Introduced in 1956 as a large family car, the Volvo Amazon remained in production for a whopping 14 years. Volvo offered three different body styles and sold more than 660,000 units until the ...

60 years ago, in the first week of September 1956, Volvo had presented the world with the Amazon. By Anno Domini 1970, when Amazon production had ended, the Swedish carmaker had produced 667,791 units ...

Volvo's history goes all the way back to 1927, but its reputation for building cars with understated good looks arguably didn't begin until the late 1950s, starting with the Volvo Amazon. That car ...

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 Volvo Amazon may have been best-known for safety and practicality, but it had a bit of style and luxury going on (particularly compared to its homely, farm-equipment-like predecessor, the PV544).

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 Volvo Amazon is a classic, but it’s not something that leaps to mind when one thinks, “Hot Rod.” Mattias Vöcks, a Swede in the employ of the supertuner, Koenig, has changed that forever with his ...

Amazon is ordering 20 electric trucks from Volvo as part of its electrification effort for its large delivery and supply chain fleet. Back in 2019, Amazon announced a new initiative called “The ...

Amazon.com Inc. has partnered with General Motors Co. and Volvo Cars to deliver packages to car trunks in 37 U.S. cities, as the e-commerce giant seeks new delivery methods for customers who may be ...

Volvo and Amazon Ads Brand Innovation Lab have created a four-episode docuseries. "The Family Car: An American Love Story” is directed by Chris Wilcha of Park Pictures and features actor Adam Scott.

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 ...