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Hatchbacks have a bad rap. “If you say ‘hatchback,’ people tend to think of a yellow Pinto,” says Art Battaglia, product manager for the Volvo C30, one of the latest vehicles in a new crop of hatchbacks from luxury manufacturers. The C30 is a …

Were such a tie-up to happen, however, a combined MAN-Scania coupled with VW’s own commercial trucks unit would easily overshadow rivals like Volvo AB and Daimler AG as Europe’s biggest truck maker. That could benefit a Porsche that held the majority …

In Europe, it made $739 million, compared with $219 million in the first quarter of last year. Volvo had a pretax loss of $151 million, compared with a profit of $94 million a year ago. It was the first quarter the company broke out earnings for the …

The Volvo XC70, a $36,755 midsize wagon, is loaded with advanced safety features like hill descent control and full-length side curtain airbags. To find others like them, we used data from Strategic Vision’s 2007 Total Value Awards. The market …

Hoping that cool will convince Americans to make room in their garages for environmentally friendly cars, Volvo has unveiled a three-seat prototype that’s tapered in the back for a …

The destruction of the orange sedan with its slapdash paintwork may have been intentional but it was far from wanton. It was all part of Volvo’s bid to create an injury-proof car …

Car maker Volvo has asked the Swedish government to waive the country’s strict drunken driving laws to allow its test drivers to booze on the job, news reports said Wednesday.

Ford Motor Co., responding to reports that it’s putting its Volvo unit up for sale, said it is not negotiating with anyone to sell the Swedish automaker.

Volvo Trucks and a Swedish partner on Monday announced a joint venture to produce power units that use fuel cells to reduce diesel truck emissions.

To help avert such dangerous mishaps, automakers such as Saab and Volvo are planning to introduce safety systems that would warn drivers about their drowsiness.