Originally Posted by VolvoZ
For those who ask Swedish or Chinese, why not ask American or Swedish?, since Ford owned Volvo for around 10 years or so from 99 to 2010 roughly. Our 04, 05, and 06 Volvos were American I guess, according to some folks logic, but made in Gothenburg Sweden and Belgium from what i can tell. Tons of parts in these Volvos are made in France, Germany, Poland, Spain according to the stickers on the parts. Excellent quality on those parts by the way. Volvo still makes their cars in Sweden and are now making cars near Charleston, SC. Country of ownership of company does not equate to where the car is designed and/or built. I have owned a couple of Toyota Avalons (97 and 07). My late dad derided me for buying a Japanese car while he was driving a Buick Century ("American" car). I had to point out that my Toyotas were built in the US in Kentucky while his Buick was built in Mexico. Oops....
Not sure how the newer Volvos are fairing in terms of quality. Anything newer than 2012 is new to me. I'm trying to avoid buying stuff with TPMS in it! Have a great weekend all!
Some new Volvos, including the S90, actually are made in China, including those sold in the US. They switched S90 production from Sweden to China when they switched from SWB to LWB, and they didn't lower the price at all. The Chinese S90 shouldn't cost more than $15k
Also, SenSen makes OE shocks for Chinese Volvos