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The three concept cars that Volvo presented during the last 9 months were last week for the first time on display in Sweden. Upplands Motor, my Volvo dealer, celebrated their 50-years anniversary with these models in their showroom on May 17 and 18. For me the possibility to take a look (and make a little […]

1985 FIA Formula One Round 11 – Dutch Grand Prix Zandvoort, 23-25 August, 1985 With Lauda having announced his retirement at the preceding Austrian Grand Prix, Zandvoort was buzzing with speculation about the driver market. (Report by Tom Prankerd & photography by Guido Fijen) Rosberg had already signed up for the McLaren seat, while Williams […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 144 Glöstorpskyrkan is a church building in Glöstorp in northern Hisingen in Göteborg. It is the parish church in Tuve-Sävedalens parish. The curch is located at Tuve Torg. The church with a parish hall was built in 1976 according to plans by architect Voldemārs Vasilis. On September 5, 1976 the church […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 151 Ørestad Boulevard is a central street in Ørestad area in Copenhagen, Denmark. Ørestad is a developing city area in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the island of Amager. It is expected that 20,000 people will live in Ørestad, 20,000 will study, and 80,000 people will be employed in the area. The […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 142 Lindstedtsvägen in Stockholm is a street at the Kungliga Tekniska högskolan (KTH) campus in Stockholm. The Volvo in the photo is the famous ‘Nordbergscabben’, a one off convertible on a 445-chassis built by Gustaf Nordbergs Vagnfabrik in Stockholm. The convertible was built on one of the first 500 445-chassis according […]

Marcus Ericsson (born 2 September 1990) is an active Formula One driver, participating in Formula One in 2015 for Sauber F1 after his debute in 2014 for Caterham F1. After a successful début in car racing in 2007 which saw him take the British Formula BMW title with Fortec Motorsport, he moved up into the […]

Stefan (Nils Edwin) Johansson (born 8 September 1956 in Växjö) participated in Formula One between 1980 and 1991. He drove in Formula One for Shadow, Spirit, Tyrrell, Toleman, Ferrari, McLaren, Onyx, AGS and Footwork. Having got himself into several front-running F1 cars, the likeable Johansson never quite managed to make the most of his opportunities. […]

Slim Borgudd (born November 25, 1946) participated in Formula One in 1981 and 1982.He raced for the ATS and Tyrrell teams. Once the drummer with Swedish pop band ABBA, Tommy ‘Slim’ Borgudd only began to race seriously when he was in his thirties, but that didn’t stop him impressing in both the Swedish and European […]

Conny Andersson (born 28 December 1939 in Alingsås, Sweden) participated in Formula One during 1976 and 1977 for the Surtees and BRM teams. The Stockholm racer must have thought he’d never get an F1 chance after spending seven years in Formula Three, but finally, after being pipped to the European title by a young Riccardo […]

Gunnar Nilsson (20 November 1948 (Helsingborg) – 20 October 1978) entered 32 Formula One Grand Prix races, qualifying for all of them. He won once, at the 1977 Belgian Grand Prix. He participated in Formula One during 1976 and 1977 for John Player Team Lotus. Gregarious Gunnar was a relative latecomer to motor racing, but […]