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The Sauna was built from a Volvo 240 and taken on CzechWrecks 2009, a 1500 mile 4 day journey starting from Calais, France through Swiss and Italian Alps all the way to Prague, Czech Republic.

What we have here is about 1/3rd of a ton of wood paneling being applied to the Volvo.

If you are wondering whether this wood had any impact on performance, I am assured it did. What performance they had to start with, remember that Volvo 240 are agricultural at best, that performance was soon zeroed.

Chris and Tom and their team built this car to raise money for charity and an opportunity to travel in their bath towels riding the sauna over some of the highest passes in Europe.

StreetSafari, organizer of the world's best banger rallies, has teamed with Art Car Central to showcase some of the countless creations of our teams over the years.

For those unfamiliar with banger rallies, here is a quick introduction: buy a car on a budget (£250 or $500), repair it, make it legal for the road, take it on a journey across Europe or the States with other like minded people. Whether the car will end up in a foreign scrap yard or be taken back home is up to the team and is usually anybody's guess.

As one might imagine, part of the challenge is simply getting the car to the finish line. For most teams, the challenge starts much earlier. What seems to happen between buying the car and getting it ready for the start line is subject to paint, imagination and -- probably -- alcohol.

We get to see everything. You name it, we've seen it. If there was ever a famous car on television or cinema, we've seen at least five examples of it on our events. General Lee, Starsky & Hutch, the A Team, Ghostbusters, all done to death. We see rally themes from Audi, Skoda, Martini, Pink Pig, and just about any other you can think of. The quality of the theme seems to vary with the quantity of what the team has drunk, as much as with their creative ability.

Sometimes a team will just paint or decorate the car to a theme they made up. That's where we get the stand out cars.

Today's fabulous art car is a 1992 Volvo 480, with possibly the most intricate design we have ever seen in all the years and events that we've done. Its nickname on the event was simply "the Rorschach car" and everyone knew which that meant. When we first saw this car we made enquiries that it was being brought back to the UK after event, as it would be a crying shame to send this car to the crusher before it had enough time to be appreciated for the masterpiece that it was.

The story behind this art car is that two friends had bought it but had no idea what to do for a theme until they bumped into a rather talented artist friend. He then proceeded to draw all over the car and took about three weeks to do it. We believe the car was then sealed in a lacquer to give it a lasting finish, and we think the car is now in Glasgow somewhere.

From a distance, the drawing appears as one giant doodle. The closer you look, however, the more diverse and detailed the images become. A real piece of car art if ever we saw one.

By Justin Clements of StreetSafari
 

The company Volvo, which is currently looking for an investor, able to buy back a large share of the company, will be sold by the end of the year, said State Secretary of Swedish Ministry of Industry, Joeran Haegglund.

But still it remains unclear whether there is a chance at the Chinese companies that have actively participated in the takeover of Swedish companies, Volvo to acquire the property.

Haegglund said and that the Government is working closely with Ford, which is not readily willing to part with the brand name Volvo, unlike that made by General Motors, Saab.

Chinese carmakers, while the only person interested in acquiring the company Volvo, particularly the company Geely, which has been seen as the favorite in the race for the Swedish company. Recently, it was reported that Geely, seem to have made a preliminary proposal for the purchase, which included an amount of two billion dollars. In addition, Chinese carmakers have produced a development plan for the company, if Volvo agrees to the terms of the sale. The plan stated that China will cooperate closely with the engineers of Volvo, when implementing new projects.

But it seems Ford is not going to sell Volvo, and strongly wants to delay the process, at least until such time until GM finally sells Opel. The reason? The company then Ford will be able to offer one of the Volvo failed to buy Opel, thereby avoiding falling into the hands of Chinese investors.

Swedish automakers Volvo XC60 SUV represents a special sports package options, R-Design.

As reported in the press-service company, is technically a special version of the base is more "severe" perenastroennoy steering and suspension. Outwardly the Volvo XC60 R-Design will be differentiated by their original decoration of bright polished metal on the grille, fog lamps, fringing and rear-view mirrors. In addition, the aggressiveness of the vehicle attached to the rear diffuser with integrated, as the two chrome exhaust pipe system, side step in the tone and the 18 - or 20-inch wheels on the customer's request, transmits autonews.ru.

Inside, draw the attention of sports seats with lateral support, perforated aluminum pedals, leather trim steering wheel and handle the gate. The official premiere of Volvo XC60 R-Design will be held in September at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

On the roads of England were seen new Swedish car Volvo S60.

The machine is equipped with an innovative system of preventing the accident Collision Warning, which automatically slows down the car quickly in case of dangerous situations on the road. The system works by using cameras installed in the body, said autoportal.ua. Also in the S60 a pedestrian recognition system, which will alert both the driver and pedestrian. New Volvo S60 has received an economical 1.6-liter turbocharged engine and transmission with double clutch. More information will be available closer to the formal entry of vehicles in 2010

Last day we have seen the upcoming Volvo V60 luxury Wagon Automobile. 2011 Volvo V60 Car inspires from the company's S60 model vehicle and it is the first sports car to feature the innovative Advanced Stability Control. The price of the new 2011 Volvo V60 starts from € 34,000. The Customers can find three petrom variants and two diesel variants of the new 2011 Volvo V60.

