Volvo P1800 NEWS
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It was the sound. The growl of the 650 horsepower, supercharged V8 engine of the Corvette Z06 as I mashed the gas pedal, sinking into the red leather seat.
Well into his eighth decade, Irvin “Irv” Gordon still owned the Volvo he had had since he was 25. He held the world record for driving the greatest distance in one ...
Irv Gordon, who bought a new Volvo P1800S in 1966 and drove it to a Guinness World Record 3.2 million miles, has died. He was 77. Advertisement - Continue ...
We try an Italian-inspired, British-built Swedish car that proves old Volvos can be sexy. Does the Volvo P1800 drive as good as it looks?
The Pick of the Day is a fully restored 1963 version of one of the best and most-reliable GTs ever built - by Andy Reid - last modified November 27, 2018.
Just about three years ago, a car pal told me he thought he saw an old 1950s or '60s derelict car sitting in the weeds on an empty lot just off Teckler Boulevard ...
Irv Gordon, a lifelong East Patchogue resident who set world records and traveled more than 3 million miles behind the wheel of his cherry-red 1966 Volvo, has ...
The car made famous by Roger Moore in The Saint is a reliable driver nearly half a century after the last one rolled off the truck.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston is best known as the first person to sail non-stop around the world, single-handedly.
Volvo's 1800ES, a weirdly stylish wagon, is a reliable vintage ride without all the hype.
It's stylish but it's tough. It's an old Volvo but it's sporty. The P1800 is almost the perfect classic – but you need to know where to look fo...
“G'morning. I'd like to have my car serviced,” said a tired and rumpled Irv Gordon to the Volvo *service* adviser. “Sir, you're not due for your first appointment until ...
Yes, let's get this out of the way early – honey-voiced, eyebrow enthusiast Roger Moore drove one of these, both as Simon Templar in The Saint and out in the ...
The sportiest Swedish car you could buy in 1971, this P1800 is used up and now resides in a Denver self-*service* wrecking yard.
It's arguably the most beautiful Volvo ever: we get up close with a fully restored British example of the Swedish star. Video Player. 00:00. 00:00. 00:00.
It started out as a motorsports contender then went on to become Volvo's in-house performance tuner. But with the debut of the Polestar 1 at this week's Geneva ...
Sir Roger Moore died a year ago today, May 23, 2017. The actor was best known for his role as a certain martini-swilling, suave secret agent, James Bond aka ...
It's been a long time since the manufacturer built a truly desirable car. Here are two that prove it can build something special.
The P1800 was a radical departure for Volvo. The conservative manufacturer of solid, well-engineered saloons took a stab at the coupe market - and did it very ...
Among the relatively small number of collectible Volvos, one stands out above the rest: the swoopy P1800 coupe from the 1960s. And now Volvo's classic - built ...
Volvo brings Roger Moore's 1800 S from The Saint TV show to Techno Classica.
Modern cars are safer, better built, more reliable, and faster than they ever have been before, and unless something major happens, next year's crop is likely to ...
Irv Gordon completed 48 lakhs Kms (3 million miles) in his Volvo P1800, this is exactly equivalent to 120 laps around the world.
Frequently featured in the television show 'The Saint' alongside its famous owner Sir Roger Moore, this 1967 Volvo P1800 S will find itself under the spotlights ...
As far as two-door wagons go, Volvo really knocked it out of the park with the 1800ES. It's a shooting brake version of the achingly pretty P1800 coupe, built with ...
On Sept. 17, while traversing Alaska's Seward Highway, Irv Gordon drove his 1966 Volvo P1800 beyond 3 million miles. It has been quite a journey for the ...
The legendary Irv Gordon has driven his '66 P1800 more than three million miles, earning it a spot in Guinness as the world's most durable car.
After a full restoration, a Volvo P1800 used in The Saint is now back to its best.
From the factory, the P1800 was all show and virtually n go. This one's a little different.
You have a problem. You want a Volvo P1800 and a C4 Corvette, but you only have enough money to buy one or the other. It's more common than you'd think.
Volvo s first successful sports car the p1800 looks a lot fancier than it actually is and the latest petrolicious video is an illustrative example of (...)
When I went to Sweden in 2014, I wanted to check out the Scandinavian style of rallycross known as folkracing, but cheap road-race machinery isn't the only ...
The Polestar 1 is a 600-horsepower hybrid grand touring coupe, and it's the first production model under Volvo's in-house electric performance arm.
As part of the media launch for the first-ever Volvo convertible in 1998, the C70, I gathered with others in the warm Arizona sun with Camelback Mountain as our ...
