Volvo's "Car Hell" Is a Place Were Volvo's are "Driven" Before You Ever Touch the Keys

At Volvo's test track, cars are pushed to their limits and beyond.

Wayne Gerdes - [url=cleanmpg.com]CleanMPG[/url] - Nov. 10, 2010

Hallered Proving Ground -- Testing both men and machine to their limits so you will not have to.

A quick look at what goes on behind the scenes to make sure every Volvo that reaches your dealerships showroom meets the Volvo standard of safety and quality.

Volvo's test track called "Hällered" is situated in the south-west part of Sweden. It is surrounded by a beautifully serene forest that can best be described as a quiet and peaceful place. But then the forest opens and the track nicknamed "Car Hell" can be found. That is Hällered.

This is the place where Volvo automobiles are made to suffer around the clock in extraordinarily tough conditions. In only a few months, the cars are aged as much as a consumer would drive his or her vehicle during an entire anticipated lifetime in ordinary traffic circumstances.

The test facility at Hällered in Sweden is a veritable "torture chamber" for cars. This is where tomorrow's components and cars are tested long before production starts. For a lifetime test, a car is driven extremely hard for 100,000 miles in less than a year.

At the test facility there are 15 different test tracks where everything a Volvo can face during its long life time is brought to bear on the vehicle being tested.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Volvo
• Hallered
• Proving
• Ground
• Automobile
• Testing
• Track
• Sweden

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Only Volvo could make something that SHOULD be exciting into something so boring