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15 December, 2022
Cairns Cars Group’s latest Volvo addition
CAIRNS Cars is set to be an even more prominent fixture on Mulgrave Road with the opening of Volvo Cars Cairns showroom at the dealership.
The impressive showroom on the corner of Mulgrave Road and Lyons Street is situated alongside the Audi showroom. Built by local commercial building firm Collins Construction, the showroom opened to the public on Wednesday, December 7.
Volvo Cars Cairns will be a prominent feature of the Mulgrave Road car dealership strip. Alan Ren, Dealer Principal at Cairns Cars Auto Group, believes Volvo offers something very different for the Cairns market.
“Volvo is truly passionate about sustainability and shows it with its actions. They have just committed to being a fully electric brand by 2026 in Australia. Our industry tends to be reactive, so it is great to see a brand that is being proactive,” Mr Ren said.
Volvo is committed to the environment, and they have key metrics throughout the business to ensure this is adopted throughout the brand.
From paperless showrooms to recycled materials and moving away from leather interiors, which is on par with trends as the design world moves towards Conscious Design.
Volvo also supports animal welfare by contributing to a reduced demand for leather.
“Finding products and materials that support animal welfare will be challenging, but that is no reason to avoid this important issue,” said Stuart Templar, one of Volvo’s sustainability experts.
“This is a journey worth taking,” he said.
By 2025 Volvo aims for 25 per cent of the material in new Volvo cars to consist of recycled and bio-based content as part of their ambition to be a fully circular business by 2040. They also aim for all immediate suppliers, including material suppliers, to use 100 per cent renewable energy by 2025.
Volvo is committed to outdoing its competitors and being the first to reach a true climateneutral position.
“Volvo aims to make cars that are not just sustainable but cars with exceptional design, functionality and safety; they believe that you can have it all,” Mr Ren said.
“As well as building a dealership in Cairns which has many fixtures and fittings that were made with recycled materials, they’re putting them in their vehicles too – and last year they recycled 100 per cent of the wasted metal from car production.”
With the addition of Volvo, Cairns Cars now have a massive range of vehicle brands available – offering something for anyone in the market for a new car. “We have made a commitment to continue our investment in Cairns and provide our customers with products that meets their needs,’ Mr Ren said.
“We are a locally-owned family business that thrives on our values of trust, being genuine and doing what we say, which perfectly aligns with the Volvo brand. “We are extremely excited to welcome Volvo to the Cairns Cars family.”
At Cairns Cars, it’s all full speed ahead.
Volvo Cars Cairns is now open to the public; for more information, visit https://www.cairnscars.com/
