Volvo Of Lisle

With Twilight fever sweeping the nation, we have never been more proud to be a partner of Volvo. While vampires may not be something we care to see in real life, the people at Volvo of Lisle are not judging those die hard fans! Instead, we're curious to know more, given the fact that Volvo has played a pivotal role in the series. Volvo also held two contests that could easily convert any Volvo…

The Los Angeles Auto Show is officially under way, and with it comes an inside look at exciting, new concepts, newly-introduced production models, and special edition variants of the vehicles we already know and love. Volvo Of Lisle is especially excited for the show, as Volvo is planning to show off the V70 Inscription, the final iteration of the hardtop convertible, before its sixteen-year production run comes to an end in 2013.

"The Inscription is…

If you've been reading the Volvo of Lisle blog lately, you have a pretty good idea of how quickly and drastically, Volvo Car Corporation is evolving to support their recently announced business plan aimed at taking a significant percentage of the luxury auto market. They're redefining everything - from their target audience to their global tagline to their future model lineup. The change, Volvo of Lisle wants to focus on today, however, has to…

Volvo is winning over more and more customers, and the results of this influx are quite impressive. Volvo recently announced some noteworthy stats, including a reported 26.6% increase in sales, as well as a $600,000,000 Swedish Kronor profit (approximately $94,000,000 USD) .

The majority of Volvo's success has come from models like the Volvo S60 Sedan and the Volvo V60 Wagon in Europe. Every market the Swedish automaker represents saw?

Everyone knows that Volvo is best known for its safety and reliability. Not only have Volvo wagons, sedans, CUVs and SUVs won countless safety awards over the years, but Volvo even debuted the Safety Concept Car (SCC) , a concept car completely dedicated to safety,  at the North American International Auto Show  in 2001. Approximately ten years later, fifteen safety technologies featured in the Safety Concept Car (SCC) including the forward collision warning (which has since…

Keeping statistics that roughly 75 percent of automobile collisions occur at below 20 miles per hour top of mind, Volvo is once again raising the benchmark on driver-safety technology with its new "City Safe" collision avoidance system. The system is designed with an optical radar system to monitor traffic up to 6 meters ahead. Should a car suddenly slow down or abruptly stop, "City Safe" will register the unexpected shift in speed and will automatically…

After months of speculation, and two years of concept, the Volvo all new Volvo C30 electric car has finally begun production.

Volvo says 250 C30 Electrics will be produced between now and the end of 2012. Sales will begin in the form of leasing programs throughout Europe, where the C30 Electric car just spent a year as part of a pilot program which tested its all-electric engine in day-to-day driving.

Electric C30 stores power in…

We at Volvo Of Lisle have once again been reassured that we're not alone in our admiration for the 2011 Volvo S60 sedan. The racy-looking, fierce-driving sedan recently picked up the '2011 International Sedan of the Year' title at the New York International Auto Show, awarded by none other than the International Car of the Year Jury (ICOTY).

The show was also marked a very special occasion for the ICOTY Awards, which celebrated their…

Following in the footsteps of the successful Volvo S60 sedan, Volvo was under contract to work on a new flagship. But for now, those plans have been put on hold.

Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby stated they have no current plans to release a competitor and flagship anytime soon, according to Automotive News. When Geely purchased Volvo last year, it had laid out the goal of Volvo producing more upscale models as competition for German luxury…

At the April 2011 Shanghai Auto Show, Volvo Car Corporation teased car buyers with a true masterpiece of Scandinavian Design: the Concept Universe. "The Concept Universe offers the world a sneak preview of what people can expect from our next top-of-the-line sedan,"¹ said Stefan Jacoby, President and CEO, Volvo Car Corporation.

The Volvo Concept Universe still honors the beautiful lines of classic Volvo models but through a more modern, "human-centric" design language.  At the…