)
• Volvo Safety Achievements
  (22 January)
• All leather in all Volvo car interiors chrome free for allergy sufferers
  (22 January)
• Volvo Car Corporation 2008 - sales facts and figures
  (16 January)
• Rising Sales Sees Volvo Car UK Buck The Trend In 2008
  (13 January)
• The 3-point safety belt has saved more than a million lives so far
  (8 January)
• 3-point safety belt from Volvo - the most effective lifesaver in traffic for fifty years
  (8 January)
• The 3-point belt remains central in today’s and tomorrow’s safety solutions
  (8 January)
• Volvo's new Euro 5 diesel S80 top performance and record-low fuel consumption
  (7 January)