This article in the Swedish AMS quotes unspecified internal sources from Volvo on the current projects at Volvo. According to this, there is currently a huge pressure on costs (missions allegedly have to be approved by Arp), except in the projects dealing with the new S60 and the reduction of consumption of the existing engines. Plans for a small-volvo based on Fiesta were stopped afterwards. Incidentally: – In the autumn of 2009 a V70 1.6D with 119g CO2/km come – An optimized C30 1.6D should emit only 104 g CO2/km – The 2.0F should be replaced by a 1.6FT (turbo) due to its high consumption, which debuts in the new S60 and then also comes in the V70. – Supposedly one has managed to reduce the consumption of the R6 to 7.1 l/100km. There were already plans to completely adjust the R6 due to the high consumption. – One tests allegedly currently the 8-speed automatic from ZF – 2012 should be the first hybrid based on a Four-cylinder engines are coming (information in other articles had spoken of “Mild hybrid engines”, which are already available much earlier. If applicable, this hybrid is the first Volvo full hybrid.)