Volvo just celebrated the 40th birthday of the iconic 240 series sedan/coupe/wagon, and now the Swedish automaker is getting ready for another big anniversary in its history. On September 1, 1944, the ...

Drivers of a certain age will most likely associate Volvo with its boxy wagons of the 1980s and 1990s. But its earlier cars were anything but boxy, and one that used curves to great effect was the ...

Unusual and surprising best describes the Volvo PV444, built in Gothenburg, Sweden. The car is delivered there with a 5-year guarantee, which is good even if the car is sold several times. Here in the ...

Think of the most overly-Swedish thing you can possibly think of. Iconic furniture outlet stores, Draken fighter jets, Fika parties, and those little meatballs everyone seems to think are made from ...

Safety was at the core of Swedish automaker Volvo's founding principles. Volvo started as a subsidiary of Swedish bearing manufacturer AB SKF and produced its first car, the open-top ÖV4 (nicknamed ...

A must-see for any Volvo nut or European car enthusiast, the Volvo Museum sits in an industrial park just outside the brand's hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden. Displays recount Volvo's history from its ...

Driving the Swedish automaker’s classic cars gives you newfound appreciation for Volvo’s historical approach to creating cars. The first Volvo arrived on U.S. shores in 1955, and the safety-obsessed ...

Richard Webber has been writing about his passion for travel and classic cars, among other subjects, for longer than he can remember. His wanderings have taken him everywhere from Iceland and ...

In 1958, I was selling advertising for Road & Track magazine. Once a month, I’d have lunch out in the San Fernando Valley with a very nice young woman who was advertising manager for Gene Klein, the ...

The Volvo PV444, a model that revitalized the company and became a resounding sales success in the immediate post-war years, is celebrating its 70th birthday this month. The PV444 was actually one of ...