“Love for the past, faith in the future”
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007Too bad for Kurt Vonnegut he fell upon a rear-echelon Swedish car. Had he engaged in a car dealership business involving Volvo marquees, and wrote about them instead for his “Have I Got a Car for You” essay, he could have said only a few valid complaints, probably enough to preserve the integrity of the work and make him a shoo-in for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Testament to the enduring quality of the carmaker we in this forum all love, Volvo celebrates it jubilee year starting March 29 with a Techno-Classica show in Essen, Germany. Billed “As time goes by—80 years with Volvo Cars,” the show is set to be a visual feast of the Swedish carmaker’s history. Slated to break cover again for the event are eight seminal Volvo models, each representing a decade in the Volvo automotive market. (more…)
