Design Your Own Volvo C30 Contest

Volvo has announced the winner of its “Design your own C30” contest in Sweden which attracted nearly 6,000 participants. The winner is 23-year-old Marie Karlsson, engineer from Vetlanda who will receive a Volvo C30 1.8F in the "dream pattern" Weeds. The contest was created to promote the launch of Volvo’s personalized adhesive films for the C30. The adhesive films that come in a variety of designs are offered exclusively in Sweden and Finland. However, Volvo stated that many markets have shown interest including Japan, Canada, Malaysia, Thailand, Romania, England, Denmark, France and Switzerland. -Continued

Volvo C30, S40 & V50: New Double-Clutch Gearbox Cuts Consumption by 8%

Volvo’s version of the twin-clutch semi-automated gearbox that we became acquainted with as the DSG in VW Group models, the Powershift, is now available on the 136Hp 2.0-litre turbodiesel versions of the Volvo C30, S40 and V50 models. This new Powershift transmission is a six-speed unit and according to Volvo’s calculations, it contributes to a fuel consumption saving of about 8% compared with a conventional automatic transmission.

Volvo C30 Rear-Wheel-Drive Project!

Even though our friend Marcus was kind enough to add a link to the Swedish company “Skruffse” that created this rear-wheel-drive Volvo C30, unfortunately we weren’t able to make a worthwhile translation of the car’s specs. In any case we really dig this conversion, and if any of you happen to have any additional information on the car, don’t hesitate to share it with us. –Click through for more pics

Link: Skruffse , Thanks Marcus!

Volvo C30 Rear-Wheel-Drive Project!

Even though our friend Marcus was kind enough to add a link to the Swedish company “Skruffse” that created this rear-wheel-drive Volvo C30, unfortunately we weren’t able to make a worthwhile translation of the car’s specs. In any case we really dig this conversion, and if any of you happen to have any additional information on the car, don’t hesitate to share it with us. –Click through for more pics

Link: Skruffse , Thanks Marcus!