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Among all the safety features introduced on the V40 compact hatchback, which as you may have already heard, will not be coming to North America, the most impressive is the ground-breaking pedestrian airbag that will be fitted as standard to all specifications.
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Since many of you, our readers, asked whether the new Volvo V40 hatchback would be coming to Canada, as the company's U.S. spokespeople wouldn't elaborate on the issue, we decided to find out by sending an email to Volvo Cars of Canada. And...
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- Honda's Accord Crosstour Recalled In The Us Over Front Airbag Problem
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- Euroncap: Mercedes C-class, Renault Laguna & Volvo V70 Score 5-star Rating
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Volvo Shows us How the New V40 Hatchback's Innovative Pedestrian Air-Bag Works
Among all the safety features introduced on the V40 compact hatchback, which as you may have already heard, will not be coming to North America, the most impressive is the ground-breaking pedestrian airbag that will be fitted as standard to all specifications.
Developed as part of the Swedish automaker's somewhat unrealistic goal that "no-one should be killed or injured in a new Volvo by 2020", the V40's pedestrian air-bag promises to significantly reduce the risks of head injuries.
Read more »- Here's A New Candidate For Idiot Driver Of The Year
We have seen drivers speed through pedestrian crossings like there's no tomorrow before, but this incident really takes the cake and it's purely a miracle that no one was killed. Filmed on November 5, 2012 (the YouTube poster says the date on...
- Canada Won't Be Getting The New Volvo V40 Either
Since many of you, our readers, asked whether the new Volvo V40 hatchback would be coming to Canada, as the company's U.S. spokespeople wouldn't elaborate on the issue, we decided to find out by sending an email to Volvo Cars of Canada. And...
- Volvo Says The V40 Won't Be Coming To The U.s. As There's Not Enough Inerest In 5d Models [updated]
We had a hunch that the all-new V40 hatchback wouldn't be making it to the United States after the Swedish automaker stated that it expects to sell 90,000 units per year with 85 percent of those or 76,500 cars earmarked for the European market. ...
- Honda's Accord Crosstour Recalled In The Us Over Front Airbag Problem
More than 3,300 units of the 2010MY Honda Accord Crosstour are being recalled in the States because of a potential issue with the front passenger airbag. The Japanese automaker told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that the...
- Euroncap: Mercedes C-class, Renault Laguna & Volvo V70 Score 5-star Rating
In EuroNCAP’s latest bath of results, the new Mercedes C-Class, Renault Laguna and Volvo V70 models all scored a 5-star rating for adult passenger protection. Mercedes’ new C-Class managed to get three stars for child protection and just...