Volvo YCC

* The Volvo YCC ( Your Concept Car ) first birthday

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A Volvo concept car ( Volvo YCC ) that was designed by and for women had gull-wing doors to make it easier to lift shopping bags or children into the car.

* Volvo YCC, a concept car from Volvo

Frua's very unusual looking prototype, Raketen (" the Rocket ", on the right ), currently resides in the Volvo Museum.

Sino-foreign joint ventures that SAIC is involved with include Nanjing Iveco Auto Co Ltd (" New Naveco ") with Iveco, Saic-Iveco Commercial Vehicle Co Ltd, SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile, Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive, Shanghai General Motors Corporation and Sunwin Bus with Volvo.

In 2000 Volvo updated the 40 Series (" Phase II "), implementing a number of technical improvements, e. g., improved engine management, direct ( diesel ) fuel injection, extra safety features, larger brake discs, new front suspension and steering, revised rear suspension, larger tires and a widening of the track width.

Although technically the property of the White Motor Co., and conveyed to its successor, Volvo-White Motor Co., which evolved into Volvo Trucks North America, the trademark had lain dormant so long that there were no grounds for objection when Daimler-Benz subsidiary Freightliner — whose trucks were distributed by White from the 1950s through 1975 — resurrected it to supplant the Ford blue oval on their HN80 (" AeroMax ") family of trucks after the purchase.

Ford's Volvo Cars subsidiary designed the SI6 (" short inline 6 ") straight-6 automobile engine for use in 2007 models.

#" Your New Disease " ( Japan bonus track, & b side to " Volvo Driving Soccer Mom ")

" Your New Disease " and " Happy " were relegated to the b-side of the " Volvo Driving Soccer Mom " single, while " Sex with a Movie Star " finally surfaced on the Ten Years Gone career retrospective.

* 1993 Esquire / Volvo / Waterstone's Non-Fiction Book Award for And When Did You Last See Your Father?

In the early 1990s Volvo introduced the Volvo Environmental Concept Car ( ECC ) which was a gas turbine powered hybrid car.

At the January 2001 North American International Auto Show, hosted at Detroit, Volvo showcased the Adventure Concept Car to gauge reaction to the styling and features of its upcoming SUV.

He was responsible for a number of concept car designs, including the Ford Fairlane, Shelby GR-1 and " 427 ", Jaguar F-Type and Volvo Safety Car Concept.

* Volvo Concept You

The Volvo Safety Concept Car ( SCC ) is an ESV concept car which was first shown at the 2001 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan.

On 28 January 1999, Volvo Group sold its business area Volvo Car Corporation to the Ford Motor Company for US $ 6. 45 billion, with the resulting group largely set on commercial vehicles.

Volvo Trademark Holding AB is equally owned by AB Volvo and Volvo Car Corporation.

Other carbon reduction schemes include a link with Volvo Car South Africa, whereby Sappi will create incentives for buyers of Volvo vehicles by planting sufficient indigenous trees to neutralise the carbon emissions that the vehicle would produce over 100 000 km.

* Personal Car Communicator in Volvo Cars

Volvo Car Corporation, or Volvo Personvagnar AB, is a Swedish automobile manufacturer founded in 1927, in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Finally in 1989 the Uddevalla plant in Sweden was opened, which is now jointly operated by Volvo Car Corporation and Pininfarina of Italy.

* Volvo Car Corporation or Volvo Cars – a manufacturer of automobiles owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and formerly owned by Ford Motor Company.

Volvo Car Corporation was part of Ford Motor Company's Premier Automotive Group ( PAG ), along with Jaguar, Aston Martin and Land Rover.

Stefan Jacoby, formerly chief executive of Volkswagen of America, became Volvo Car Corporation's President and Chief Executive on August 16, replacing Stephen Odell, who became chief executive of Ford Europe.

The Carrimore Car Transporter Mark IV using the recently introduced Scammell cab was also released in April 1969 and a gift set ( GS48 ) featuring the new transporter and six cars ; MGC GT ( 345 ), Mini Cooper Monte Carlo 1967 ( 339 ), Sunbeam Imp Monte Carlo 1967 ( 340 ), Mini Cooper S Magnifique ( 334 ), Morris Mini Minor ( 226 ) and The Saint's Volvo P1800 ( 258 ) soon followed.

By October 1970 the Carrimore Car Transporter Mark V ( 1146 ) had grown to three decks and Gift Set 20 again featured the transporter complete with six cars now fitted with Whizzwheels ; Lancia Fulvia Zagato ( 372 ), Marcos 3 Litre ( 377 ), MGC GT ( 378 ), Ford Capri 3 Litre ( 311 ), The Saint's Volvo P1800 ( 201 ) and Pontiac Firebird ( 343 ).

A new Car Transporter ( 1159 ) was issued in November 1976 using the new Ford Transcontinental cab, and two more construction site orientated vehicles were issued, the JCB Crawler Loader ( 1110 ) in June 1976 and the Volvo BM Concrete Mixer ( 1156 ) in January 1977.

In February 1991 Car Magazine tested the XM in V6 form alongside ten other executive cars ( Alfa Romeo 164 V6 Lusso, BMW 525i 24v, Ford Scorpio 2. 9 EFi, Jaguar XJ6 3. 2, Mercedes Benz 260E, Peugeot 605 3. 0 SVE, Rover Sterling, Saab 9000 CDs 2. 3 turbo, Vauxhall Senator CD 3. 0i and Volvo 960 3. 0i-24 ).

In his final role before moving to Dearborn, Booth was Executive Vice President for Ford Motor Company responsible for Ford of Europe, Volvo Car Corporation and Ford Export Operations & Global Growth Initiatives.

Booth was chairman of both Ford of Europe and Volvo Car Corporation.

In addition, the Polestar performance option ( developed in partnership between Volvo Car Corporation and Polestar Racing ) became available for the 2012 model year for several Volvo models, including the C30 T5.