New Volvo V60 begins production
Written By Richard Lawton Published On: Sep 03 2010The production of the new Volvo V60 sports wagon, a sculptured, sleek estate, has started at the Torslanda plant in Sweden. Together with its sister car the new S60 saloon the V60 is the most dynamic Volvo yet seen. And some 240 V60 cars will be produced on a daily basis at Torslanda once the plant gets up to speed.
The first verification prototype of the new Volvo V60 sports wagon passed through the Torslanda factory back in January as part of the pre-series production process.
Some 60 cars will be manufactured per day during the coming weeks, this will quickly ramp up to over 100 cars by the end of September and by early November some 240 Volvo V60s will roll off the production line.
"I'm totally convinced that our co-workers will perform brilliant and that the introduction will be one of the best - maybe the best - in the Torslanda plant history," says Magnus Hellsten, Senior Vice President Manufacturing at Volvo Car Corporation.
The annual V60 production is estimated to 50,000 cars. 90 percent of them will find European customers, with the five largest markets being Sweden, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy and Germany.
The new V60 becomes the fifth Volvo model produced at the Torslanda plant, and joins the S80, V70, XC70 and the XC90.
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