Classic Volvo Cars for Sale
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Volvo, Sweden's premier automaker since 1927, built a reputation for safety, durability, and longevity. Classic Volvos like the P1800, Amazon, and 240 are known to run for hundreds of thousands of miles.
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1963 Volvo 262 Bertone
$16,995
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1972 Volvo 1800E
$45,895
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1968 Volvo L3314
$19,495
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1962 Volvo P1800
$7,995
$11,495
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1964 Volvo 262 Bertone
$22,895
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1998 Volvo 262 Bertone
$7,995
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1978 Volvo Bertone
$9,995
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1971 Volvo P1800
$30,995
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1991 Volvo 240
$7,995
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1972 Volvo 1800ES
$26,495
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1966 Volvo 122S
$31,995
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1959 Volvo PV544
$28,895
United States
1966 Volvo 122S
$22,995
$23,995
United States
1966 Volvo 122S
$17,995
$19,995
Frequently Asked Questions about Classic Volvo
Volvo was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, by Assar Gabrielsson and Gustaf Larson, who had both worked for the Swedish ball-bearing maker SKF. SKF financed the project and Volvo began as its subsidiary. The company dates its start to April 14, 1927, when the first production car, the ÖV4, left the factory on the island of Hisingen in Gothenburg. Volvo became independent of SKF in 1935.
Volvo is Latin for "I roll," from the verb volvere. SKF registered the name as a trademark in 1915 for a line of ball bearings aimed at the car industry, then shelved it. When SKF agreed in 1926 to back the car project of Assar Gabrielsson and Gustaf Larson, it revived the dormant Volvo company, and the company's name also became the name of the cars.
Volvo Cars was part of the Swedish Volvo group, AB Volvo, until 1999, when the car business was sold to Ford Motor Company. Ford in turn sold Volvo Cars to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group of China, in a deal signed in March 2010 and completed on August 2, 2010. AB Volvo continued separately as a maker of trucks, buses and construction equipment, so Volvo cars built before 1999 all date from the AB Volvo era.
Yes, the modern three-point seat belt was developed at Volvo by engineer Nils Bohlin, who had worked on ejection seats at the aircraft maker Saab before Volvo hired him in 1958. Volvo introduced the belt in 1959, fitting it as standard in the front seats of the Amazon and the PV544 sold in the Nordic markets. Volvo let other carmakers use the design free of charge, and Bohlin received U.S. patent 3,043,625 for it in 1962.
Volvo began selling cars in the United States in 1955, when a first trial shipment of PV444 models arrived in Los Angeles. The PV444 had been unveiled at an exhibition in Stockholm's Royal Tennis Hall in September 1944 and stayed in production until 1958, when the PV544 replaced it.
Classic Volvos were built mainly in Gothenburg, Sweden, first at the Lundby plant on the island of Hisingen and then at the Torslanda plant, which opened in 1964. Volvo also opened an assembly plant at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in 1963, where cars were put together from kits that arrived by ship, and a plant in Ghent, Belgium, started operations in 1965. The early P1800 and the 262C were exceptions, assembled in England and Italy.
The first Volvo P1800 coupes were assembled in England by Jensen Motors at West Bromwich, using body shells from Pressed Steel in Linwood, Scotland. After about 6,000 cars, Volvo moved assembly to its Lundby plant in Gothenburg in 1963 and renamed the car the 1800S. The fuel-injected 1800E followed, and the 1800ES sport wagon was built for the 1972 and 1973 model years. Production ended in 1973.
The Volvo 262C was assembled by the Italian coachbuilder Bertone in Turin, to a design by Volvo's own chief designer, Jan Wilsgaard. Volvo considered the low-volume coupe a poor fit for its Gothenburg plant, so it sent kits to Italy, where the bodies were given a lower roof, painted and finished. The 262C used the V6 engine developed with Peugeot and Renault. In total, 6,622 were built between 1977 and 1981.
The 14 Volvo listings on Classic Cars Arena right now are priced from $7,995 to $45,895, with a median asking price of $21,195. These are the prices sellers are asking today, not sale prices, and the figures change as cars are listed and sold.
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Classic Volvo: Swedish Engineering Built to Last
Volvo, founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1927, has earned a global reputation for building some of the safest and most durable cars on the road. Classic Volvos are renowned for extraordinary longevity, with many examples exceeding 300,000 miles.
Most Popular Classic Volvo Models
The P1800 and P1800ES, made famous by Roger Moore in "The Saint," are stunning grand tourers. The Amazon (120/130 series) is a beautifully proportioned sedan and wagon. The 140 and 240 series defined Volvo's boxy, safe, and virtually indestructible design philosophy that has become iconic in its own right.