Volvo

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Important and innovative Swedish manufacturer of cars and trucks (though the car division has been part of Ford's Premier Automotive Group since 1999). Probably its best known models are the Amazon (aka 120 series), the P1800 (as used in the TV series The Saint) and the 140-series, the first of the boxy models which for many years almost became a trademark of the marque. The company was founded in August 1924 when engineer Gustaf Larson and Assar Gabrielsson, Sales Manager of the Swedish engineering company SKF, met and agreed to begin work on developing and "large-scale" manufacturing of a Swedish car.... read more

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Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar AB, is a Swedish luxury automobile maker founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. It is currently owned by American Ford Motor Company.The name Volvo, derived from the Latin for "I roll," was thought to be a good trademark for a ball...read more

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redranch's 1968 Volvo Amazon 220 (station-wagon)

This 1969 Amazon Estate has been added to the evergrowing growing car collection, I needed someth...
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pauldstein's 1964 Volvo Amazon 122S

Volvo 122S, 1964 model
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twinbeech's 1963 Volvo Amazon 122S

1963 Volvo 'Amazon' 122S Stock Original
volvo V40 accident crash
volvo V40 accident crash
 

English: A TV crew going back home to Warsaw (road 801) in a Volvo V40, near the town of Dziecinów, was blocked by a.... Rating 4.89

Volvo 740 2.3ccm 16V Turbo 530hp 700+Nm
Volvo 740 2.3ccm 16V Turbo 530hp 700+Nm
 

this car have more than 1,5t. that is 3700lbs 5speed Getrag and 80% lock LSD from KAAZ you see I have fun. Rating 4.84

TOP GEAR cheap cars part3
TOP GEAR cheap cars part3
 

Last part! =(. Rating 4.84

Volvo snowrace
Volvo snowrace
 

From http://www.autoblog.nl/archive/2005/12/13/oldskool_volvo_sneeuwdriften Volvo in the snow!. Rating 4.79