Lance is an adjunct instructor at City College of San Francisco and the California College of Arts. [...] sleek European sports cars always turned my head.
Kyle Long's 1966 Volvo 122S wagon would be cool enough on its own, given that he swapped in the more modern five-cylinder engine from a 1995 Volvo 850.
Volvo is so confident of its older cars general reliability and quality that it has just announced an unlimited-mileage warranty program, though it's for certified ...
Volvo is always connected to the 's' word: safe. But one time it made a car that helped break safes, chase spies and attract beautiful women.
A Long Islander's revered red Volvo — known for having racked up more than 3 million miles — is still hitting the pavement in mint condition. Irvin Gordon...
You've probably seen 100,000-mile and 200,000-mile badges on the grilles of some Volvo cars, perhaps on a 240 sedan or wagon. But we're betting you ...
The Peterborough Rotary Club is pleased to announce the second Cruz-In event of the seventh season on Sunday, June 17. The May first Cruz-In was ...
As many old cars as there are on the streets of Alameda, the imports can be hard to find. It was nice to spot this solid P1800 right in my neighborhood.
I ll be the first to admit that i m not old enough to even remember the 1960s tv show the saint. i do remember the movie with the same title starring (...)
After 4.8-million km, Irvin "Irv" Gordon is the current world record holder for the highest vehicle mileage in a non-commercial, original-owner car!
This venerable Volvo won't get off the road. Long Islander Irvin Gordon bought the P1800 in 1966 and since then has driven more than 3 million miles in...
It's been 50 years since Volvo introduced the P1800, one of the Swedish brand's most iconic cars ever.
A Volvo sports car? It really did exist and this exact car was driven by Roger Moore for the tv show, "The Saint"
After nearly 50 years of ownership, Irv Gordon's 1966 Volvo P1800 will reach three million miles today while driving on Seward Highway in Alaska.
One of history's most iconic and beautiful cars, the Volvo P1800, turns 50 this year.
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We know the Volvo can do it, but would you? Welcome to Morning Would, where we present you with some of the most desirable, controversial cars ever built ...
Planned in Sweden, designed in Italy, unveiled at the car show in Brussels, built in Britain and a huge success in the USA. The Volvo P1800 is perhaps...
For many years, Volvo estate cars have been synonymous with green wellies, Labradors and the good life. Indeed, a 145 was the choice of wheels for Jerry and ...
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. I'm back in ...
Welcome to Found Off The Street, our look at cars found on the cape that rust liked so much it decided to summer there; Cape Cod, MA. Today we have a 1973 ...
'Tis the season for retro redesigns. Last week we showed you Arturo Alonso's stunning Merc SL, and today it's the turn of Mattias Vocks to dream up a gorgeous ...
It just keeps going, and going, and going. No, it's not a battery. It's a 1966 Volvo.
The P1800 is without question one of the most beautiful Volvos to have ever rolled off the factory floor. Words like "sporty", "curvaceous"” or "iconic" aren't usually ...
CALGARY — Road racing can be a thrill a minute and might involve some spectacular incidents. After a couple of such episodes in her open-top Triumph TR6, ...
Jay Leno has a famous vintage Volvo in the garage this week with the 1967 P1800 S. It was previously owned by Roger Moore and appeared on The Saint.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the P1800, Volvo's uncharacteristically sporty coupe first produced in 1961. Surprisingly, the car, which was intended to ...
The 2019 Volvo S60 is Volvo's first model built in the U.S., while its V60 wagon counterpart will be assembled in Sweden and Belgium.
So far, the craziest Volvo concept that somehow made it into production was the 480 in 1986. Anything wilder than that was either cancelled or sent away to ...
Have you ever seen small children drift, flip and hammer dents out of a DAF 66 sedan? Have you ever seen a bunch of BMW-swapped Volvos go toe-to-toe with ...
Gothenburg is home to a collection of Volvos built around the world over the course of the car maker's nine-decade history.
It's not every day you come across, let alone read about, a car that's been driven more than one million miles. Owners that want their rides to last forever have to ...
What would a modern-day version of Volvo's classic P1800 look like?
Volvo is clearly on a roll, producing one of the best large SUVs (XC90) and now clinching the European Car of the Year title with the small XC40.
It seems the people at Polestar think so. Just look at this thing. It's the rather bright-looking future of the Volvo subsidiary. Despite words like 'hybrid' and phrases ...
