Volvo P 1800
(1961 - 1973)
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The Volvo P 1800 S was built from 1961 to 1973 and can be considered a success overall. It was more Gran Turismo than sports car, but it helped to raise Volvo's image. With its appearance in the television series Simon Templar (The Saint), the car became widely known.
The name of the Volvo P 1800, which went into production in 1961, suggests that it was designed and manufactured in Sweden. In reality, the elegant two-door car with the loyal look and shapely tail fins was produced in England and equipped with electrical components from Bosch, while the body was modeled in Italy, the country of the most famous sheet metal artists. Today, in addition to the consequences of Brexit, other intra-European conflicts are also making headlines. Did this joint automotive project succeed 60 years ago? This article reproduces an original test report from the time and shows the touring coupé in numerous historical pictures and sales brochures.
Volvo presented the P 1800 sports car in 1961. Produced as an international product with contributions from Sweden, England, Germany and Italy, the sturdy Swede impressed with its suitability for everyday use, but not with its excessive sportiness, as the tester from the magazine 'hobby' found out. This report reproduces the original test report, supplemented by many historical illustrations and a sales brochure.
The sports estate version of the Volvo P1800 S is also known as Snow White's coffin. Here, however, we are talking about a coupé. But what connects this car with Snow White is a long sleep in a barn, from which the Volvo has now been awakened after almost 20 years. This report tells the story of the Volvo P1800 S, which was stored in a barn for a long time, and shows the awakening of the car in many pictures.
For just two years from 1971 to 1973, the Swedish manufacturer Volvo built the P 1800 ES, known in Germany as Snow White's coffin because of its glazed rear end. Thanks to its estate car rear, the P 1800, which had been built since 1959, matured into a versatile sports estate, but remained rare due to its high price. This report introduces the P 1800 ES, portrays an example from the last year of construction and shows the sports estate in historical photographs, supplemented by a sound sample.
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