Where is volvo s80 built

According to European industry journal Automotive News , the S80 managed just 12, sales in , where its rival, the BMW 5 Series , accounted for more than , In Australia in , Volvo sold just 15 examples of the S80, but in so far there have been 21 vehicles sold.

A Volvo Australia source has told CarAdvice that there will be no more S80 models ordered locally, unless a customer requests a specific order. Matt Campbell. View 3 images. The aim with the successor to the S80, the S90, will be clear: more sales. Close Thumbnail View. The second generation of the S80 unveils at the Geneva Motor Show in , now on a completely new architecture developed in cooperation with Ford, the EuCD platform.

The S80 now gets the 4. After cars made of Gen II, the production of the S80 is ended in May and the last manufactured car is transferred to the Volvo Museum. Another 46 cars of the stretched S80 L version, built and sold in China only, were made.

Volvo Cars. Global Newsroom. Pure Electric. XC40 Recharge. V90 Cross Country. V60 Cross Country. Cross Country. Volvo Cars Media Relations. Please contact our Global Customer relations office at International volvocars. Despite decent passenger space, boot space is only litres — a BMW 5 Series has another litres. Volvo cars are known for their excellent safety, and the S80 is no different — it has traction and stability control, six airbags and active anti-whiplash head restraints as standard.

Options include BLIS, Volvo's blind-spot warning system, as well as active cruise control — which keeps the car a set distance from the vehicle in front, and even automatically slows the car down.

Reliability should be good — the S80 has been on the road long enough for any major faults to be ironed out — and there's decent service from Volvo's dealers, too, including fixed-price servicing packages.

The new Sensus Connected Touch touchscreen web-connected infotainment system is decent, but is a dealer-fit option, rather than a properly integrated system as with its rivals. Skip to Content Skip to Footer.

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