Here is a tribute to the car that gets into a fight with a barn and the barn says, “you should’ve seen the other guy.” Was it huge? No, it was an OVLOV… is he australian or upside down? We may never know mate.
This backwards company started off being Swedish founded, now it’s Chinese owned, and highly popular down unda! Ta.
You have to be impressed with a car company that would let a 4 year old be known to remote test drive the vehicles for safety. Forget Tonka, there’s Volvo the adult sized toy car!
Afterall compared to Lotus or Polestar owned by Geely, what would Volvo be for them? Bread and butter! And for this bread and butter it’s brake and tire replacement… although that could be more to do with repair shops panicking early on drivers to replace their brakes, rotors, and tires.
Volvo is hyperfocused on becoming EV friendly, which means they have jumped fully onboard to the no quick refill train. It will never make me stop laughing that EV’s are supposed to be environmentally friendly, but all other issues aside the polution from the devoured tires overcome the benefits of not using gasoline by increasing to 6X the pollution in most cases. Where the rubber meets the road is that you will spend a small fortune in tires with an EV, so be prepared.
That aside, Volvo is known for their aluminum frames that corrode less than steel. They have learned that this is better, but I would say never get a salvaged volvo! Aluminum welding repairs aftermarket are spotty as it depends on how good the guy really is… While all men are created equal, not all mechanics are created equal.
Some mechanics swear by Volvo, but in practical consumer reviews out of the 32 car manufacturers they come in at #25. Their cars are the kind that you would rather choose something else, but now all cars seem to look like that. Nobody has flare or panache, because they are cutting costs to make themselves uninteresting or worse.
Nevertheless, it’s still aptly called a vehicular object when this vehicle looks like the wierd kid in school that really wants to be cool. It also results as a person in snow wearing a sweater. What nerdy looking child actor was this ridiculous? Jaleel White! Yes, the urkel of car manufacturers is Volvo. They just grew up to have crazy bug eyes just like he did.
These vehicles feature transmission problems, control module issues, and AWD housing oil leaks. That means the most common problems are significant issues and instead of “go big or go home” it’s “go big while you’re going home some other way.” Reliability is their strong point… reliability in that it will need repairs that is. Some say that their 5 cylinder engines will keep going forever, but the reviews of owners tell a different story.
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