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If it is cold when you do the test-drive, remember that tire pressures drop roughly 1 PSI for every 10 degrees of air temperature. You might want to check them with a traditional gauge, as the built-in tire-sensors on new vehicles sometimes don't read well at cold temperatures until they warm up a little. Volvos, in general, tend to ride on the firm side even with recommended PSIs. Also, cold temperatures will, of course, allow you to see how quickly ad efficiently the engine warms up and the heater works.
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If it is cold when you do the test-drive, remember that tire pressures drop roughly 1 PSI for every 10 degrees of air temperature. You might want to check them with a traditional gauge, as the built-in tire-sensors on new vehicles sometimes don't read well at cold temperatures until they warm up a little. Volvos, in general, tend to ride on the firm side even with recommended PSIs. Also, cold temperatures will, of course, allow you to see how quickly ad efficiently the engine warms up and the heater works.
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Totally understand. Much of my mother's side of the family is from Ohio...so I know what you mean by Midwestern winters. Just be glad you're not in Minneapolis or Bismarck.
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Volvo Trucks remains a Swedish company, whereas Volvo Cars is not Chinese-owned.
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Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks share absolutely nothing except the name and logos. They both, at one time, belonged to the same company, but since Volvo Cars was sold off to Ford in the 1990s, they have been completely separate.
Volvo Trucks remains a Swedish company, whereas Volvo Cars is not Chinese-owned.
Volvo Trucks remains a Swedish company, whereas Volvo Cars is not Chinese-owned.
Today Volvo focuses on small displacement turbo 4s and electric because that is what the Chinese market demands in an upmarket vehicle. IMO Volvo lost its way when it went after the FWD market and abandoned its traditional RWD platform toughness. At least they're still around.
It's a familiar tale that also points to Jaguar Land Rover arrogance. Tata Motors is now the corporate owner. In fact, there are more similarities between Geely and Tata than Volvo and JLR.
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Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks share absolutely nothing except the name and logos. They both, at one time, belonged to the same company, but since Volvo Cars was sold off to Ford in the 1990s, they have been completely separate.
Volvo Trucks remains a Swedish company, whereas Volvo Cars isnot now Chinese-owned.
Volvo Trucks remains a Swedish company, whereas Volvo Cars is
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Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks share absolutely nothing except the name and logos. They both, at one time, belonged to the same company, but since Volvo Cars was sold off to Ford in the 1990s, they have been completely separate.
Volvo Trucks remains a Swedish company, whereas Volvo Cars is not Chinese-owned.
Volvo Trucks remains a Swedish company, whereas Volvo Cars is not Chinese-owned.
http://www.volvo.com/home.html
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The question that was originally posed was not the ownership of Volvo, but of RWD vs. FWD platforms. I simply pointed out that, no, there were no RWD auto-based platforms....all heavy truck. And, BTW, Volvo truck and car divisions do share the same home page:
http://www.volvo.com/home.html
http://www.volvo.com/home.html
Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks together own the trademarks for the name and logo, giving each company the right to the name and logos. I assume that the Volvo.com website is owned by the joint-venture company that owns the trademarks.
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I drove a new Polestar a couple hours ago! These cars are amazing, the most comfortable high performance vehicle I have ever driven. The seats are perfect & so is the suspension with it's Ohlin dampers with remote fluid reservoirs. The Polestar 2 must be the next gen electric vehicles.
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I drove a new Polestar a couple hours ago! These cars are amazing, the most comfortable high performance vehicle I have ever driven. The seats are perfect & so is the suspension with it's Ohlin dampers with remote fluid reservoirs. The Polestar 2 must be the next gen electric vehicles.
forget about that, tell us about the polestar you drove: was it an s60 or v70? was it new or used? did you negotiate at all before walking away? what was the lowest asking price?
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