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  Volvo to Crown Golf Champion of Champions in South Africa

  The European Tour's first-ever true ‘tournament of champions' event has been confirmed for South Africa's number-one golf course, The Links at Fancourt, from 19th - 22nd January 2012, with the prospect of the finest field ever assembled for a European Tour event on African soil chasing the over R3.8 million (€350,000) first prize. With a prize fund of around R22 million (€2million) the Volvo Golf Champions is the first solely-sanctioned European Tour event of 2012 and offers the circuit's most valuable purse on the African continent.
  
  

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  2011/10/26
• Volvo Car Corporation develops the perfect electric-car sound in one of the industry's most modern acoustic labs

  Volvo Car Corporation's technical experts are facing new challenges as silent electric power alters the car's acoustic footprint both inside the vehicle and in the surrounding road environment.
  
  

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  2011/10/21
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  Concept You from Volvo Car Corporation: Luxury that paves the way for global growth

  Concept You - a luxury sedan concept designed around modern people - continues to pave the way for the Volvo Car Corporation's global growth. The concept car was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
  
  

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  2011/09/16
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  Volvo Car Corporation's world-class technology initiative: New downsized engine range - without compromising luxury or driving pleasure

  The Volvo Car Corporation is taking the next step towards zero emissions and climate impact through a new, downsized engine range consisting solely of four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines.
  

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  2011/09/16
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  VOLVO FASHION FINALE SETTING THE TREND WITH BLEND OF MOTORING AND FASHION

  On 18 August Volvo Car South Africa hosted the much-anticipated Volvo Fashion Finale, where three of South Africa’s most successful and prominent fashion designers revealed their innovative and stylish efforts at bringing Volvo and fashion together in an inspiring and fresh way. The big reveal was met with awe and appreciation by a star-studded crowd of over 270 people at Urban Tree, one of Sandton’s premier event venues.
  

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  2011/08/23
• VOLVO CAR SA FASHION CAMPAIGN COMBINES SLEEK SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN WITH AFRICAN STYLE.

  The Volvo Cars campaign around fashion and design, nicknamed Volvo Possible, which kicked off on 1 June and runs until mid-October, has succeeded in capturing the imagination of South Africa’s public with its appealing combination of fashion, style, design and motoring functionality.
  

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  2011/07/27
• One Tonne Life

  Sweden's Environmental Affairs Minister Andreas Carlgren will today officially close the "One Tonne Life" project in Hässelby just outside Stockholm. 

   Over a period of six months, the Lindell family have lived climate-smart with their sights firmly set on reducing their emissions from the normal 7.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year to the minimal figure of just one tonne. 

  Following an impressive final sprint, the Lindells finished at 1.5 tonnes. This means the family has succeeded in cutting their emissions by almost 80 percent compared with their start back in January. 

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  2011/06/13
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  Volvo Car Corporation develops technology to avoid collisions with wild animals

  Volvo Car Corporation is taking the next step in active safety by developing a system that alerts and automatically brakes for animals on the road. The new system will be launched on the market in a few years' time.
   
  The project to develop a safety system that reduces the risk of collisions with wild animals is part of Volvo Car Corporation's vision for 2020 - that nobody should suffer serious injury in a new Volvo. The new system is based on technologies from the Pedestrian Detection with Full Auto Brake, introduced in 2010.

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  2011/06/13
• Volvo Car Corporation employees receive awards from the US traffic safety administration NHTSA

  Thomas Broberg and Erik Coelingh from Volvo Car Corporation have received an award from the NHTSA, the American traffic safety administration, for significant contributions to automotive safety.
  "It shows that the safety work we do at Volvo Car Corporation is appreciated. We're really proud of that," say Thomas Broberg and Erik Coelingh.

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  2011/06/09
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  Volvo with four world-firsts turns 20

  The groundbreaking and much-loved Volvo 850 GLT celebrates it's 20^th birthday this month.

  After presenting its first front-wheel drive Volvo model - the 480 - in 1985, Volvo Car Corporation continued its comprehensive product and production-technology transition with its next project, launched on June 11, 1991: the Volvo 850 GLT. The car with four world-firsts - one at the front, one at the rear and two in the middle.

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  2011/06/09