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Volvo Ocean Race Special Editions

Filed under: Yachts & Sailing, Luxury Cars & Autos

Volvo has long sponsored sailboat racing, and to celebrate its participation has launched a new series of Volvo Ocean Race Special Editions.

Available in Europe on the V60 wagon, XC60 crossover and XC70 wagon/crossover, the Ocean Race specials come with interiors highlighted by Volvo Ocean Race logos on the seat-backs, door panels and floor mats. The special editions also debut two new color options (pictured above): Ocean Blue II and Electric Silver. Volvo expects to sell around 7,500 of these special editions in such markets as the UK, Germany and Italy.

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2011 Geneva Motor Show: The Luxury Sedans & SUVs

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Every year the Geneva Motor Show features a staggering array of new luxury sedans, estate wagons, crossovers and sport-utility vehicles on display. And this year's show, still ongoing at the Geneva Palexpo, has proven no exception.

Among the production and concept debuts in these diverse categories were new vehicles from Audi, BMW Alpina, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Saab and Volvo, as well as the return of De Tomaso. Follow the jump to see what these European automakers had in store for us this year.

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Volvo V60: The World's First Diesel Plug-In Hybrid

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Green

Volvo V60: The World's First Diesel Plug-In Hybrid

Volvo is known the world over as a leader in safety features, but at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, the Swedish automaker will show it can be a leader in environmental friendliness, too.

In what the company is terming "the world's first diesel plug-in hybrid", the V60 prototype combines a 215-horsepower, 2.4-liter five-cylinder turbo-diesel with a 70hp electric motor. The vehicle is capable of operating under electric power only (Pure mode) for 32 miles, or can run in Hybrid mode at the touch of a button for a 746-mile range. Or for an extra boost, the driver can select Power mode for a total 472 lb-ft of torque.

While the car is just for show at the moment, it could make it to production in the near future.

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Volvo S60 and V60 R-Design

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Of all the European premium automakers, Volvo arguably doesn't come across as the sportiest. Safe and well engineered, sure. But not quite as aggressive as a Mercedes AMG or BMW M, for example. Well the new R-Design models of the S60 sedan and V60 wagon ought to help clear up that problem.

The R-Design specification injects the S60 and V60 with some extra attitude, courtesy of a new front bumper, bigger wheels and sporty interior trim. But that's not the end of it. Although the engine hasn't been modified, a sport suspension and torque-vectoring traction control system promise to improve handling.

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