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Last day we have seen the upcoming Volvo V60 luxury Wagon Automobile. 2011 Volvo V60 Car inspires from the company's S60 model vehicle and it is the first sports car to feature the innovative Advanced Stability Control. The price of the new 2011 Volvo V60 starts from € 34,000. The Customers can find three petrom variants and two diesel variants of the new 2011 Volvo V60.

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2011 Volvo V60 Wagon

Volvo coming with its latest 2011 V60 Wagon automobile. The new 2011 Volvo V60 is the first sports car to feature the Advanced Stability Control. 2011 Volvo V60 will be available in three petrol variants with a 3.0L, 2.0L, 1.6L engines and two five cylinder diesel variants. The car has two chassis options that are distinguished by the chassis can be found on the front and rear subframes silencer.

As the 2011 Volvo V60 technical features is considered, it comes powered with a 3.0L T6 engine which delivers 304 bhp of Peak power and 440 Nm of pwak toque. It offers a top-speed of 250km/hr and has an acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h in just 6.6 seconds. The 2.0L Volvo V60 variant comes powered with a four-cylinder 2.0T GTDi engine which produces a 203 bhp max. power and 300 Nm of max.torque. It offers an acceleration from 0-100 km/h in just 7.9 seconds and a top-speed of 230 km/h.

2011 Volvo V60-back

 2011 Volvo V60 will also offer the 1.6-litre GTDi engine which is available in two versions: 1.6 GTDi (T3) with 150 horsepower and T4 with 180 horsepower. The 180 bhp engine offers maximum torque of 240 Nm from just 1500 rpm all the way up to 5000 rpm. The 150 horsepower engine offers 240 Nm of torque. Coming to the diesel variants, it will be available in D5 and D3 five cylinder turbodiesels.

2011 Volvo V60 Side

The 2011 Volvo V60 with D5 high-performance engine with twin turbos produces 205 horsepower and 420 Nm of torque offerinf an acceleration from 0-100 km/h takes 7.9 seconds (manual and automatic) with a top speed of 230 km/h. On the other hand, 2011 Volvo V60 with D3 engine produces 163 bhp and 400 Nm of torque with an acceleration from 0-100 km/h takes 9.4 seconds and top- speed of around 220 km/h.

2011 Volvo V60 has got eithr of a 18-inch wheels or 20 inch wheels. The car has two chassis options that are distinguished by the chassis can be found on the front and rear subframes silencer. The price of the new 2011 Volvo V60 starts from € 34,000.


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2011 Volvo V60 Wagon

Volvo coming with its latest 2011 V60 Wagon automobile. The new 2011 Volvo V60 is the first sports car to feature the Advanced Stability Control. 2011 Volvo V60 will be available in three petrol variants with a 3.0L, 2.0L, 1.6L engines and two five cylinder diesel variants. The car has two chassis options that are distinguished by the chassis can be found on the front and rear subframes silencer.

As the 2011 Volvo V60 technical features is considered, it comes powered with a 3.0L T6 engine which delivers 304 bhp of Peak power and 440 Nm of pwak toque. It offers a top-speed of 250km/hr and has an acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h in just 6.6 seconds. The 2.0L Volvo V60 variant comes powered with a four-cylinder 2.0T GTDi engine which produces a 203 bhp max. power and 300 Nm of max.torque. It offers an acceleration from 0-100 km/h in just 7.9 seconds and a top-speed of 230 km/h.

2011 Volvo V60-back

 2011 Volvo V60 will also offer the 1.6-litre GTDi engine which is available in two versions: 1.6 GTDi (T3) with 150 horsepower and T4 with 180 horsepower. The 180 bhp engine offers maximum torque of 240 Nm from just 1500 rpm all the way up to 5000 rpm. The 150 horsepower engine offers 240 Nm of torque. Coming to the diesel variants, it will be available in D5 and D3 five cylinder turbodiesels.

2011 Volvo V60 Side

The 2011 Volvo V60 with D5 high-performance engine with twin turbos produces 205 horsepower and 420 Nm of torque offerinf an acceleration from 0-100 km/h takes 7.9 seconds (manual and automatic) with a top speed of 230 km/h. On the other hand, 2011 Volvo V60 with D3 engine produces 163 bhp and 400 Nm of torque with an acceleration from 0-100 km/h takes 9.4 seconds and top- speed of around 220 km/h.

2011 Volvo V60 has got eithr of a 18-inch wheels or 20 inch wheels. The car has two chassis options that are distinguished by the chassis can be found on the front and rear subframes silencer. The price of the new 2011 Volvo V60 starts from € 34,000.


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