Volvo P1800 - a series of sports cars produced by Volvo Cars in coupe (1961-1973) and shutting break [4] (1972-1973).
| Volvo P1800 | |
|---|---|
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| Total information | |
| Manufacturer | Volvo Cars |
| Years of production | 1961 - 1973 Released 39,407 coupes and 8,077 station wagons |
| Assembly |  Volvo Cars ( Gothenburg , Sweden ) (1963-1973) Jensen Motors ( West Bromwich , UK ) (1961-1962) Torslanda, Sweden (1963–1973) |
| Class | Sport car |
| Design | |
| Body type | 2-dv. 3- door coupe station wagon |
| Layout | front-wheel, rear-wheel drive |
| Wheel formula | 4 × 2 |
| Engine | |
| Inline four-cylinder: 1778 cc B18 and 1986 cc B20B / E / F | |
| Transmission | |
| 4 speed M40 mechanical 4 speed M41 mechanical overdrive 3-speed Borg-Warner 35 automatic [1] | |
| Specifications | |
| Mass-dimensional | |
| Length | 4350-4400 mm [1] |
| Width | 1700 mm |
| Height | 1280-1285 mm [2] |
| Wheelbase | 2450 mm [1] [3] |
| Weight | 1130-1175 kg [1] |
| On the market | |
| Related | Volvo Amazon |
| Segment | S segment |
| Other | |
| Designer | Pelle Peterson |
The P1800 was a more stylish GT car than a sports one. The popularity came to him when the car was shown in the television series The Saint , which aired in the 1960s. The P1800 was styled externally as Pietro Frua , while the technical part was taken from the Volvo Amazon 122 series. The car was sold as the Volvo P1800, 1800S, 1800E, and 1800ES.
In 1998, one of the 1800S cars recorded the highest mileage among private car owners, exceeding three million miles (more than 4.8 million kilometers) [5] .
History
After the failure of the prototype of the first sports model of Volvo P1900 in 1957, the company commissioned the design of the new version to Helmer Pettersen, the author of Volvo PV444 . The first new hand-assembled car was ready by December, but disagreements with West German Volkswagen , where production was supposed (at Karmann factories), almost led to a complete halt of the project. As a result of these competitive frictions, the production of the P1800 only began in September 1960 at the facilities of the English company Jensen . The series was a success for Volvo and was produced for 13 years until 1973.
The series was produced in 4 main modifications:
- P1800 - 1960-1963
- 1800S - 1963-1970
- 1800E - 1970-1972
- 1800ES - 1972-1973
Technical Data
100 liter B18 engine with. (75 kW) was actually a shortened version of the B38 V8 from Volvo trucks of the time. Since 1966, an enhanced engine of 115 liters was put on cars. with., and in 1969 he was replaced by a new B20B with a capacity of 118 liters. with. (89 kW). The transmission was installed on the model M40 (until 1963), and later - M41. The maximum speed reached 190 km / h, and acceleration to 100 km / h took 9.5 seconds.
World Record
Since the mid-1990s, the world record for the longest registered mileage for a non-profit car has been owned by the 1966 Volvo P1800S sports coupe.
By the time the record was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records in November 1998, the car covered more than 2.5 million km (1671 thousand miles). By September 2006, this sports coupe crossed the line of 4 million km, which is 100 round-the-world travels or 5 trips to the Moon and back [7] .
In September 2013, according to a press release from Volvo Cars, this car covered 3 million miles or 4.8 million km [6] .
The record car belonged to the former school teacher Irvin Gordon ( Eng. Irvin Gordon ) from Long Island , New York , its sole owner. The car still has its own engine (after two overhauls), a radio , a chassis and a transmission . He traveled not only the United States , Canada and Mexico , but also many European countries ( Netherlands , Germany , Sweden ) [8] . By the time the owner of the car, Irwin Gordon, died on November 15, 2018, the car passed 3.2 million miles [9] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 World Cars 1972. - L'Editrice dell'Automobile LEA / Herald Books, 1972. - P. 254. - ISBN 0-910714-04-5 .
- ↑ Quattroruote Speciale: Tutte le Auto del Mondo 1967. - Editoriale Domus SpA, February 1967. - P. 846.
- ↑ Cardew, Basil. Daily Express Review of the 1966 Motor Show. - Beaverbrook Newspapers, 1966.
- ↑ Joslin, Tom Found Off the Street: 1973 Volvo P1800ES . Jalopnik . Gawker.com (January 9, 2011).
- ↑ Benjamin Preston. Irv Gordon has Driven Nearly 3 Million Miles in his 1966 Volvo 1800S . The New York Times (June 18, 2013).
- ↑ 1 2 He has done it! - Irv Gordon reaches 3 million miles in his 1966 Volvo 1800S - Volvo Car Group Global Media Newsroom
- ↑ 1966 Volvo P1800 Named 'Highest Car Mileage' Record Holder
- ↑ Irv's Volvo P1800 Rolls for 40 Years
- ↑ Volvo owner Irv Gordon, who drove 3.2M miles in his P1800, has died . msn.com . Date of treatment November 20, 2018.