The Classic Motor Show which will be happening this year will see rare Volvo cars on display. This auto show will start today, November 9, and continue on until the 11th of the month. The show of rave Volvo cars is to commemorate the time that Volvo car left the Gothenburg factory located in Sweden which is eight decades ago. The show will be held at Birmingham’s NEC. There will be nine rave Volvo cars on show in NEC’s Hall 1.
The rare Volvo cars on show are so rare that some of them are just existing examples. the Swedish automaker’s goal in displaying its rare model is to introduce some of the lesser known parts of Volvo’s product history. It also wants to create awareness for its older cars that are not so much popular outside of Sweden. These are some of the automaker’s reasons for bringing these rare models out into the open, and in UK’s best classing motoring exhibition.
The Volvo PV655 Norrmalm drophead coupe 1933 is an impressive one-off. It is also being considered as one of the most beautiful models of Volvo. The Volvo Sport 1956 is a great sports car and it is equipped with is initial plastic body chassis number 1. This Volvo sports car is also referred to as P1900. Volvo’s C70 T5 convertible 2008 is the Swedish automaker’s current model with an open top. This Volvo rare car in the model range is available with different options for engines. The Volvo 445 Valbo convertible 1953 is actually one of the five survivors among the only ten rare cars originally built. This model had been built on 445 truck light chassis. Volvo 122S Amazon Coune convertible 1963 had been developed by Belgian carrossier Jacques Coune. This is also the only rolling example among the five open Amazons built by the said carrossier. Last but not the least rare car from Volvo Cars Heritage is the 480 convertible prototype 1990, a car built by Volvo Car B.V for its design and feasibility study.
On the other hand, the cars contributed for the show by Volvo Owners Club are also noteworthy. The Volvo 780 Bertone Coupe 1990 was built by Bertone in Italy. And during the second half of the years 1980’s, this was considered as one of the top-of-the-line models of Volvo. There’s also the Volvo Volvo PV36 “Carioca” 1936 and this belongs to the limited 500 models equipped with a streamlined pre-war Volvo. And as of the moment, this is the only one of its kind that is available in UK. Finally, the Volvo 1800S 1965 has received a lot of concour awards. This is one of the best 1800S that existed and it is proudto be still in regular use today.