http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=a469561a-53e4-4961-ba2a-cc219a3588aa Like all good businesses, Dubai’s success has been founded on forward sightedness and diversification. The Al Maktoum family realized that their oil wasn’t going to last forever and developed subsidiary interests in trade and tourism. But if you look hard enough you can still find traces of the humble fishing village that became this behemoth, and a mere 45 minute drive from the shopping malls an... ti, 08 marras 2011 03:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=41312a4f-dd17-4ee2-97d1-16113a1997dc It is perfectly possible to get a luxury desert camping experience in Dubai – but we decided to strike out on our own and commissioned film set designer Andrew Del Rosario from ArtVenture Design to build us a tent fit for a sheikh. His work can be seen in the forthcoming Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Our five-star, 20-metre tent took four weeks to envision and one day to construct in the ... ti, 08 marras 2011 04:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=a39d2f33-ae1c-4918-9bbc-e98b8a8fce5f By using a driving robot, Volvo engineers can get cars to perform repeatable manoeuvres – over and over again. This makes it possible to improve the way cars drive by collecting high-quality data from a wide range of tests. For example, an engineer will set a route around a track and the robot’s on-board software will learn it, allowing the car to drive exactly the same set path at the same speed... ti, 08 marras 2011 02:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=9cfaa977-63e4-4e85-9dd8-15b786bd1e90 What is the first place that comes to mind when you hear the phrase “street art”? New York subways? A Parisian underpass? Chances are it won’t be the smart Swiss city of Lugano, with its elegant squares, luxury hotels and yacht-jostled lake. But cast off your preconceptions and reflect for a moment upon the origins of the word “graffiti” – an Italian word describing the intricate technique of scr... ti, 08 marras 2011 12:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=9b724707-927a-4980-b901-b1a15241d8df Across the road shrouded in fog, darkness and thick forest, lies the Nürburgring Nordschleife – the world’s most fearsome racetrack. Dubbed “The Green Hell” by Formula One legend Jackie Stewart, the Nordschleife, or ’Ring' – as it is affectionately known by its legion of petrolhead fans – is the old northern loop of the original Nürburgring racing complex, a daunting circuit for even the most h... to, 24 maalis 2011 11:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=f1d8784c-cff7-4153-8282-1fcf7beaceb7 Our all-new Volvo S60 and V60 R-DESIGN cars are “Passion Red” – a hue that shouts against the surrounding whites and ochres. With their stiffened chassis, lowered suspension and styling kits, they’re totally responsive driver-oriented cars. And we’re here on the first stop of a ten-day trip that will take us from the coast at the very north of the country to the heart of the Atlas Mountains. It... to, 24 maalis 2011 11:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=abe1976c-b1cc-449e-80a5-1c29ad45aa04 This must be the first Volvo wagon that they started at the front, not the back. Previous models have been famed for their carrying capability, their toughness and their all-round versatility. The new Volvo V60 is different. It’s still strong and safe and versatile and Volvo is hoping that buyers will love it, just as they love other Volvo wagons. But it’s designed for the man or woman in the fro... to, 24 maalis 2011 11:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=a1ff2052-35bc-41fb-ae88-32a29d1d5540 “The standard S60 is a very dynamic sporty chassis, but when we developed it we focused on the driver and the passengers to make them feel secure and comfortable. The R-DESIGN chassis is even more driver oriented. It’s maybe not the car for everyone, it’s the car for the extrovert, someone who wants to express themselves – and wants an even sportier experience. We’re aiming at the customer who pi... to, 24 maalis 2011 10:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=3f9248bf-0589-4f5b-8af3-848382877d70 As far back as man can remember, the forest has played the bad guy in our collective imaginations. And of course it has given Swedes their fair share of dark tales. The mythical shadow of the enchanting skogsrå (literally a "spirit of the forest", a half-girl, half-demon who lures woodsmen to their doom) is never far away. Extract from LIV magazine 2/2010 to, 16 joulu 2010 09:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=08a95581-21c3-41d0-9907-88e28a09ffff Samuel Hübinette is a two-time Formula D Drifting precision driver who grew up in Jokkmokk in the far northern reaches of Swedish Lapland. Having spent over ten years working as a test driver for Volvo in Sweden, he’s the perfect man to try out the all-new Volvo S60 in California, where he now resides. Samuel, who is known in Drifting circles as ‘The Crazy Swede’, takes the car for a spin at spee... ma, 10 touko 2010 05:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=028eb8d1-098f-4f57-bbb8-5d77dd50b42b Frankincense, the sap from the Boswellia Sacra tree, has been prized for over four millennia. LIV went in search of it in Oman. Occasionally the road ran out, but that didn’t stop us...   Photographs by Andrew Shaylor ma, 10 touko 2010 05:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=e32c74e6-eae3-43f2-ac56-793f97d97b2e The S60’s engineering team talk us through some of the car’s amazing technological features  JONAS TISELLJonas Tisell is the manager of the reactive safety functions group. He talks us through the inner workings of the pedestrian detection system, which scans all kinds of objects in front of the car and, using artificial intelligence, is able to predict if a pedestrian is about to step out in fro... ma, 10 touko 2010 05:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=d757d268-378b-4b4b-a452-49e20381195e We meet the designers behind the S60’s sporting, sleek lines and spacious interior JONATHAN DISLEY & TONY HUNTERJonathan Disley and Tony Hunter, both programme chief designers for the S60, are responsible for the car’s inspiration and interior design. They tell us how they managed to capture a dynamic, sporty feel for the S60’s interior by using lines leading from the instrument panel and i... ma, 10 touko 2010 04:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=cd94cf7d-f6ad-44c7-9f4e-16d565b37c54 Spärhusen - the almost-great band from Sweden are about to play their first ever US concert in Los Angeles. LIV got exclusive access. ma, 10 touko 2010 04:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=e56e4cc8-1d1f-4486-9d66-2f74e9726744 A fast tour around the new creative Italy in a new Volvo C70   I’m in a new Volvo C70 T5, driving through Tuscany. Impossibly beautiful hilltop villages, olive groves and vineyards stream past my window, which is down (along with the C70’s clever three-part folding roof). But this isn’t just a pleasure cruise. We’re driving to meet the people who personify modern Italy. We’re on the road nor... ma, 10 touko 2010 04:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=af96cd61-520d-4074-96dc-a8f1d4ebdec0 Sportier, sexier and attracting more looks in the city… Time to fall in love with Volvo’s new C30 all over again   The first thing that hits you about the new Volvo C30 is the colour – they call it “Orange Flame Metallic”. Volvo’s Cecilia Stark Berglund, who mixed the new C30’s launch colour, says: “We wanted something vivid and sporty to match the car’s character. This orange is fresh and mode... ma, 10 touko 2010 04:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=8c2d752c-5686-4f09-a018-2995e04c61d0 Can we do it? 1358 km. Coast to coast. One tank of fuel. ma, 10 touko 2010 04:00:00 http://www.volvocars.com/fi/top/community/livstories/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=9a283ca6-1ea5-4cc1-81f3-4dd9af4bd41e S60 - the director's cut. ma, 10 touko 2010 03:00:00