Volvo P1800

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Volvo P1800 (1961-1963)
Volvo P1800 (1961-1963)
P1800
Sales designation: P1800
Production period: 1961-1972
Class : Sports car
Body versions : Coupe
Engines:
Gasoline engines : 1.8–2.0 liters
(66–91 kW)
Length: 4350 mm
Width: 1700 mm
Height: 1280 mm
Wheelbase : 2450 mm
Empty weight : 1130 kg
Previous model P1900
successor P1800 ES

The Volvo P1800 is a passenger car model from the Swedish car manufacturer Volvo and, after the P1900, represents Volvo's second attempt to enter the sports car market.

description

The shape of the P1800 was designed in 1957 by Pelle Petterson , then an employee at Pietro Frua in Italy. The first model was assembled in Great Britain at Jensen Motors in West Bromwich from 1961 to 1963 . The bodies were delivered by rail from the Pressed Steel Company 's Linwood plant . This version was equipped with a 1.8-liter carburettor engine with 66 kW (90 hp) (4-cylinder in-line engine).

Due to quality problems with assembly and painting, Volvo ended the collaboration with Jensen in 1963; production was relocated to Sweden at Volvo's main plant in Lundby near Gothenburg . An S for Sweden has been added to the model designation 1800 . At the same time, the output was increased to 71 kW (96 PS). Pressed Steel continued to manufacture the bodies until 1969, when the press tools were transported to Sweden and Volvo manufactured the sheet metal parts itself at the Olofström plant .

In 1968 the 1800 S got a completely new engine with a displacement of two liters and 77 kW (105 hp). A year later it was replaced by the 1800 E, which for the first time had an injection system ( D-Jetronic ) and achieved an output of 91 kW (124 hp) with otherwise the same engine.

The Volvo 1800 became well known as Roger Moore's “company vehicle” in 118 episodes of the Simon Templar television series from 1962 to 1969.

In the period from autumn 1961 to spring 1972, 39,407 examples of the coupé were built with various engines. Some copies were made at DiVolvo in Chile.

  • Rear view

  • Volvo P1800 S (1963-1969)

  • Volvo P1800 E (1969-1972)

  • Engine compartment of a P1800 from 1969

  • Instruments

  • Original vehicle from the Simon Templar television series

P1800 ES

In August 1971 the Volvo P1800 ES was presented, a station wagon coupé based on the technical basis of the 1800 E.

Despite the high price, the vehicle, also known as the “Snow White's coffin”, was a sales success in the USA, while demand in Europe remained limited.

Since new safety regulations came into force in the USA for 1974, which stipulated, among other things, large bumpers at a certain height, Volvo decided to stop production of the 1800 ES in autumn 1973. The changes necessary to comply with the regulations would have been too extensive. After this decision was published, demand for the 1800 ES increased - especially in the USA - so that the entire remaining production was sold out within a few weeks.

  • Volvo P1800 ES (1971-1973)

  • Rear view with the tailgate open

  • Rear view with the tailgate closed

Technical specifications

model P1800 1800S 1800S 1800E
Construction year 1961-1963 1963-1968 1968-1969 1969-1972
Displacement 1780 cc 1780 cc 1986 cc 1986 cc
power 66 kW (90 PS) 71 kW (96 PS) 77 kW (105 PS) 91 kW (124 hp)
V max 170 km / h 175 km / h 180 km / h 190 km / h
  • Transmission: four forward gears with overdrive , initially optional, since 1963 standard
  • Mixture preparation: until 1969 two equal pressure carburettors SU HS6; in model year 1969 for the USA, Canada and some European markets also two Zenith- Stromberg 175 CD-2 SE constant pressure flat-flow carburetors ; from August 1969 Bosch D-Jetronic injection system
  • Battery: 12 volts, 60 Ah

Kilometers (/ miles) record

An 1800 S holds the kilometer record for cars with more than three million miles (4.8 million kilometers; as of September 18, 2013). The vehicle was newly registered in the USA in July 1966, has not yet had any exceptional repairs to the original engine, transmission and axles and was driven daily by its first owner Irv Gordon until his death in November 2018. At this point in time, the vehicle had 3,260,257 miles (approx. 5.2 million km) on the clock.

Trivia

Picture gallery

  • Front opening bonnet

  • Instrument panel of a P1800

  • Oldtimer Fastback And Rear Lamp (158700099) .jpeg

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ autos.yahoo.com (English) accessed on September 21, 2011
  2. ↑ spiegel.de, accessed on July 11, 2012
  3. ↑ spiegel.de, accessed on September 19, 2013
  4. ↑ Irv Gordon 3 Million Mile 1966 Volvo P1800s. Retrieved October 1, 2019 .
  5. ↑ http://www.autonews.com/article/20151109/RETAIL03/311099952/volvo-p1800-makes-a-cameo-in-spy-drama
  6. ↑ https://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/games/fh3/cars/volvo

Web links

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