The 1963 Volvo P1800 arrived at a moment when sports cars were expected to be fast, fragile and a little bit dangerous. Instead, Volvo Cars used its first stylish coupé to prove that a car could look ...

Yet the P1800 almost didn’t happen. It was designed by Pelle Petterson, whose father Helmer Petterson created the P444/544. The P1800 was a project of Pietro Frua’s studio, then a subsidiary of ...

The Volvo P1800 was styled in Italy and began life in Britain but remains the epitome of Scandinavian elegance. Here’s how to buy one Words: Paul Jackson If Sir William Lyons hadn’t turned down a ...