{"id":1021573,"date":"2023-08-07T16:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/automotorsport\/?p=1021573"},"modified":"2023-08-07T16:24:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:24:06","slug":"james-may-volvo-har-forstort-mitt-liv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/nyheter\/james-may-volvo-har-forstort-mitt-liv\/","title":{"rendered":"James May: \u201dVolvo har f\u00f6rst\u00f6rt mitt liv\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Att Volvo Cars slutar <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/nyheter\/volvo-skrotar-v60-och-v90-pa-stor-marknad\/\" target=\"_blank\">att s\u00e4lja s\u00e5 v\u00e4l sedaner som kombibilar<\/a> i Storbritannien p\u00e5 grund av vikande f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljningssiffror blev en snackis i f\u00f6rra veckan. En av flera som valde att kommentera  nyheten fr\u00e5n Autocar var motorjournalisten och tv-stj\u00e4rnan James May.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u2013 Volvo har meddelat att man fr\u00e5n och med nu endast kommer att tillverka stadsjeepar. S\u00e5 mitt antagande om att ha en behaglig Volvosedan efter pensionen har ryckts fr\u00e5n mig. Det \u00e4r andra g\u00e5ngen Volvo f\u00f6rst\u00f6r mitt liv. F\u00f6r f\u00f6rsta g\u00e5ngen, se min bok Carbolics, skriver den tidigare Top Gear- och sedermera Grand Tour-programledaren <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrJamesMay\/status\/1686646398861606913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ironiskt p\u00e5 X<\/a> (tidigare Twitter).<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Volvo has announced that, from now on, it will only make SUVs. So my assumption of an agreeable Volvo saloon in retirement has been snatched from me.<br><br>This is the second time Volvo has ruined my life. For the first time, see my book Carbolics.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VeryObtusePlug?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VeryObtusePlug<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DnZ9xersJi\">pic.twitter.com\/DnZ9xersJi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James May (@MrJamesMay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrJamesMay\/status\/1686646398861606913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>Volvo var dock snabba <\/strong>att <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/volvocars\/status\/1686763428667330561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">svara James May<\/a> med en urs\u00e4kt \u2013 och ett f\u00f6rtydligande om att tillverkaren endast ska sluta med sedaner och kombis i Storbritannien. <\/p>\n    <div class=\"dap-ad-format\" style=\"width:100%;display: flex;justify-content: space-between;overflow:hidden;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;\">\n        <div id='div-gpt-ad-dap-67b4627dadbc3'>\n            <script> \n                typeof addSlot === \"function\" && addSlot(\n                    { \n                        id: 'div-gpt-ad-dap-67b4627dadbc3', \n                        sizes: [[640, 360], [640, 480], [640, 320]], \n                        target: 'DAP_D', \n                        minSize: 1100, \n                        maxSize: Infinity \n                    }\n                )\n            <\/script>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>    <div class=\"dap-ad-format\" style=\"width:100%;display: flex;justify-content: space-between;overflow:hidden;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;\">\n        <div id='div-gpt-ad-dap-mobile-67b4627dadc41'>\n            <script> \n                typeof addSlot === \"function\" && addSlot(\n                    { \n                        id: 'div-gpt-ad-dap-mobile-67b4627dadc41', \n                        sizes: [[320, 50], [320, 320], [320, 480]], \n                        target: 'DAP_M', \n                        minSize: 0, \n                        maxSize: 1100 \n                    }\n                )\n            <\/script>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<p>\u2013 Volvo har f\u00f6rst\u00f6rt mitt liv en tredje g\u00e5ng genom att publikt sk\u00e4mma ut med mig med fakta, konstaterade tv-profilen och tillade:<\/p>\n\n<p>\u2013 Utl\u00e4nningar kan fortfarande k\u00f6pa ordentliga Volvos, och det borde dem.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Volvo ruins my life for the third time by publicly fact-shaming me.<br><br>But I should have included \u2018for the UK\u2019 for absolutely clarity. They are only spoiling everything for British people. Foreigners can still buy proper Volvos, and should. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B2IfgnJVdS\">https:\/\/t.co\/B2IfgnJVdS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James May (@MrJamesMay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrJamesMay\/status\/1686986008384913408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>Om Volvo <\/strong>kommer att forts\u00e4tta med kombibilar och sedaner i framtiden \u00e4r just nu os\u00e4kert. Tillverkarens vd Jim Rowan har tidigare \u00f6ppet <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/nyheter\/volvo-tvekar-om-el-kombi\/\" target=\"_blank\">v\u00e4drat sin tveksamhet om att tillverka en elkombi<\/a>. F\u00f6rs\u00e4ljningssiffrorna f\u00f6r dagens S- och V-modeller, som har n\u00e5gra \u00e5r p\u00e5 nacken, krymper allteftersom \u2013 och har sedan l\u00e4nge blivit omk\u00f6rda av Volvos suvar \u00e4ven h\u00e4r i Sverige.<\/p>\n\n<p>D\u00e4remot <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/nyheter\/overraskningen-volvo-slapper-lyxig-minibuss-i-ar\/\" target=\"_blank\">har Volvo en lyxig minibuss p\u00e5 g\u00e5ng<\/a>, n\u00e5got man aldrig tidigare s\u00e5lt f\u00f6rut. Modellen baseras p\u00e5 koncernkusinen Zeekr 009 och v\u00e4ntas lanseras senare i \u00e5r.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volvo har bett om urs\u00e4kt till stj\u00e4rnan efter det dystra kombibeskedet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1021634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[577],"tags":[9],"credited-editor":[2282],"class_list":["post-1021573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nyheter","tag-kuriosa","credited-editor-wiggo-bjorck"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1021573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1021634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1021573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1021573"},{"taxonomy":"credited-editor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotorsport.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/credited-editor?post=1021573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}