The Volvo Amazon is one of the most solidly built and reliable old cars Volvo’s first post-war model, the PV series, became so popular that the Swedish carmaker sold more than half a million of these ...

Volvo started selling the Amazon in the United States for the 1960 model year (officially badged as the 122S over here, but mostly known by its original Swedish-market name), and sales got stronger ...

The last model year in which Americans could buy a new Volvo Amazon was 1968, and yet I still find discarded examples of these cars during my junkyard travels nearly 60 years later. Owners of Amazons ...

Is an old Volvo saloon really a proper classic car? If you are under 40 - and are untroubled by an obsession with old cars - Volvo does not make you think of beauty and sophistication. It means a big ...

Rare black 1960 Volvo Amazon 122S, a special-order classic with under 65 years of history, running well and ready for your vision—perfect for vintage car lovers and Volvo enthusiasts.

Driving the Swedish automaker’s classic cars gives you newfound appreciation for Volvo’s historical approach to creating cars. The first Volvo arrived on U.S. shores in 1955, and the safety-obsessed ...

Take one totally trashed 2013 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport. Take one, frankly rather nice, 1963 Volvo 122S Amazon. Now get some sort of mad wizard machine like in Jeff Goldblum's horrifically ...

It’s been 70 years since Volvo began selling cars in the United States. In September 1955, Volvo unveiled to the public the PV444 prototype, a maroon coupe with whitewall tires, in the Swedish ...

I saw him first as a pair of legs, dangling out from behind a white hood. He was me, or at least I dreamt I might become him: a grad student half-submerged in the engine bay of a Volvo Amazon. There ...

The first Volvo arrived on U.S. shores in 1955, and the safety-obsessed Swedish marque has since woven itself into American automotive culture’s fabric. We believe the best way to explore an automaker ...