Volvo of Calabasas

The people at Volvo Cars Switzerland are anything but a bunch of gear heads. This February, they started the Volvo Art Session, which turned out to be a most interesting and exciting display of talent.

In five days, 10 artists went about creating and performing their "street art", painting all over a brilliant white Volvo S60 and its white background. A most unusual, canvas for sure.

Even we at Volvo of Calabasas were a bit dubious, when we first caught wind of the exhibition. However, it turns out the project was impactful enough to stop more than 35,000 commuters…

Car shows have a very important place in the automotive industry. They're where new cars and concepts are unveiled, innovative technologies are explored, and awards are bestowed. Most car enthusiasts, however, have to rely on blogs and the news for late-breaking updates. Now, Swedish automaker, Volvo, is changing all that.

That's right, Volvo Car Corporation is pioneering communication within the industry, by bringing the action and excitement of the Geneva Motor Show live to its global network of Facebook Fans. In total, three fully produced shows will be streamed, surrounding the world premier of the Volvo V60 Plug-In…

 

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. - that is the name of the new majority owners in Volvo. Geely officially took over this month, and a whole new line up might be in the plans.

The company is building new facilities to produce Volvo cars in China and also for the US market. They want Volvo to be a major global brand yet again.

Geely, which completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of Volvo this month, said…

How does Volvo produce so many safe, state of the art vehicles? They research 40 years of accidents involving Volvo cars - 40,000 accidents from 4 decades.

Volvo Car Corporation's Accident Research Team has studied, documented and researched over 40,000 traffic accidents involving Volvo cars in real traffic environments. The knowledge gained has helped develop many of the new and innovative safety systems Volvo has launched over the years.

Here's how it works: At least one person from Volvo Cars goes to the scene. If possible, the police postpone moving the vehicles  until Volvo Cars' technicians have…