Like Kim Kardashian, what really makes today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo 1800es is what's out back. In this case that's the cool all-glass hatch capping the ...
Would you believe a 95% Crack Pipe rating yesterday? That's what the $48500 '72 Chevy pickup scored in the poll, which seems like a pretty decisive verdict.
Modern cars can do over 100000 miles without pausing for breath. If you really pile on the miles, you might have 200000 or even 300000 miles on the clock.
With Volvo now under Chinese control, I wasn't sure what direction the design would take, but the new Volvo Concept Coupe is a jaw-droppingly gorgeous ...
WAYNESBORO – Bill Krzastek is an enthusiast of old television shows and cars, and years ago, he decided that he had to find out what happened to the sporty ...
This decrepit Volvo PV544 has been given new life with the addition of a massive 38.88-liter diesel V-12. Built by Swedish engineer Victor Jönsson, and detailed ...
When people think "Volvo sports car" they usually think of the iconic P1800. But there's an important model that deserves credit too.
Irv Gordon, a 73-year-old retired science teacher from Patchogue, N.Y. and owner of a red, 1966 Volvo P1800, has driven his car nearly 3000000 miles.
Lawrie Yeomans of Oatley thinks Germany's footballers have a shot at redemption sooner than expected. Just not with a round ball. "Germany is about to play a ...
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-v.
Volvo will be in attendance at the 2018 los angeles auto show except that it won t bring in any car concept or production with it. instead the swedish (...)
The Volvo P1800 was arguably the first "sporty" car the Swedish company made, and British firm Jensen had a hand in it, too. The first-generation Mazda MX5 ...
Gorgeous scenery and an equally beautiful car typify the latest video from the team at Petrolicious, as they head to Hawaii and check out a vintage Volvo.
The Fox TV series 'Gotham' livens up its otherwise grey, grim scenery with a cameo appearance by a sexy Swede from the Nixon era: a vintage Volvo P1800.
Racking up stats that would be the envy of most frequent flyer program members, Irv Gordon has become the first - and likely the last - individual to accumulate 3 ...
Most marriages don't last nearly as long as Irven Gordon's Volvo P1800 has lasted. And most couples probably don't spend as much time together as Irv has ...
On 1 September, Bonhams will present 124 collector cars at its Beaulieu sale, many of which were discovered lying dormant in barns across Europe, including a ...
The 24 Hours of LeMons has been coming to Thunderhill Raceway in Northern California since 2007, and this time we've managed to set the record for the most ...
In theory, if you put together the best of two worlds you should get one great product, but we're not really feeling it here with this Volvette. This creation dresses a ...
While on a visit to Sweden recently we visited the Volvo Museum in Gothenburg, writes Lerato Matebese.
The new Volvo S60 has been revealed at the firm's first U.S. manufacturing plant in Charleston, South Carolina – and it's not only the first American-built Volvo, ...
Irv Gordon has some advice for keeping your car running forever: Follow the factory *service* manual, replace worn or broken parts immediately and don't let ...
Want to know how Volvo rolls? Here are five facts about the Swedish company.
The Volvo P1800 sports coupe seemed to come out of nowhere. It took everyone by surprise when it arrived in 1961 because Volvo was considered a sober ...
Volvo's well-received attempt to sprinkle some P1800 magic on the new Coupe Concept that's on display at the ongoing 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, seems to ...
One clings to a bygone era in defining the sports car as a small, lightweight open two-seater with minimum creature comfort balancing a maximum of driver ...
A 1966 Volvo owned by a retired teacher will pass the 3 million mile mark this fall. Getting the most out of your vehicle is to be applauded, but sometimes a ...
The World Cup clash between England and Sweden will have millions on the edges of their seats. But what we really want to know is, which country makes the ...
We scoured the grounds to find the most exciting cars in the parking lot at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering. Read more and see photos at Car and Driver.
I'm here in Shanghai, marveling at all the bewildering makes of cars (what's the one with the starfish badge? The horse head? The one that looks like the ...
Volvo P1800 Videos
1967 Volvo P1800 from The Saint - Jay Leno's Garage
This Volvo P1800 Is A Watchmaker's Design Cue
300HP Ecotec-Swapped 1963 Volvo P1800 - One Take
Irv Gordon's 4 million mile plus Volvo P1800S
A car fit for The Saint - Volvo P1800
1970 Volvo P1800E Restoration
Volvo P1800: Classic Spy Car - XCAR
1968 Volvo P1800 body modifications
My Volvo P1800
Volvo P1800 1963 RHD for sale
Volvo P1800 Images
