2014 VOLVO NEWS

2014 VOLVO NEWS

So I just started this blog and it was supposed to be weekly, but I just got home from work and the first thing I see as far as car news goes is the new Volvo Concept Estate seen below. So I figured it was time for an emergency entry.

This is the third and final of Volvo's "peek at the future" concept cars. The other two were the Volvo Concept XC Coupe and the Concept Coupe. 

The first concept revealed 6 months ago was the Concept Coupe, which was announced to be powered by a gasoline-electric hybrid 4 cylinder motor that Volvo claims will make power like that of a V8. The Concept XC Coupe was unveiled at the beginning of 2014 and was Volvo's attempt to show that they could make a cool, functional, sporty, sexy car with the same styling as the regular Coupe, which they did. The XC coupe featured the same kind of fold down double rear seat that my C30 has, but with a more durable interior that can handle dirt and snow and water or anything else you might pick up while extreme sporting. Now while this new estate (or wagon in America) hasn't been fully revealed yet (the pics are compliments of the Swedish clothes company that made the cover), its clear that it shares all the same stylings of the first two concepts, while also keeping with some of the traditional, evolutionary Volvo design elements we see on the current V60 and on the obsolete V50 and back to the V70 and 850 and so on backwards through the Volvo wagon timeline. Seeing the brilliant cars Volvo already produces both on their own and in conjunction with the Volvo tuning company, Polestar, I'm imagining that these cars are going to be close to their production equivalents, because judging by the new Polestar V60 and S60 and the 2014 C30 Polestar, Volvo is trying to change their image from just "soccermom-mobile" and into the leagues of Audi, BMW, and Mercedes, because although I feel like they were always there, they just never had it all. All these other companies always had their base models and the sporty versions ("S/RS, M, AMG" respectively), and sure, Volvo had the R series, but they always were more show then go. The 850 Turbo R was really just lowered with low profile tires and the S60/V70 R were just lowered and given suspension adjustments which having driven a S60R, I can't tell the difference. And the S60R's turning radius!! My god! Good luck making U-turns in that. Then they just changed it to R-Design, like they had given up hope and just thought, "Hey, we'll make them look cool, but really....its the same car". Now I'm not dogging on Volvo. I love Volvo. I always have, ever since I was a young boy driving with my dad in his Copper 98 V70R. Its just that until now, I've never hoped they would make things this astounding, with Polestar winning races constantly and everyone getting hyped over the new Volvo. I haven't known anyone to get psyched over a new Volvo since the C30, XC60 and S60 were in the Twilight movies. These cars give me the hope that Volvo won't be the next luxury car manufacturer to go under. And in case someone hasn't seen the new Polestars, here they are.