Archive for August, 2008



Volvo Cars Register Three “Ideal” Category Wins

Volvo C70, S40, and C30 are top rated in AutoPacific’s 2008 Ideal Vehicle Awards The automotive research and consulting firm AutoPacific announced yesterday its annual Ideal Vehicle Awards (IVA), of which three category winners were Volvos. An “ideal” is defined as an excellent or perfect example. So, in search of the ideal vehicle, AutoPacific asked [...]

Design Ins and Outs Of The 2009 Toyota Venza

August 11, 2008 – Torrance, CA – The 2009 Toyota Venza, scheduled to go on sale later this year, is the first example of Toyota’s new direction in passenger car design combining elegance, innovation, comfort and utility. “We wanted to create something entirely different,” said Kevin Hunter, president of Toyota’s Calty Design Research in Newport [...]