Tag Archives: Volvo

2019 Volvo S60 T8 Plug-in Hybrid

Body Structure The 2019 Volvo S60 body structure uses Boron steel which accounts for 33 percent of the car’s body weight.  Previous models used this Boron steel in up to 10 percent of the construction of its cars. Safety Systems The ...

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2017 Volvo V90 Body Structure

 The good old days of notching the wheel well with the cutters on the lower A-pillar cut and letting the metal rip as the dash lifts are grinding to a halt.

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2015 Volvo XC90 Body Structure

2015 Volvo XC90 Body Structure

Here is a look at the 2015 Volvo XC90 Body Structure and other safety features. To help keep the occupant space inside intact in a crash, the all-new XC90 has literally been made stronger in every sense. This is achieved ...

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2014 Safeist Vehicles

Minicars 2014 Chevrolet Spark Small cars 2014 Dodge Dart 2014 Ford Focus 2014 Honda Civic 2-door 2014 Honda Civic 4-door 2014 Hyundai Elantra 2014 Mazda 3 2014 Scion tC 2014 Subaru Impreza 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek 2014 Toyota Prius 2014 ...

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New XC90 Volvo Body Structure

Here is an interesting fact. Seven percent of the safety cage in the original XC90 was made of hot-formed boron steel. The structure in the upcoming cars built on the new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) feature over 40 per cent hot-formed steel,

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Where’s the Boron, hot stamped, and UHSS?

Where's the Boron, hot stamped, and UHSS? On BoronExtrication.com of course! Advanced Extrication posted a list of vehicles that have boron and we put our own twist on it below and linked the models to pages that show the body structure of each vehicle.

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2013 Volvo V40 Cross Country Body Structure (UK)

Here is one for the folks over in the United Kingdom. Just like every Volvo on the road today, the 2013 V40 Cross Country has a body structure packed full of different materials.

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