Volvo Finally Ends Swedish Production of First-Gen XC90 After 12 Years
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Volvo Finally Ends Swedish Production of First-Gen XC90 After 12 Years



It’s not all sad news to hear Volvo has finally pulled the plug on its old XC90, a model that has been in production for the last 12 years, since it will continue to be made in Daquing, China, under the name XC Classic. It really is, as Volvo themselves say, “the end of an era,” in which some 636,143 XC90s rolled out of the Torslanda plant gates. Read more »




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