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| Volvo P1800, Traversée de Paris 2017. |
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Volvo Cars, Gothenburg, Sweden. The P1800 that was produced between 1961 to 1973 was made famous by being driven by Simon Templar (played by Roger Moore) in the TV series, The Saint. It was a 2 door front engined rear wheel drive steel bodied ports coupé. Styling was by Frua. Mechanicals were based on those of the Amazon and the engine was a 1.8 litre straight 4. The production was initially sub-contracted to Jensen in the UK but in 1963 after the first 6,000 had been produced moved to Volvo's plant's in Sweden. After production moved to Sweden the P1800 became the P1800 S, the S standing for Sweden. In 1969 electronic fuel injection was introduced and the car became the P1800E. The fastest P1800s had a top speed of a little under 120mph. 0-60mph could be done in just under 10 seconds. They were reliable Grand Touring cars and one holds the record for travelling over 3 million miles from 1966 to 2013. They were also raced on occasion, the most famous driver of one being Jochen Neerpasch who won a minor race in Germany as well as competing in the Nurburgring 1000kms of 1962. There was also some success in USA production sports car races and they took part in the Daytona 24 hours and Sebring 12 hours.
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