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Well said Brian, I have passed your details on to our VP of marketing 😊 However, if Polestar are getting bad reviews and have quality issues, this isn’t good considering they came out with all guns blazing and boasting the “Polestar” name which was Volvo’s very high rated road and race cars...

I’ll ask around. What as the asking price again please mate?

Bryce, Have you advertised the 280 yet?

“Buying” market share is one thing, but this can’t be done without some degree of quality, and dealer/service back up.

Sean, I think the “cheap” & “poor quality” discussion would be different depending on who you talk to. Not to mention cheap, and poor quality are not necessarily the same thing. As mentioned, two of my nieces have MG’s on my recommendation. They are certainly cheap (not so much any more...

It’s nice to have you on board Mark.

Very good points PE. Especially the Porsche bit. (I’m sorry I can’t call you professor, as we already have one of those 😊)

Oh, I see. Glad you and the dealer stuck with it Sean. Yes, not many manufacturers now have dedicated plants under their full ownership for major components. They leave that to the specialists. Not to mention if there is a problem, the manufacturer of the components carry the warranty in the...

Hi Sean. This covers a bit about buses. https://www.topklasse.org/forums/threads/patricks-trucks.7648/page-3 I can’t say I’ve ever seen fully imported buses with a Volvo powertrain, nearly all of the fully imported ones are Chinese made. They usually have a full American powertrain consisting...

Unfortunately Brian, It’s all about the bottom line now. Ford do not make sedans anymore for the same reason I’m guessing. What a shame. We will all be driving around in a box that all look alike soon. No wonder people like us are still in love with old cars.

I’d like to be able to tell you more Sean, but unfortunately right at this point in time, my confidentiality agreement states otherwise.

Dear all. During my Titanic studies, I stumbled across this chap Jarrod Owen’s videos. This one on the RMS Titanic is extremely good, so I thought I would share. Regarding Titanic and other ships like her, these were (and still are) the largest moving (and non moving) objects made by man, and...

Very interesting story Sean. The Leyland trucks I worked on in the 70’s and 80’s were good trucks indeed.

Sean, Volvo has used every single method of combustion for buses over the years, and yes gas as well. Out of interest, Volvo was a very early operator of buses with a hybrid power train, but not the first. However they have been very pioneering in the battery electric bus market, and are selling...

Michel, It certainly is the right colour 🥰 He took me for a good drive, and the car drove its self by the way, I was so very wowed by it. Very very impressive. The acceleration was mind boggling.

Ha, I bet. I did hear horror stories of replacing it 😧

As I mentioned my head office is now fully self sufficient by the use of the hundreds of solar panels. We have also installed a number of charge points for our demo electric trucks, and points for employees cars. One of my colleagues who has a Tesla S, charges his car during the day for...

Great pics and explanation Mark. That wonderful deep valley reminds me of the OHC V8’s in Land Cruisers. So what did Toyota do? They put a starter motor in there 🙄

It’s mainly injection pressure Brian. However compression ratios have risen to as much as 25:1 Super high injection pressures = low NOx (nitrogen oxide) these pressures now in common rail, with electronically controlled injectors can exceed 50,000psi (nearly 3,500 bar) We now even use what is...

German watches are some of the best made.