Hard to believe that when Arch Brown wrote this article on the Volvo PV544 for SIA #85, February 1985, the featured car was just a couple dozen years old. For some perspective, that’d be the same as HCC writing a story about the first Ford Taurus nowadays. Then again, as Brown elaborates, the 1961 PV544 […]
Stefan Jacoby, the chief executive of Volvo Cars, was the keynote speaker today at the 2011 L.A. Auto Show. In a question-and-answer session with journalists, he was asked what Chinese ownership would mean to the company’s reputation for building safe cars. According to the New York Times, his response was, “We will not compromise on […]
The Carrozzeria Bertone-built 262C was Volvo’s international jet-setter in the late 1970s, a high-end luxury coupe that spoke to the affluent personal car market that the once-humble Swedish automaker had in its sights. This car debuted in 1978 in one color combination – Mystic Silver over black – with the highly distinctive 3-inch-lowered, vinyl-wrapped roof and full […]