Every new
car Volvo builds at its various assembly plants has driven over a patch of
bumpy road reminiscent of a small Scandinavian town, long before the car lands
on a dealer lot—and that's something that won't change when the automaker
begins building its redesigned S60 in South Carolina soon.
Volvo will
begin building the next-generation S60 in Charleston, South Carolina later this
year, and the first time the cars are driven under their own power will be over
rocks.
"The
rock formation is used at our plants to settle the chassis components prior to
setting wheel alignment," said Stephanie Mangini, Volvo's communications
chief for the Charleston plant.
Other
automakers typically use rubber or concrete bumps to check for anything amiss
underneath the vehicle, but Volvo's cobblestone-esque surface is a little more
quaint. The rocks at its main plant in Torslanda, Sweden were sourced locally.
For Charleston, Volvo made a mold of the surface in Torslanda and recreated it
in South Carolina.
"We
want the bumps to be exactly the same globally," Mangini told Motor
Authority.
Volvo plans
to build about 100,000 cars annually in Charleston once the plant is running at
full capacity, including the S60 plus a next-generation XC90 from 2021, meaning
that patch of Swedish-style concrete will soon be well-traveled.
Source: Motorauthority.com
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