An abundant Volvo meal was served on September 28 and 29, 2024, at the Autotron event center in the Netherlands. Most of the ingredients will speak for themselves. Smaklig måltid!
And that was the last dish. The next Volvo banquet will take place on September 20 and 21, 2025. Same buffet restaurant.
Related article, featuring the model groupings:
Quite the rich offerings. I’ll take the Duett as my main course with some sides of 122 and that 262 coupe as desert.
Some cool old estate cars (station Wagons), I love them
As a Certified Volvo Nut™, I was deeply ensconced in the Volvo community for about 15 years. I found most of the other folks involved to be some of the most open-minded and welcoming people, above any other single-marque groups.
Sure, there was a minuscule handful of purists who derided anything that wasn’t factory stock, but the vast majority of people welcomed and appreciated all varieties of modifications. It was an amazing community to be a part of.
In true CC Effect fashion, I saw a green 122S wagon this morning, chugging along on the road with no smoke and just a hint of B18 tappet noise. I also saw a rare (hereabouts) 145 wagon driving yesterday. And our local population of road-worthy 544’s seems to be up to three, or at least I’ve seen three on the road in town, in the past month.
For me, the Corona rims are the best-looking Volvo wheels ever. I’d love to have them on my 850 wagon. Unfortunately, not a good fit for this car mechanically.
I’d take the yellow 240. I’ve always had a preference for yellow cars. And if it’s also a Volvo…
Owned by a Belgian visitor (see plate) and the grille frame says it’s powered by a 2.4 liter, inline-six VW diesel.
Let me counter this: This grille wasn’t typical for the diesel engines. It was used on all 240 models in continental markets (i.e., not Scandinavia) from model years 1983 to 1985. Then, in the 1985 model year, it was also used on the Nordic markets.
The diesel models also had different rear emblems (okay, that’s easily interchangeable). Depending on market and model year, they were either badged “GL D6” or simply “DIESEL.”
I think we’re dealing with a carl from MY ’83, which could have either a gasoline or a diesel engine.
Why MY 1983? The small turn signals in the fenders, which were installed from MY 1984 onwards, are missing. Instead, the Volvo logo appears
Thanks, another thing learned! I always thought these grilles were strictly diesel (giving a little bit of extra room for the inline-six).
I’d submit that I’m even more certified than Evan, having bought our first family car, a ’67 122s 2 dr with 38k miles in Dec of 1970, a car we drove daily for 10 yrs and only stopped by a severe accident that totaled it. Then owning 6 more Volvos, the newest an ’87, up until 2012… so 42 years worth. Still, I can’t ID many of the models shown here that were never sold in the good ol’ US of A. Lots of variety.
I guess the ones you can’t ID are the smaller ones, with Dutch origins. The green Volvo 66 (formerly known as the DAF 66), the 300-series (that hatchback and the two sedans) and the ‘sporty’ 480 hatchbacks (Volvo’s first FWD model).
Grat collection. I attach a photo of a Volvo Carioca from 1935.