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Volvo designer pens P1800 for 50th anniversary, no chance at production
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No CommentsFiled under: Classics, Coupe, Performance, Etc., Europe, Volvo, Design/Style, Luxury It’s been 50 years since Volvo introduced the P1800, and the Swedish automaker has chosen to mark the occasion by releasing a few sketches of what a modern interpretation of the sports coupe would look like. Christopher Benjamin, chief designer... -
Volvo’s iconic P1800 turns 50 as record-holding owner passes 2.9 million miles
Posted on June 17, 2011 | No CommentsFiled under: Classics, Coupe, Volvo Irv Gordon’s 1966 Volvo P1800S – Click above for high-res image gallery Think of Volvos and you’re likely to picture a station wagon carrying kids home from soccer practice. But 50 years ago, the Swedish automaker produced one of the most curvaceous sportscars on the... -
Volvo P1800 turns 50
Posted on June 4, 2011 | No CommentsFiled under: Classics, Etc., Volvo Volvo P1800 – Click above for high-res image gallery The Volvo P1800 was always supposed to be eye candy. Despite never being intended as the highest-volume Volvo, the P1800 is still setting records in its own way. The 1800 debuted in 1961 as a way... -
Forum member bringing Volvo P1800 into the present
Posted on March 11, 2011 | No CommentsFiled under: Classics, Volvo, Design/Style Remember Mattias Vöcks’ design of a modern Volvo P1800? A member of forum Swedespeed.com sure does, and that person’s using it as the inspiration for their own custom P1800. It’s not quite finished yet, but the results so far are quite impressive. The forum member... -
Irv Gordon’s Volvo P1800 closing in on 3 million miles
Posted on September 2, 2010 | No CommentsFiled under: Classics, Etc., Volvo, Celebrities Irv Gordon and his Volvo P1800 – Click above for high-res image gallery While Irv Gordon is already retired, he’s taken to accruing miles on his already impressively well-traveled Volvo 1800 like it’s his job. It took a while to rack up the first...