Rumormill: 350 hp Volvo C30 R in the works
Click above for a high resolution image of the C30 D-Design package Volvo gave its C30 hatchback a pretty aggressive look when it introduced the R-Design package, but unfortunately none of that sportiness made its way beneath the hood. Adding some show to the go, Volvo has reportedly created a C30 prototype fitted with a turbocharged inline-5 pumping out 350 horsepower using the Ford Focus RS engine block as a base. Best of all, it would be able fully put down all that power combined with Volvo's AWD...

Report: Volvo develops 350HP C30 R prototype
The C30 has been a hit with hatch fans since its introduction thanks to strong proportions and unique design cues, but something that has always been missing is a super-high performance variant. Like the Focus RS, the new C30 R could offer huge power in a small and sporty hatch. The C30 R shouldn’t be confused with the R-design package C30 pictured, which is a strictly visual upgrade package. The C30 R is intended to be a much meaner variant. In fact, the C30 R will be using the same engine block...

Volvo XC60
What is it? 2009 Volvo XC60 What's special about it? According to Fredrik Arp, president and CEO of Volvo Cars, the 2009 Volvo XC60 is not only the safest Volvo ever, "It's also the most stunning." Of course, he's paid big bucks to say stuff like that, but the fact that he's mentioning design at all shows just how important the look of the XC60 is to its success. Mr. Arp isn't blowing smoke, though. The XC60 is certainly more stylish than the homely XC90. Instead of big and boxy, the XC60 is...

Volvo not for sale says chairman
Volvo’s sales slump of the past several months has led to a pretax loss of $151 million in the first quarter of the year, and with no sign of turnaround in sight analysts are predicting Ford could end up selling the carmaker just as it did with Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin. According to Volvo chairman Lewis Booth, nothing could be further from the truth. Speaking with Automotive News Europe, Booth said management is focused on improving the business and not on selling it. Booth’s comments...

Volvo lets you customize you C30 with new applique films
Want to make your Volvo C30 unique? Well, Volvo Cars in Sweden is the first car brand to make it possible for new-car buyers in this Scandinavian country to specify applique film on the bodywork panels of their cars. Wether there are polka dots, clouds or simply a rainbow, Volvo lets you customize your car in order to make it unique.[source]

This needed to happen: RWD Volvo C30
Click above for a photo galllery of Skruffse's RWD C30While Volvo's C30 has wily charms in its stock configuration, we could see how it'd be even more entertaining with the power being sent to the proper wheels. While we're talking revisions, a honkingly large turbocharger and external-reservoir dampers would be welcome additions, too. The race-ready ride height is dead sexy, and while it's a crazy thing to do to a perfectly good brand new Volvo, Sweden's Skruffse has carried out some beautiful...

Volvo C30 R-Design priced from $26,445
Click above to view high-res gallery of the Volvo C30 R-Design Following up on our story about the Volvo C30 R-Design at the New York Auto Show, Volvo announced pricing today for its sporty hatchback tunerish trim level. MSRP will be $25,700, plus destination charges of $745. Doing simple math, you can put one of these hot turbocharged Swedes in your garage at a base price of $26,445. Of course, most of you will want to add available goodies such as the DVD-based navigation, bi-xenon headlights, or the...