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...drive a Volvo and you do yoga, you are pretty much a Democrat. If you drive a Lincoln or a BMW and own a gun, you're voting George Bush." KEN MEHLMAN, manager of Bush's re-election campaign, characterizing the divide in the electorate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

...hurt to have a second pair of eyes. Volvo plans to introduce a blind-spot warning system, which sees where you can't, for most of its 2006 models, out next year. A digital camera under the driver's side-view mirror watches for oncoming vehicles and triggers a flashing light as a vehicle approaches. For lane drifters (you know who you are), Infiniti is debuting a lane-departure warning system in its 2005 FX SUVs and 2006 M sedans. A camera on the rearview mirror recognizes lane markers and triggers an alert when you get offtrack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gadgets: Cars: 2005: Novel Gadgets for Solving Road Woes | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...Vous avez des armes à feu, du tabac où de l’alcool?” she asks me, intoning her vowels like a true Quebecoise. She eyes the contents of my Volvo station wagon suspiciously, thinking perhaps that I have stashed several kilos of hard drugs or maybe some explosives between my clothes...

Author: By Elena Sorokin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Borderline Overreaction | 9/30/2004 | See Source »

While many of my classmates spent their summers living in cities or suburbs—immersed in technology—I packed my old jeans and my dad’s chain saw into the back of my aged stick-shift Volvo wagon and drove up Route 91 to Canada. Though I have been making this trip, alone or with family, ever since I can remember, the drive has never been the same since 9-11, a heart-punch to every American, even those far from urban life...

Author: By Elena Sorokin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Borderline Overreaction | 9/30/2004 | See Source »

...engine, with optional all-wheel drive and a neat, flexible seating configuration: the rear seats slide on an 8-in. track for extra legroom or more cargo space. Starting at $21,560, the Equinox stacks up competitively against such rivals as the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4. Volvo, meanwhile, just launched an all-new wagon, the V50, featuring the automaker's typical sturdiness and premium safety. The burlier Volvo XC90 (with a V-8 on the way) also earns high marks for crashworthiness, with an enhanced crush-resistant roof, a roll-stability system and inflatable side curtains. Volvo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shrinking SUV | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

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