Only New in America
The Europeans like it, too. By the time this hatchback goes on sale in America in October, it’ll have been on sale in the old country for more than a year. And sales are good over there, even though the C30 competes with the Audi A3, Mini Cooper and Volkswagen GTI (the same cars it’ll be battling over here, actually). But Volvo understands America’s lukewarm enthusiasm for hatchbacks, so it’s projecting yearly sales of just 6,000-8,000 C30s, even while the company sells about 65,000 C30s worldwide each year. Click here to read more.. »
Scribbled on November 7th 2007 in
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Volvo 3CC
Volvo demonstrated the horribly ugly, but somewhat practical 3CC concept a while back, but were very straight about it up front that the vehicle was merely an excercise in futility, er, uh… design. Doesn’t matter anyway because this car doesn’t have three front seats, it’s a 2+1 design.
The version taken to Shanghai has zero emissions, running entirely on electric batteries — in fact, 3,000 lithium ion cells, the same batteries that laptops use.
The electric 3CC can reach up to 180 miles on a single charge, Volvo says, farther than earlier electric vehicles because of improved battery technology. On top of that, the company said, the charge time has been reduced, the 3CC can reach a top speed of 85 mph and get from 0-60 mph in 10 seconds.
Scribbled on December 20th 2006 in
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