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Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype

on April 21, 2010 in Volvo

Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype 550x331 Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype

This weekend Volvo Cars and Polestar enter their fifteenth consecutive motorsport season in the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) as reigning champions. But before the racing cars exit the pit for the weekends’ first practice session, Polestar now present the best Volvo car for the street.

Main objective using the Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype is to explore what goes on when racing engineers and designers get free hands to build a street car without any limitations set by a specific racing regulation.

Polestar has a long and successful competition history with Volvo, racing with 850, S40, and S60. Last year, Polestar won the STCC for Volvo Cars with the C30, a car they developed completely from scratch.
The close relationship between Polestar and Volvo Cars in testing and development has run up to Polestar receiving the responsibility to build up Polestar Performance Engine Optimization Products cleverly combined with Volvos standard cars. Continue Reading →

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2011 Volvo S60 Makes North American Debut

on April 2, 2010 in Car Shows, Volvo

2011 Volvo S60 550x298 2011 Volvo S60 Makes North American Debut

Volvo Cars of North America, pulled the wraps off the all-new 2011 S60 sport sedan today at the New York Auto Show. The all-new Volvo S60 sport sedan will arrive at dealerships later this fall. The all-new S60 introduces a unique safety technology: Pedestrian Detection with Full Auto Brake.

Pedestrian accidents occur every day in our increasingly intensive traffic environments. In the U.S., 11 percent of all traffic fatalities are pedestrians. This equates to approximately 4,700 deaths annually in the U.S., a number Volvo is trying to reduce.

Pedestrian Detection with Full Auto Brake is a groundbreaking technological solution that actively helps the driver avoid accidents. Volvo’s radar- and camera-based system can detect pedestrians in front of the car, warn the driver if anyone walks out into its path – and then automatically activate the S60′s full braking power if the driver fails to respond in time.

Pedestrian Detection with Full Auto Brake consists of a newly developed radar unit integrated into the all-new S60′s grille, a camera fitted in front of the inside rearview mirror and a central control unit. The radar’s task is to detect any object in front of the car and to determine the distance to it while the camera determines what type of object it is. Continue Reading →

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