A fresh face in Volvo showrooms, the V60 Sportswagon, is expected to carry the 2015 model-year designation when it shows up in January.
The S60-based wagon, which has been sold in Europe, is sized much the same as the Audi allroad wagon, a German-built competitor.
The V60 is more sleekly styled than most products from the Swedish manufacturer, owned by Chinese holding company Zhejiang Geely.
Engine choices will be a turbocharged 2-liter 4-cylinder or the T6, an inline turbo 6-cylinder.
Jeep unveiling set for Counting Crows
Jeep will show off its new 2014 Cherokee as sponsor of a Counting Crows concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Saturday, Oct. 12. “Colorado is full of devoted Jeep enthusiasts and we could not think of a more fitting way to celebrate the new Cherokee than to host a concert under the stars at Red Rocks,” said Jeff Hines, Chrysler Group director of the Denver business center. The sleek-looking Cherokee replaces the Liberty in Jeep’s lineup.
Pilot struck deal for Ford Mustangs
Ford will celebrate the 50th birthday of the Mustang on April 17, 2014. By the time the 1965 Ford Mustang officially went on sale on April 17, 1964, it had been rolling off the assembly line at the Rouge factory in Dearborn, Mich., for about five weeks. Thousands had been shipped to dealers throughout North America so they would be available in showrooms on opening day.
A white convertible with serial number 5F08F100001 that had been delivered to George Parsons Ford at the far eastern end of Canada in St. John’s, Newfoundland, was among 180 other early examples not meant to be sold to customers. These preproduction models were supposed to be used for internal testing and promotional purposes only. The next day, however, Eastern Provincial Airlines pilot Capt. Stanley Tucker saw the new convertible and knew he just had to have it. Tucker convinced Parsons to sell it to him. As more than 22,000 orders and sales had poured in opening weekend, no one back at Ford world headquarters in Dearborn at first realized the significance of that particular sale. Once it became known a couple of weeks later that Mustang number 1 had been inadvertently sold, Ford officials reached out to Tucker to try to buy it back. Tucker initially declined to sell it back to the company. Eventually, Tucker and Ford struck a deal. On March 2, 1966, Tucker brought the first Mustang back to Dearborn and turned in the keys for a brand-new example. For an encore, Tucker got the 1-millionth Mustang produced – another white convertible. Ford Motor Company later donated Mustang number 1 to the nearby Henry Ford Museum, where it resides.
Bud Wells can be reached via e-mail at bwells@denverpost.com.
