Now Volvo has released details about its similar undertaking, the “SPA” (for Scalable Product Architecture) modular chassis system that has been in development for the past four years. It will ...

Volvo wants to derive economies of scale from a new front-wheel-drive architecture called SPA, for Scalable Platform Architecture. The redesigned XC90 crossover due in 2014 will be the first to ...

Most of the world's manufacturers have decided that flexible, modular platforms are the way of the future. Volvo is keen to get in on the action with its Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), which ...

Volvo’s all-new XC90 – which will be launched in two weeks’ time in Stockholm – will be the first car in its range to be built on the Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) modular chassis ...

The Volvo XC90 is the first drivable example of the firm’s Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) modular architecture (shown above in PHEV form), which very soon will spawn an S80-replacing large ...

Volvo is about to introduce a new modular platform called the Scalable Product Architecture(SPA) that will soon underpin all of its models sized from the S60 up.

Volvo and Geely CMA models are expected to come with three- and four-cylinder engines. Volvo began development of its SPA architecture while under Ford Motor Company ownership about 2008, though ...

Volvo says SPA has been designed for all levels of electrification, from simple engine start/stop systems to hybrids and all the way to pure electric vehicles, which means room not only for ...

Volvo says its new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) will help it achieve a collision-free future sooner. The Swedish carmaker has set itself a goal of no fatalities or serious injuries in a ...

Like the XC90, the S90 is built on Volvo’s new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), a modular components set that’s adjustable for length, width and height; it is, says R&D boss Peter Mertens ...

The five models, which are available in gasoline and plug-in hybrid versions, are based on Volvo’s Compact Modular Architecture. In May, Lynk & CO delivered 18,059 vehicles in China, an increase ...