Volvo Cars Most Recognized Brand Among Nation's Top Executives for Automotive Safety
Oct 26, 2005
Frost & Sullivan Presents Volvo Cars With 2005 CEO Choice Award PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 26 -- Volvo Cars of North America LLC (VCNA) announces that it is the recipient of the 2005 Frost & Sullivan CEO Choice Award. In a nationwide survey of corporate chief executive officers and presidents, Volvo Cars was named the brand ... Continue reading
The All-New 2006 Volvo C70 - Safety
Oct 21, 2005
A New Look at Convertible Safety * Volvo's unique Side Impact Protection System (SIPS) interacts with door-mounted inflatable curtain for enhanced side impact and roll-over protection * Hydro-formed A-pillars in Extra High Strength Steel, in combination with ROPS bars, seat belt pretensioners and door-mounted inflatabl ... Continue reading
Ford's Fields and Stevens Call for New Roadmap, Innovation to Drive Auto Industry to the Future
Oct 15, 2005
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va., Oct. 15 -- The automotive industry needs to quickly develop a new roadmap and press harder for innovation to connect the industry's great past with the needs of tomorrow, two Ford Motor Company executives told industry leaders at this weekend's "Global Leadership Conference at The Greenbri ... Continue reading
Oct 14, 2005
Volvo Employees Unite to Fight Pediatric Cancer
Oct 6, 2005
Hundreds of Retailers Will Hold Concurrent Fundraisers Oct. 8 - 16 for Alex's Lemonade Stand and Local Children's Hospitals to Benefit Pediatric Cancer Research Across the Country IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 6 -- For nine days this October, Volvo retailers nationwide will join forces to conduct simultaneous events at their fa ... Continue reading
Volvo Cars of North America Sales Report for September 2005
Oct 3, 2005
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 3 -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC. reports sales of 9,542 units for September in the United States. The total for the month brings year-to-date sales to just under 100,000 units, which trails the 2004 record pace by 6 percent. Overall, NAFTA (the United States including Puerto Rico, Canada, and ... Continue reading
Ford's U.S. Sales Declined in September 2005
Oct 3, 2005
* Overall, Ford Motor Company's U.S. sales totaled 228,157, down 19 percent compared with a year ago.* Car sales up 3 percent. Ford Mustang, Ford Five Hundred and Mercury Montego keep car sales increasing in advance of Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln Zephyr introductions.* Truck sales down 27 percent. Most mode ... Continue reading
Volvo Truck Deliveries January -- August 2005
Sep 26, 2005
GOTEBORG, Sweden, Sept. 26, 2005; (PRIMEZONE) Total deliveries of trucks from the Volvo Group's three truck companies increased 20% through August this year, compared with the year-earlier period. Deliveries from Mack rose 55%, while deliveries from Renault Trucks were up 10%. Deliveries from Volvo Trucks increased 18% ... Continue reading
Sep 20, 2005
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2006 Volvo S40 T5 Not long ago, the adjectives that best described a Volvo were nearly any but ``stylish'' and ``sporty.'' ``Boxy''? Yes. ``Safe''? Almost by definition. But Volvos were an acquired taste, perhaps the automotive equivalent of that Swedish delicacy, pickled herring. ... Continue reading
Volvo Employees Unite to Fight Pediatric Cancer
Sep 19, 2005
Hundreds of Retailers Will Hold Concurrent Fundraisers Oct. 8 - 16 for Alex's Lemonade Stand and Local Children's Hospitals to Benefit Pediatric Cancer Research Across the Country IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 19 -- For nine days this October, Volvo retailers nationwide will join forces to conduct simultaneous events at their ... Continue reading
AutoPacific Announces 2005 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards
Sep 15, 2005
Lexus Top Brand, Maxima Top Car, Titan Top Truck TUSTIN, Calif., Sept. 15 -- Results of a study released today by noted automotive consulting firm AutoPacific, Inc. reveal high owner satisfaction with new 2005 model year cars and light trucks. AutoPacific's VSA (Vehicle Satisfaction Award) study is an industry benchmar ... Continue reading
Volvo C70 Hardtop Convertible Unveiled in Frankfort
Sep 12, 2005
<a href="http://previews.thenewsmarket.com/Previews/VOLV/VideoAssets/ ASF/VOLV_2898_21825.wmv"> Volvo has issued the following press release: It’s ready to take its place in the sun – the all new Volvo C70. Which also doubles as a coupe! Thanks to a unique three-piece retractable hardtop, customers of the s ... Continue reading
Ford Taps Turnaround Expert Mark Fields to Revamp its Troubled North America Operations
Sep 9, 2005
Washington DC September 8, 2005; the AIADA newsletter said Ford Motor Co. switched executives around again Thursday by naming Mark Fields, its top executive in Europe, to lead the restructuring of North American operations, according to The Detroit News. Ford tapped Fields, 44, to replace Greg Smith, 54, as executive v ... Continue reading
Sep 8, 2005
Executive changes announced today include: * Mark Fields named executive vice president, Ford Motor Company, and president, The Americas. * Mark Schulz becomes executive vice president, Ford Motor Company, and president, International Operations. * Greg Smith elected vice chairman, Ford Motor Company. * Lewis Booth ele ... Continue reading
Volvo and Pasadena Art Center College of Design Present First-Ever Car Designed by Women
Sep 2, 2005
SEPT. 19 MEDIA ALERT/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY Volvo's 'Your Concept Car' at Art Center's South Campus Monday, September 19 WHAT: Volvo and Art Center College of Design will unveil to the West Coast "Your Concept Car" (YCC): the first car in the more than 100 years of auto manufacturing designed and developed almost exclusivel ... Continue reading
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