In the early days of the horseless carriage, if you wanted a nice car, you picked your frame/running gear and then found a coachbuilder to make the body. This was the recipe for expensive cars until the auto manufacturers decided they wanted 100% of the pie and started putting fancy bodies on their frames. Oddly […]
The Volvo 780 was a limited production (~8,500 examples built from ’86-’90) 2-door coupe version of the popular 700-series sedan (’82-’92), of which 1.4 million were produced. The unique body designed and built by Carrozzeria Bertone isn’t unpleasing to the eye, and isn’t covered with a vinyl top like the earlier 262C. Find this 1991 […]
This next feature comes courtesy of a tip from Andy L who writes: I like it, even though it reminds me of a 2-door Chevy Celebrity and a Maserati Bi-turbo. Driving up a hill. It probably performs about as well too!! Find this 1987 Volvo 780 Bertone Coupe offered here on eBay for $7,500 […]
Whenever someone mentions the name Bertone in conjunction with Volvo, I always think of those funny looking chop-top 262C coupes that always end up in junkyards or powered by domestic V8s on the way to the junkyard. Maybe it was the vinyl top, but I could never get past the odd looks far enough to […]
Reader Andy L. sent us an email a few weeks back with a tip to a clean Volvo 780 Bertone Coupe, and started off with the following line: “Dear Staff at Daily Turismo, I think I have found some Scandinavian ground that is yet unexplored by DT.” Andy is correct – somehow over the past […]