Ivr currently has 2.8 million miles on his ride. He recently turned 70 years old. He hopes to make it to 3 million miles by his 73rd birthday. Do the math: he will have to drive a minimum of 180 miles each day, every day. Seems insane, but he’s already made it further than Volvo and anyone else would ever thought he would.

Back in 1966, Irv purchased the car brand new. He managed 1500 miles in just the first two days. In 1998, when reaching 1.69 million miles, Irv entered the Guinness Book of World Records and has been beating himself ever since.

We wish Irv and the classic Volvo P1800 the best of luck, we hope to be writing about his 3 millionth mile in 3 years, if not sooner.

According to entertainment blog accidentalsexiness.com – Larry David and Jeff Garlin are in the middle of shooting season eight of the longest running scripted show on television, Curb Your Enthusiasm in New York’s East Village on Wednesday, June 20th, 2010. The duo were cramped into an older model Volvo and looked to be having a bit of fun with photographers!

This season already promises to be exciting with the announcement of Ricky Gervais and Cheyenne Jackson guest starring. The gorgeous Broadway star is being tight lipped about his role on the show, only saying he’d be a part of a multi-episode arc on the ad-libbed comedy series.

As you can see, that didn’t happen. Reporters on the scene earlier that day witnessed other Volvo models successfully complete this exam without incident. Unfortunately, the only video footage they have is of the failed avoidance – which we have available to you for your laughing pleasure:

Volvo Crash Test Fail

The look of Volvo’s C30 roadster prototype features a bodykit inspired by the Swedish Touring Car C60.

This “insane” 400bhp output comes from a 2.5-liter turbocharged T5 engine. There’s enough tech under the car’s bonnet to control the boost in performance – the C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype features Brembo brakes, a Haldex all-wheel drive system and leather racing seats.

Source: Fifth Gear

The Belgian Touring Car Championship is one of the more highly-regulated events of its kind. This being the case, Volvo’s S60 racer shares very little with its car dealership twin (if you can even call them counterparts) – Each car contains similar tube chassis, aerodynamic work and front and rear suspension. But the S60 racer gets its power from a standardized V6 that puts out 410 horsepower. S60 is also mated to a six-speed manual gearbox that sends all that muscle to the rear wheels.

The S60 will be competing in two 90-minute time trials per race, with a 12-hour endurance run afterwords.

Source: Autoblog

Big cars are so out – as Volvo is showing with news today that they will ax their successful Wagon fleet, along with a waning V8 vehicle segment. As reported via Jalopnik; “the V70 wagon’s getting the axe after 11 years of production. The V8-option in the S80′s also going bye-bye and the V50 wagon’s not long for this world.”

“Chalk it up to internal competition at the Volvo brand, but the V70 just can’t hack it against the much more popular and aggressive XC70. The V70′s lost the sales race against the XC70 since 2000 and hasn’t made any headway in market share either. Combine the weak performance of the regular wagon with the installment of the new XC60 and it no longer makes sense from Volvo’s perspective to keep the V70 around. Sadly, it’s going to be axed from the North American market in 2011. To amends the product lineup Volvo will be offering the previously XC70 soft-roader in a watered-down FWD option.”

Installed parts include a front spoiler forged in flexible, lightweight polyurethane plastic, a rear diffuser and stainless steel exhaust system with four round chrome plated pipes (certain models). The suspension has been lowered by some 30 millimeters and rides on 9×20 inch forged wheels.

Inside, the Volvo tuned interior comes from furniture maker Thonet, providing limited-edition wooden gear lever. Power figures were not released, Heico did reveal that an ECU upgrade will be available for the 2.0D and the D5.

Source: WorldCarFans

You see, a lot of people think Panamera is just plain hideous. And while 960 station wagons never won style awards, they were beautiful in their own late 90′s – early 2000′s way. As of 1:20pm EST today (Monday Feb 22nd) there are 581 fans for Volvo’s 960 station wagon and 5,182 fans for Porsche Panamera. Looks like it’ll be an upward battle between foreign car makers – with the help of Facebook & Twitter things will get ugly.

Is Volvo doing its impression of a Toyota? Perhaps this car was having an identity crisis and thought it was a Camry. 27 viewers were injured earlier this week, when a Volvo 960 at Blue Ridge Auto Auction in Georgia abruptly shot foreword into the crowd. The 1995 model was up for grabs when the gas pedal reportedly stuck. No charges are being filed against the person behind its wheel.

“According to Gilmer County sheriff’s investigators, 27 of the 100 or so people in the crowded building were injured, six of which were airlifted to nearby hospitals. At least one patient reportedly remains in critical condition and three were treated for their injuries and released…The final cause of the accident is still under investigation, and police are saying it will likely be a few more days to determine whether or not the accelerator was stuck open”

Source: AutoBlog

Aside from its more angular curves the S60 engine options include two diesels and a gas powered. 2011′s Volvo has a high-performance 3.0-liter T6 with 304 horse power or a lesser 2.4-liter 205/2.0-liter 163 hp powerplant. “A DRIVe version powered by a 1.6-liter diesel engine with CO2 emissions of approximately 115g/km and fuel economy of up to 65.7mpg (combined cycle, preliminary figure) will join the range later in 2011.” S60 also includes all the favorite Volvo safety features, like Advanced Stability Control and corner traction control system.