2010 Volvo S80 photos and details

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A favorite genre of many auto fiends is the “sleeper” - a car that looks like grandma’s Mercury but goes like stink. In this day and age of flashy, showy performance - with all the standard body kits, huge spoilers and obnoxious red badging automakers seem to believe belong on performance cars, the sleeper is a dying breed.

First undisguised photos of the premium segment mid-size SUV show that the next Volvo XC70 will get significantly more powerful and masculine appearance. It will look more like a scaled-down version of the range-topping Volvo XC90 rather than a more brutal variant of a V70 station wagon as it is now.

Volvo has generally been unsuccessful in its attempts to convince car buyers that it can be a performance brand. Vehicles that feature the R-Design badge, such as the XC90 crossover are not preferred over similar premium-performance offerings from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and others

The Volvo S80 is now available with the company's latest 285 hp T6 engine with AWD we've already seen on the new Volvo V70, and a new D5 turbo diesel engine producing up to 185 hp.

Swedespeed traveled to the Big Apple for this year's auto show. Volvo presented the sleek all new S80, refreshed XC90 and the new C70 convertible.

The HEICO Volvo S80 T6 HPC is on display at this year's SEMA show in Las Vegas. The HEICO Volvo S80 T6 HPC (High Performance Concept) is powered by a 3.2-liter inline-six engine and

‘Scandinavian Luxury’ is the theme Volvo uses when pitching their new S80. Upon first mention, these aren’t exactly two words you’d expect to hear together. While it may not be oxymoronic, like say ‘jumbo shrimp’, ‘military intelligence’ as of late or even ‘Dodge Ram’, the stereotype of Sweden and/or things Scandinavian isn’t exactly one of opulence.

The Heico Sportiv Volvo that has stolen all of the limelight recently is the aluminium look S80 that like the C30 we’ve also featured was prepared for the SEMA show in Las Vegas. This video gives you an idea what was involved in taking a garden variety S80 and turning it into a shiny “metallic look” masterpiece.

Volvo has presented its new top-of-the-range Volvo S80 Executive sedan

Autoblog has a great set of photos of the new Volvo S80. A new engine and a load of new features keep the premium Volvo in competition with other cars. Now available with a 311 horsepower engine.

The 4 cylinder Volvo V70 and S80 will be available with petrol and diesel engines. The petrol 4 cylinder engine will be a