Volvo announces 2010 XC60 pricing starting at $37,200
Filed under: Car Buying, Crossovers/CUVs, Volvo
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Pricing has been released for the 2010 Volvo XC60 crossover, and the T6 with standard AWD and Volvo's pioneering City Safety low-speed collision protection system will have a base price of $37,200 plus destination. Power is provided by a turbocharged 3.0L T6 engine pumping out a solid 281 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque. Premium features like leather, power driver's seat, SIRIUS, Bluetooth, and HD Radio with USB and AUX ports are all standard. The Panorama moonroof will even be offered at no charge as part of an introductory offer, although Volvo hasn't said how much it will run after that.
Four different option packages available on the XC60, beginning with the Climate Package for $1,000 which includes heated seats fore and aft, heated windshield washer nozzles, rain sensing wipers, headlamp washers, and an Interior Air Quality System (IAQS) with a humidity sensor. The Technology Package will retail for $2,700 and adds a 650-watt Dynaudio stereo with 12 speakers and Dolby surround sound, plus Volvo's DVD navigation system with real time traffic and a rear park assist camera setup. This being a Volvo, of course there's a safety package as well.
The Collision Avoidance Package adds another $1,695 to the bottom line and includes a big bowl of alphabet soup: Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), Collision Warning with Auto Brake (CWAB), Distance Alert (DA), Driver Alert Control (DAC), and Lane Departure Warning (LDW). That's a lot of tech for such a small package and the availability of these features, although increasingly moving downmarket, can help justify the seemingly very premium base price of the vehicle. You even get free maintenance for three years or 36,000 miles as part of Volvo's new program. You can read the rest of the details in the press release after the jump.
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Volvo announces 2010 XC60 pricing starting at $37,200 originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink�|�Email this�|�CommentsNissan instructs dealers to reprogram GT-R launch control
Filed under: Car Buying, Sports/GTs, Supercars, Nissan
Few topics have set the Autoblog commenting system on fire more than the Nissan GT-R. And once stories began to surface about Godzilla's gearbox grenading when customers invoked the power of launch control, it was like a Hateraid atom bomb had gone off below the fold. Well folks, strap on your riot gear and grab a stick of C4. Nissan's in the news again, officially addressing the GT-R's gearbox failure and rolling out a new software program to mitigate the problem.
Make the jump for all the details.
[Source: InsideLine, StraightLine]
Continue reading Nissan instructs dealers to reprogram GT-R launch control
Nissan instructs dealers to reprogram GT-R launch control originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink�|�Email this�|�Comments2010 MINI Cooper JCW Convertible tipped for Geneva
Filed under: Convertibles, Geneva Motor Show, MINI
Click above for a gallery of the 2009 MINI Cooper Convertible
MINI's going to be busy over the next few months, with new product debuts already scheduled for Geneva (the MINI One Clubman) and Frankfurt (MINI Crossover). If the rumors are correct, you can add one more to the mix, as the John Cooper Works edition of the new convertible looks to join its fixed-head stablemate at the Geneva Motor Show in March. As in the JCW hardtop, the ragtop version will be blessed with a more powerful version of the Cooper S model's turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine, which can send its 211 horsepower and 192 lb-ft of torque to the front wheels through either an automatic or manual shift gearbox, each with six forward ratios. As with the hard-hat JCW, an overboost function allows for a torque peak of 207 lb-ft for a short period of time of quick bursts of acceleration.
Chassis improvements include new 17-inch alloys (with optional 18-inchers), an upgraded brake package and standard sport suspension. Of course, no upgrade package would be complete without a few visual modifications, and the JCW delivers with a revised front fascia, aero kit and plenty of badging inside and out. Want one? Expect to pay at least 30K for the privilege.
[Source: Carscoop]
2010 MINI Cooper JCW Convertible tipped for Geneva originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read�|�Permalink�|�Email this�|�CommentsFeds introduce used vehicle database for dealers, consumers
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In 1992, a law passed requiring each state's motor vehicle department to link into a federal database. After pleading from the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), automakers and consumer advocates - plus one lawsuit - the U.S. Department of Justice will launch the system beginning tomorrow at 9 AM EST.
The database will attempt to reduce the amount of title-washing that plagues used car buyers when unsavory characters rebuild a totaled vehicle and sell it with a clean title, normally out of state. Currently, 27 states are participating and another ten should be on board shortly. All states are required to be in the system by Jan 1, 2010 and data will begin to be collected from insurance companies and salvage yards on March 31.
The DOJ claims that when the database launches tomorrow, approximately three-quarters of the nation's vehicle titles will be include, but unfortunately, the system won't be free. Online providers will act as the middlemen, but an announcement hasn't been made about which companies will handle the heavy lifting. While it's doubtful that firms like CarFax are going to dramatically affected by the move, we're hoping some competition among providers brings the cost down for consumers. To read all the details on the database, click here (PDF warning).
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Feds introduce used vehicle database for dealers, consumers originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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I'll take a Volvo this one looks nice, send the bill to Ford...Ford's only decent car division and they are selling it.
The reason I say this is: My son son 22 years old. Payton Tyler Lewis, was killed 0n 12-9-06 when the Lincoln Mark VIII he was driving caught fire, the cruise control switch was found by the experts, to be faulty.He also called me around 2:20 telling me somethings wrong with the car. But, no worries.... Ford the great American company it is, stepped up, replaced my car, paid for the funeral, sent flowers, and made restitution. NOT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They did the A typical corporate response hired a bunch of attorney's to deny,deny deny.Then using the judges and the court system to clog up justice.Then I'm not even allowed to be angry that my son and his girlfriend bodies were unrecognizable! And that Ford was so greedy to let a 20.00 part or recall fears kill my child. It's been over 2 years now, Ford is loosing customers, because it kills them off.The dead can't buy another Lincoln!
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