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Volvo B62 Engine
The Volvo Modular Engine is a family of inline-four engine, straight-four, straight-five engine, straight-five, and straight-six engine, straight-six automobile piston engines that was produced by Volvo Cars in Skövde, Sweden from 1990 until 2016. All engines feature an aluminum engine block and aluminum cylinder head, forged steel connecting rods, aluminum pistons and double overhead camshafts. History The ''Volvo Modular Engine'' was developed as part of ''Project Galaxy'' which began in the late 1970s. The prototype engines called ''X-100'' had only four cylinders but already featured the sandwich and all aluminum construction of the later production variants. Early prototypes of the ''X-100'' were designed similar to the existing redblock engines with a single camshaft and the oil filter mounted on the side of the engine rather than the bottom. The first available engine was the B6304F which debuted in August 1990 in the Volvo 960. A year later, with the introduction of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volvo Cars
Volvo Cars ( sv, Volvo personvagnar, styled VOLVO in the company's logo) is a Swedish multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Torslanda, Gothenburg. The company manufactures SUVs, station wagons, and sedans. The company's main marketing arguments are safety and its Swedish heritage and design. Volvo Cars has been separate from its former parent conglomerate and producer of heavy trucks, buses, and construction equipment (among others) AB Volvo since 1999 when AB Volvo sold its automobile division Volvo Cars to Ford Motor Company. In 2010, Ford sold loss-making Volvo Cars to the company Geely. Volvo Cars was publicly listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange in 2021, though Geely still retains majority ownership. Volvo Cars and AB Volvo both share the Volvo logo, and cooperate in running the Volvo Museum. In March 2021, Volvo Cars announced that it would be a fully electric brand by 2030. In June 2021, Volvo Cars and Swedish battery developer and manuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
