Wagons Ho!

Volvo Cars of North America is making its move from New Jersey to California the old-fashioned way: via wagon train. Of course, these wagons aren’t Conestogas. Volvo North America President Vic Doolan is leading a caravan of 23 V70 Cross Country station wagons, all driven by relocating employees, on a six-day trek that includes public-relations stops at select Volvo dealers along the way. The Volvistas will leave the former headquarters in Rockleigh, N.J., on Sunday and arrive at the new headquarters in Irvine--part of the North America campus for Ford’s Premier Automotive Group--on Aug. 18. A total of 160 people are moving to Irvine. About 300 will remain in New Jersey.