Volvo revives legendary P1800
Volvo revives legendary P1800 Official sketches show car with modern take on the original P1800′s long bonnet and rounded grille
Volvo design director Christopher Benjamin has marked the 50th birthday of the firm’s iconic P1800 by producing images of what a modern version could look like.
The sketches show the same rounded grille, elongated bonnet and sweeping outline that made the P1800 so distinctive. And Benjamin has also managed to integrate Volvo’s current design language into the drawings.
Originally penned by Pelle Petterson for Italian designer Pietro Frau, the P1800 very nearly never made it into production. Fortunately for Petterson, Volvo snapped up the design after seeing it at a motor show in Brussels in 1960, and commissioned British-based Jensen Motors to build the first P1800 soon after. It was manufactured until 1973.
Volvo told us that this was purely a design exercise, but elements of the sketches are set to grace future concepts.Â
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