Volvo P1800

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by nota

Yes the Ponton (Roundy) used mechanical FI which in Mercedes passenger cars dates back to the 1955 300Sc (W188)

Isn't the Gullwing (from 1954) technically the first Mercedes-Benz with fuel injection?

[nota]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

Isn't the Gullwing (from 1954) technically the first Mercedes-Benz with fuel injection?

Well I suppose you've just answered your own question haven't you?

I was attempting to ignore their sport cars via my 'passenger car' proviso. Nor can I speak for the trucks

But to be absolutely technical it seems that the first fuel injected Mercedes Benz car might be the W10 Mannheim 380 (Diesel ) of 1933

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by nota

Well I suppose you've just answered your own question haven't you?

I was attempting to ignore their sport cars via my 'passenger car' proviso. Nor can I speak for the trucks

But to be absolutely technical it seems that the first fuel injected Mercedes Benz car might be the W10 Mannheim 380 (Diesel ) of 1933

Well while the 300SL is a sportscar it is a passenger car. So it is the first petrol fuel injected Mercedes-Benz. And the first with direct fuel injection...

[LotusLocost]

I found this pic today and I had to share it with you..

[henk4]

Originally Posted by LotusLocost

I found this pic today and I had to share it with you..

nice to see the driver finding time to put his thumbs up.

[McReis]

Quite an heavy car to fly with. Nice one.

[LotusLocost]

Originally Posted by McReis

Quite an heavy car to fly with. Nice one.

The wings will keep it steady in air though

[Matra et Alpine]

Originally Posted by henk4

nice to see the driver finding time to put his thumbs up.

the nav
Crying out for a little photoshop


Great find !!!!!!!!!!

[nota]

Originally Posted by LotusLocost

The wings will keep it steady in air though

No wings needed its an aussie Volvo doing its best kangaroo impersonation



Btw I hear the P1800 was styled by Virgil Exner Jr, talented son of the famous Chrysler stylist

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by nota

No wings needed its an aussie Volvo doing its best kangaroo impersonation



Btw I hear the P1800 was styled by Virgil Exner Jr, talented son of the famous Chrysler stylist

IIRC it was a Ghia effort. Probably he was at Ghia then.

[nota]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

IIRC it was a Ghia effort. Probably he was at Ghia then.

(Exner had previously designed the successful Volvo P1800 for Ghia and was also involved in the design of the Karmann-Ghia.) The Caravelle is certainly not an American design. It follows the classic Italian designs of the late 1950s which, interestingly enough, Exner (an American) deeply influenced at the time. Exner worked on the design for the Caravelle during the latter part of 1959

Yes a consultant for Ghia, was also partly resonsible for the Fiat 2300S Coupe

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by nota

Yes a consultant for Ghia, was also partly resonsible for the Fiat 2300S Coupe

Thank you for the info, nota.

[McReis]

Originally Posted by nota

No wings needed its an aussie Volvo doing its best kangaroo impersonation

What are you talking about? The car never left the ground.

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by McReis

What are you talking about? The car never left the ground.

Safari spec or something?

[mopedman]

Originally Posted by McReis

he Swedish company was best known for solid, though sometimes unexciting, family transport. But for the 1961 model year it came up with a sexy sports coupe in hopes of altering that image while inexpensively adding to the corporate bottom line. Basic mechanicals – a sturdy 4-cylinder, twin-carb, B18B engine and 4-speed manual transmission – were borrowed from Volvo sedans in time-honored industry fashion.

The P1800 was perfectly proportioned, the detailing exquisite.

Shortly after the Volvo P1800 was launched it became Roger Moore's mount in The Saint, a famously-successful British TV series.

Moore, by the way, liked the P1800 so much that he bought one (no doubt at a huge discount) and used it as his primary transport for many years.

In 1961 Volvo launched a special version of the P1800, combining the practicality of a station wagon with the style and handling of a sports coupe. Family men with small children finally had a compromise their spouses could live with in the handsome 1800 ES. That 4-cylinder engine was by then producing 140 hp, a figure still respectable today.

The engine wasn't borrowed from a sedan,Volvo itself said its a completely new engine. Moore was given the p1800 at the same time the makers of the Saint tv show were given one. At the end of production the engine was making 130 hp.