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Article: This Volvo XC90 will impress you
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- New Straits Times
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- September 30, 2008
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Zuraimi Abdullah
New Straits Times
09-30-2008
This Volvo XC90 will impress you
Byline: Zuraimi Abdullah
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Business Times
Type: News
UNTIL 2002, the premium sports utility vehicle (SUV) segment in Malaysia was dominated by two well-known marques from Germany, and both were fully-imported models.
But in 2003, a brand that shared the same homeland with the evergreen Abba pop group broke the dominance and the Volvo XC90 did not let go off the reign ever since.
The Volvo XC90 made its debut in Malaysia in August 2003, although the global launch of Volvo's first SUV was in 2002. Immediately, the SUV assembled at a plant in Shah Alam became a major local hit.
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