No V6 and V8 Engines in Volvo’s Future Plans
Volvo made a number of exciting announcements at the Frankfurt Motor Show. If you've missed some of them please refer to our blog for all the announcements. Volvo's President and CEO, Stefan Jacoby, shared that within the next ten years, the Scandinavian automaker plans to remove all six- and eight-cylinder engines from their vehicle lineup in favor of highly-efficient four-cylinder engines.
In the coming years, Volvo engineering will be centered around the Volvo Environmental Architecture (VEA) engine for both gas and diesel engines. The new, lighter engines will allow for more standardized parts across the Volvo lineup. In…