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Volvo Cars of
Canada Corp. announced the XC90
and S60 would receive the largest
cash incentive program the company has ever applied to the two
vehicles, providing customers with thousands of dollars in savings.
Volvo Cars of Canada Corp.
will introduce a new, turbocharged 6-cylinder performance engine
on the XC70 with the launch of
the 2009 model year. The 281-horsepower engine -- dubbed T6 --
will be mated to a 6-speed automatic transmission and the
company's all-wheel drive system.
Volvo's market share is shrinking in the North
American market. On the contrary, Volvo increases its market share
in new markets such as Russia, China and India. Specifically,
Volvo expected sales in Russia to double and exceed 20,000 units
by the end of 2007, making Russia one of the ten biggest markets
for the company. Volvo already boasts the leading position in
Russia's luxury car segment.
Current VOLVO models
Today, the company uses a system of letters denoting body
style followed by the series number. S stands for saloon or
sedan, C stands for coupe or convertible and V stands for
versatile or estate car. XC stands for cross country
originally added to a more rugged V70 model as the V70XC and
indicates all wheel drive paired with a raised suspension to
give it a mock SUV look. Volvo would later change the name to
the XC70 in keeping with its car naming consistent with the
XC90. So a V50 is an estate ("V") that is smaller than the
V70.
Originally, Volvo was planning a different naming scheme. S
and C were to be the same, but "F", standing for flexibility,
was to be used on station wagons. When Volvo introduced the
first generation S40 and V40 at Frankfurt in 1994, they were
announced as the S4 and F4. However, Audi complained that it
had inherent rights to the S4 name, since it names its sporty
vehicles "S", and the yet-introduced sport version of the Audi
A4 would have the S4 name. Volvo agreed to add a second digit,
so the vehicles became the S40 and F40. However, that led to a
complaint from Ferrari, who used the Ferrari F40 name on their
legendary sports car. This led to Volvo switching the "F" to
"V", for versatile.
1998 Volvo V70 wagon Pre-Ford
Volvo S40
Volvo V40
Volvo S/V70
Volvo C70 (1997-2005)
S/V90
Small cars (Volvo P1 platform)
Volvo C30 (2007- )
Volvo C70 (2005- )
Volvo S40 (2004- )
Volvo V50 (2004- )
Large cars (Volvo P2 platform)
Volvo S60 (2001-2008)
Volvo S80 (1999-2006)
Volvo V70 (2000- 2007)
Volvo XC70 (2000-2007)
Volvo XC90 (2002- 2009)
Large Cars (Volvo P24- platform)
Volvo S60 (2009- )
Volvo S80 (2007- )
Volvo V70 (2008- )
Volvo XC60 (2009- )
Volvo XC70 (2008- )
Volvo XC90 (2010- )
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