This next car is a real international traveler. No…not the Scout…I’m talking about a car that was born in the mind of a Swede named Jan Wilsgaard and assembled in a factory by Italians at Gruppo Bertone in Turin, Italy with an engine made in France (the PRV6)…and it is now being offered for sale on […]
Leather. Wood. Chrome. Black Vinyl Top. Volvo. Are these words that go together? Someone thought so in the late ’70s, strongly enough to create the Swedo-Italian personal luxury car that only true Volvo nuts and weird car fetishists could love. Find this 1978 Volvo 262C Bertone for sale in Portland, OR for $3,500 via the […]
The Volvo 262C Bertone was a multinational affair long before the world became as hyper-globalized as it is today. The coupe variant of Volvo’s 200-series that featured a chop-top vinyl covered greenhouse designed by a Swede, assembly at the Bertone factory in Turin, Italy, and with an engine from France. It was one of the […]
The Super Bowl has been about extravagance in recent decades. Take the numbers for instance — no plebeian Arabic numbers, and instead the Super Bowl is designated with big BOLD Roman numerals, just like the football games back in ancient Rome played to the death in the Colosseum. Big BOLD commercials where advertisers spend millions […]
The Volvo 262C Bertone was a variant of Volvo’s 200-series that featured a chop-top vinyl covered greenhouse and assembly at the Bertone factory in Turin, Italy. It all sound great until you realize that it was powered by a French V6 — except for this one today. Find this 1980 Volvo 262C Bertone V8 Custom […]
Volvo 262C var det ultimata exemplet på bakåt teknik – om konstruktionen skapades av i hus Volvos designers, som sedan kontrakte med Turin baserat Bertone att bygga organ av pre-rostig italienska plåt. Stranger fortfarande var tjock C-stolpen chop-top stil tak som täcktes i vinyl – förvisso Akvavit flyter i styrelserummet som godkänt 262C. Här hittar […]
The Volvo 262C was not, as one might think, designed by Bertone and built by Volvo. No, this Swedetalian was drawn up in-house by Volvo designers, who then contracted with Turin based Gruppo Bertone to build the bodies out of rust-magnet Italian steel. It was an odd choice, just like the thick C-pillar chop-top styling […]
Imagine that you are a well-to-do Seattle-ite with a decent haul of cash in your pocket and you want a car. Of course you aren’t going to buy something ‘Merican because they are uncouth, Japanese are just too common, and German cars are overpriced, so you head to your nearest Volvo dealer and start to […]