Volvo Of Lisle

The Volvo Ocean Race, if you haven't already heard, is scheduled to take place sometime between late October 2011 and July 2012. Contrary to what you might expect given Volvo is a Swedish automaker, it has nothing to do with cars. The race is actually the world's ultimate offshore sailing competition. The Volvo Ocean Race dates all the way back to 1973 when it was known as the Whitbread Round the World Race…

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?

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…