Volvo V50

Sharing platforms isn’t a bad thing for the V50 when it sits on the same platform as the Ford Focus - a car everyone knows has the handling accuracy that not many cars in and out of its segment can match.

Volvo will stop selling the S40 and V50 in the U.S. market starting from 2012, citing declining sales of the two models there

Volvo is recalling almost 30,000 C30, S40 and V50 cars made in 2010 over a problem with the gearshift lever

Volvo has announced that it will consolidate its model line-up in the US, by trimming off several models, starting with the V50 estate