| Volvo P1800 | |
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 1965 Volvo 1800S | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Volvo Cars |
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| Designer | Pelle Petterson |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Sports car |
| Body style |
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| Layout | Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout |
| Related | Volvo Amazon |
| Powertrain | |
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| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,450 mm (96.5 in)[1][2] |
| Length | 4,350–4,400 mm (171.3–173.2 in)[1] |
| Width | 1,700 mm (66.9 in) |
| Height | 1,280–1,285 mm (50.4–50.6 in)[3] |
| Curb weight | 1,130–1,175 kg (2,491–2,590 lb)[1] |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Volvo P1900 |
The Volvo P1800 (pronounced eighteen-hundred) is a 2+2, front-engine, rear-drive sports car manufactured and marketed by Volvo Cars between 1961 and 1973. Originally a coupé (1961–1972), it was also offered in a shooting brake configuration toward the end of its production (1972–1973).[4][5][6] Styling was by Pelle Petterson under the tutelage of Pietro Frua when Frua's studio was a subsidiary of the Italian carrozzeria Ghia,[7] and the mechanicals were derived from Volvo's Amazon/122 series.
Marketed as a touring car rather than a sports car,[8] the P1800 became widely known when driven by British actor Roger Moore in the television series The Saint, which aired from 1962 to 1969.
In 1998, an 1800S owned by Irv Gordon (1940–2018) was certified as the highest mileage private vehicle driven by the original owner in non-commercial service—having exceeded 3.25 million miles (over 5.23 million km) as of his death in 2018.[9]
- ^ a b c d World Cars 1972. L'Editrice dell'Automobile LEA/Herald Books. 1972. p. 254. ISBN 0-910714-04-5.
- ^ Cardew, Basil (1966). Daily Express Review of the 1966 Motor Show. Beaverbrook Newspapers.
- ^ Quattroruote Speciale: Tutte le Auto del Mondo 1967 (in Italian). Editoriale Domus S.p.A. February 1967. p. 846.
- ^ Viehmann, Sebastian (2 April 2011). "Volvo P1800: A Swedish fairy-tale". Motormedia.de. MV Media.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Joslin, Tom (9 January 2011). "Found Off the Street: 1973 Volvo 1800ES". Jalopnik. Gawker.com.
- ^ Fowle, Stuart (29 October 2009). "Hindsight: Looking Back on Volvo's Quirky 1800ES". Kilometer Magazine. Vortex Media Group. Archived from the original on 29 September 2014.
- ^ Swärd, Lasse (8 November 2009). "Volvo ger upprättelse åt P1800:s skapare" [Volvo provide redress to the P1800's creator]. Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
- ^ "The Volvo P1800 Was the Volvo Sports Car That Wasn't". 4 September 2013.
- ^ Preston, Benjamin (18 June 2013). "Irv Gordon Has Driven Nearly 3 Million Miles in His 1966 Volvo 1800S". Wheels (blog). The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018.