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Volvo Archive
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![Autumn is my favorite time of year, especially here in the Pacific Northwest. This fall there was a great pumpkin harvest, and a bumper crop of old trucks. Mix […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0780.jpg "A Fall Harvest of Old Trucks (and Some Yummy Looking Volvos)")
A Fall Harvest of Old Trucks (and Some Yummy Looking Volvos)
Posted on November 12, 2024 | 12 CommentsAutumn is my favorite time of year, especially here in the Pacific Northwest. This fall there was a great pumpkin harvest, and a bumper crop of old trucks. Mix […] -
![Last week Håns and I decided to run up the (miraculously still functioning) odometer and head to Maine for the Volvo Club of America’s National Meet. Mostly this was just […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_1424.jpeg "The Volvo P1900 – A Not So Facile Volvo")
The Volvo P1900 – A Not So Facile Volvo
Posted on September 30, 2024 | 23 CommentsLast week Håns and I decided to run up the (miraculously still functioning) odometer and head to Maine for the Volvo Club of America’s National Meet. Mostly this was just […] -
![Here in New England, we savor the times of the year when weather accommodates the parking of cars on grass en-masse and having a good old fashioned lawn event car […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/DSC_0079-1.jpeg "Car Show Classics — Driving on Isabel’s Lawn, Swedish Car Day 2024")
Car Show Classics — Driving on Isabel’s Lawn, Swedish Car Day 2024
Posted on August 23, 2024 | 16 CommentsHere in New England, we savor the times of the year when weather accommodates the parking of cars on grass en-masse and having a good old fashioned lawn event car […] -
![The Volvo 240 series is certainly no stranger to Curbsiders, with 9 separate COAL entries and numerous other pieces on the site covering the model quite comprehensively. So is there […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240218_082921.jpg "CC Driving Impressions: 1988 Volvo 240GL – Brick Loving")
CC Driving Impressions: 1988 Volvo 240GL – Brick Loving
Posted on April 26, 2024 | 6 CommentsThe Volvo 240 series is certainly no stranger to Curbsiders, with 9 separate COAL entries and numerous other pieces on the site covering the model quite comprehensively. So is there […] -
![This could have been a QOTD: what post (or posts) first got you hooked on CC? I confess I cannot recall the exact one, but among the very earliest ones […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_20220223_165923_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1990 Volvo 240 GL Wagon – Going Meta-CC")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Volvo 240 GL Wagon – Going Meta-CC
Posted on February 12, 2024 | 21 CommentsThis could have been a QOTD: what post (or posts) first got you hooked on CC? I confess I cannot recall the exact one, but among the very earliest ones […] -
![“What happened to the little Sportswagon?” “Oh, no! The Sportswagon’s much too small. Besides, I got a great deal on this one.” I imagine most of you have seen the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_1966.jpeg "COAL: 2017 Volvo XC90 Inscription T6 – Family Truckster")
COAL: 2017 Volvo XC90 Inscription T6 – Family Truckster
Posted on August 26, 2023 | 28 Comments“What happened to the little Sportswagon?” “Oh, no! The Sportswagon’s much too small. Besides, I got a great deal on this one.” I imagine most of you have seen the […] -
![(first posted 8/18/2016) Although I virtually exhausted myself of everything I could possibly say regarding the Volvo 900 Series earlier this year, this 1993 Volvo 940 sitting all alone […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1993-Volvo-940-a.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1993 Volvo 940 – Dignified Luxury")
Curbside Classic: 1993 Volvo 940 – Dignified Luxury
Posted on August 18, 2022 | 41 Comments(first posted 8/18/2016) Although I virtually exhausted myself of everything I could possibly say regarding the Volvo 900 Series earlier this year, this 1993 Volvo 940 sitting all alone […] -
![Since its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_0063-1.jpeg "CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri")
CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri
Posted on June 30, 2021 | 16 CommentsSince its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […] -
![(Connor Kleck’s COAL Series picks up again from where it left off here) It was 2013, I was graduating high school and headed to college, and I was on the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/thumbnail-7.jpg "COAL: 1987 Volvo 740 GLE – Ole Blue")
COAL: 1987 Volvo 740 GLE – Ole Blue
Posted on March 14, 2020 | 20 Comments(Connor Kleck’s COAL Series picks up again from where it left off here) It was 2013, I was graduating high school and headed to college, and I was on the […] -
![In 2012 my ’07 Tahoe was burning oil faster than GM knew what to do with it, so my dad decided to trade it in. I was given task to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_7123.jpg "COAL: 2008 Volvo XC90 – How Swede It Is")
COAL: 2008 Volvo XC90 – How Swede It Is
Posted on November 22, 2019 | 26 CommentsIn 2012 my ’07 Tahoe was burning oil faster than GM knew what to do with it, so my dad decided to trade it in. I was given task to […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day – 1966 Volvo 122S Wagon
Posted on November 14, 2019 | 19 CommentsThank you to Mike Hayes -
![(first posted 4/18/2013) Volvo sports car? An oxymoron, if ever there was one. For over a decade, however, this little grand tourer managed to combine the traditional Volvo attributes of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1970VolvoP1800E01.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1970 Volvo P1800E: About Lars, Who Bought a Stylish Italian Suit and Wore it for Twelve Years")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Volvo P1800E: About Lars, Who Bought a Stylish Italian Suit and Wore it for Twelve Years
Posted on June 28, 2019 | 54 Comments(first posted 4/18/2013) Volvo sports car? An oxymoron, if ever there was one. For over a decade, however, this little grand tourer managed to combine the traditional Volvo attributes of […] -
![While Edward Snitkoff did a wonderful job of covering most of the vehicles at the Hudson Valley Auto Show recently, I got invited to the Media Day at the Denver […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_2387.jpg "Future Classics: 2019 Denver Auto Show – Sightings And Musings And Tidbits, Oh My!")
Future Classics: 2019 Denver Auto Show – Sightings And Musings And Tidbits, Oh My!
Posted on April 5, 2019 | 24 CommentsWhile Edward Snitkoff did a wonderful job of covering most of the vehicles at the Hudson Valley Auto Show recently, I got invited to the Media Day at the Denver […] -
![(First Posted Sept. 8, 2013) Above is the last picture I ever took of this car; in fact, it was taken after I turned it off for the last time […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/P1030490.jpg "COAL: 2001 Volvo V40 – The Little Swede With The Big Heart")
COAL: 2001 Volvo V40 – The Little Swede With The Big Heart
Posted on February 4, 2018 | 38 Comments(First Posted Sept. 8, 2013) Above is the last picture I ever took of this car; in fact, it was taken after I turned it off for the last time […] -
![(First posted August 18, 2013) Having always had a thing for wagons, I decided that it would be a good time to own another one. Although we already had […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Volvo1.jpg "COAL: 1990 Volvo 740 Turbo Wagon – In Sweden They Spell Panther Without An “H”")
COAL: 1990 Volvo 740 Turbo Wagon – In Sweden They Spell Panther Without An “H”
Posted on January 14, 2018 | 57 Comments(First posted August 18, 2013) Having always had a thing for wagons, I decided that it would be a good time to own another one. Although we already had […]
