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  • Volvo P1800: An iconic car that may be forgotten

    Volvo P1800

    The Volvo P1800 was one of the most sought-after sports cars in the ‘60s. It is also considered as the first Volvo sports car after the Volvo P1900 went into production as a tragedy. Why we say the P1900 is a tragedy because only 68 cars produced and 5 among the 68 was prototypes, that means only 64 were sold to consumers. However, it has become a history and most of the Volvo P1900 is now either stay in museum or some classic car collector’s garage.

    Unlike the P1900, the P1800 was a huge success with more than forty thousand units sold across the world in between 1961 and 1973. Let’s talk about the car and not just the number. It is the car that makes us think is this car been forgotten by most of the people today?

    There are four types of 1800 from the year of 1961 to 1973 including the P1800 (1961 to 1963), 1800S (1963 to 1969), 1800E (1970 to 1973), and 1800ES (1972 to 1973). Well, you can forget about the 1800ES because it is a coupe station wagon and it doesn’t really spark out interest with its all-glass rear door. It is a little bit look alike with the new Honda Brio.

    What about the performance of the car? Each of the models is pretty much the same except each generation the car receive a better power from 100 hp (1800) to 108 hp (1800S) and then to 130 hp. From 0 to 100 km/h, the Volvo 1800S took 9.5 seconds which is one of the car that goes under 10 seconds in the early ‘70s. Due to this reason, the 1800S gets a little more luck to receive four-wheel disc brakes.

    What about the outlook? Without a single word, it is a piece of beauty in automobile history. The design of the car has successfully catch people’s eye wherever the car go even on the road today. The radio of the front part where the engine place and the rear is just so perfect. It also has a very nice silk roof that goes all the way down to the rear boot with a perfect angle just like a hot girls with 36, 24, 36 body. You will 100% attract by the outlook. Not to mention the car also has a little fin tail at the back which looks like Batman’s Batmobile.

    With less than fifty thousand cars sold across the day, not much of the Volvo P1800 left surviving on the planet today. This is also the reason why the price of this car is keep on increasing as one by one has gone throughout time. We hope this iconic car will not be forgotten and there should be more gathering day for the Volvo P1800 after the Viking Classic Auto Show held inFrancein 2010. Volvo, For Life.

  • Why the Volvo S60 and S80 don’t fully hit the Asian market?

    Why the Volvo S60 and S80 don’t fully hit the Asian market? Why we say so? This is a research purely done by us and it has nothing to do with Volvo or any other statistic. In fact, it is really an interesting research and may be Volvo designer can think of this when designer the new car.

    If you are living in Asia (mainly China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Bhutan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Korea, Laos, and some other Asian countries with lots of Chinese), you may notice that majority of the rich or whoever can afford a luxury car prefer to go for Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW, or some other car brand which has the similar performance and price with the Volvo S60 or Volvo S80. Why?

    The Volvo S60 or the Volvo S80 is no doubt a good executive car that fit most of the large family. The price is also reasonable after all the taxes in those countries mentioned above. The S60 was first introduced in year 2000. The performance, durability, and safety are 100% without a doubt that no one would not go for this car. However, it is the design of the rear car that has a little problem with Asian especially Chinese based on our research.

    If you notice, the rear view of first generation of the Volvo S60 (2000 to 2009 model year) and Volvo S80 are unfortunately, similar to the traditional coffin of Chinese people. With no offense, but Chinese are one of the most superstition people on the planet and they would not prefer to drive a coffin on the road. Try to look at the rear view of a Volvo S60 on the left and traditional Chinese coffin here on the right.

    We have done a research by asking some of the Asian drivers “What do you feel when you look at the back of a Volvo S60?” Most of the answer we get is “coffin”. It is mainly the tail light that makes majority Asian people think like that.

    The current second generation Volvo S80 (2006 until present) is still have the feel of Chinese coffin. As for the new generation of Volvo S60 that introduce in May 2010, it is a success. It totally changed the design and this time, we believe it will give a big hit not only to Asian market but whole world.

  • Volvo Cars

    Volvo has long been a precursor in researching car safety. Volvo cars are best for buyers who want safety cars or cars that scores at any kind of crash test.

    Volvo was founded in 1927 by Assar Gabrielsson and Gustaf Larsson. Their vision is to build a safety car that could withstand the rigors of rough roads and cold temperatures. And yes, this has featured in the first car Volvo ÖV 4 (also known as “Jakob”) that introduced in 1927 until the latest car you can find in the market today. (more…)