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Volvo XC60 Concept

// January 7th, 2007 // 1 Comment » // Cars & Bikes

While we’re on the topic of Volvo, the XC60 Project was announced at the end of 2006 and will take centre stage at the Detroit Motor show.

According to Volvo Cars, the Volvo XC60 Concept will run on a six-cylinder, 3.2-litre bio-ethanol engine with All Wheel Drive, offering dynamic performance in the form of 265 horsepower and 340 Nm of torque.

Volvo’s XC60 project is aimed at a specific target group with high demands on design, brand value and high-tech solutions in their choice of lifestyle products.

The new Volvo XC60 is planned to reach the showrooms at the beginning of 2009.

Related pictures – XC60 side view and new centre console.

I could definitely see myself in one of these. 2009 sounds like the perfect time to upgrade.

Volvo Rocked SEMA

// January 7th, 2007 // 1 Comment » // Cars & Bikes

I know this is a tad late – news from 31 October 2006, but still, too damn good not to share. Now that’s what a Volvo should look like. The new C30 is definitely going to rock.

Mere weeks after the global unveiling of the new Volvo C30 at the 2006 Paris Motor Show, Volvo Car Corporation, in conjunction with three aftermarket tuning companies, has unleashed the ultimate expressions of free will today at the annual Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) tradeshow in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The three cars, all highly modified iterations of the production Volvo C30, are the separate visions of Evolve Cars, Heico Sportiv and Burton Snowboards, and ipd, and represent what could be the ultimate dream cars for the growing number of C30 enthusiasts around the world. [via Amazing Cars]

View the rest of the Volvo C30 SEMA picture gallery here.

Auto Africa 2006 Pictures

// October 29th, 2006 // 10 Comments » // Cars & Bikes

The much awaited Auto Africa motor show is finally here and I was lucky enough to crack a nod to the preview days. With my VIP pass and camera in tow, I set off to Nasrec on Friday, feeling a bit like a kid in a candy store.

I was looking forward to three vehicles in particular, the Volvo C30 Hatch, Volvo C70 Convertable and of course the Hummer H3 pictured below.

All the rest of the pictures after the jump.
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Fiery Exhaust Repairs

// September 8th, 2006 // 6 Comments » // Cars & Bikes, Funnies

Scenes like this just reaffirm again why you should not repair your car’s exhaust (or anthing else for that matter) at a street vendor. Madness… (pictures received via email)

Update: Clearly I need to refresh my cache more often…Daedalus posted this yesterday.

Nothing New

// September 8th, 2006 // 2 Comments » // Cars & Bikes

This is nothing new, just another dumbass taxi, driving on the wrong side of the road, cutting in front of everyone and then stopping mereley 5 meters on, to offload some passengers…Aaaarrrrggghhhh.

More taxi madness over at Exposethem.