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Remember my collection with Historic Volvo Photography Locations based on known and unknown classic Volvo advertisements and news photo’s? In 2007, Volvo’s advertisements agency Forsman & Bodenfors created a campaign where the reused some of these photos and shot new cars on the same location. Photography by Henrik Halvarsson. Have a look: The locations where […]

Will Volvo introduce a successor to the famous 850 racing? The Volvo V60 Racing will be based on the V60 wagon, sporting livery that pays tribute to the classic 850 model race cars that competed in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) back in the 1990s. The Volvo 850 Racing team came to be back […]

Last update: 2018-12-17 @ 19:47 hrs Edition Atlas has released 90 models in the Volvo Collection! Between februari 2012 and december 2018 I subscribed to the Volvo Collection by Editions Atlas. All models are in scale 1:43 and they give good value for money. Quality is not as good as the official models available at […]

Unkown Volvo Photo Locations To complete the collection of Volvo Photo Locations, I am looking for the locations where the following photos on this page between 1927 and 1977 and on the next page between 1978 and today, were made. Please comment under this or that page or use my contact form or at Instagram. […]

Remember my posting on the new color offered on Volvo R-Design 2013 models for S60, V60, V70 and in some countries C30, Rebel Blå or Rebel Blue. The first images are now available of the real cars in this fantastic new Polestar color.

The Red white Volvo Duett is such a classic Volvo icon. I received this model some time ago from the Atlas Collection. At the Upplandsrundan last week, a red white duett was there aswell. Great to see the similarities and differences between the original and the scale model. The early models from 1949 where called […]

Today was Swedish national day; so time to visit the Upplandsrundan 2012 which took place north of Åkersberga at Domaruddens friluftsgård near Drängsjön. Excellent organized by Upplands Fordonshistoriker. Some pictures from today: More information about the Upplandsrundan and Upplands Fordonshistoriker at www.upplandsfordonshistoriker.se More pictures in my gallery.

Today, the press launch of the 2012 TTA Racing Elite League series was at Volvo Showroom in Stockholm. After work, I went by the find out if I could see a glimpse of it. Unfortunately, all was already over. But, behind the showroom, they we’re loading the cars back in their trucks and trailers. Some […]

The latest color on new Volvo R-Design is Polestar Blue or Rebel Blå. What a great color! “It’s cool, but they’ll never build it.” That’s what we thought when the Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype debuted last year in Gothenburg; if you’re a Volvo fan, we know you thought the same thing. But here […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 78 On 14 April 1927, the first series-produced Volvo car leaves Lundby Göteborg factory. 85 years later, the Volvo Group is one of the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles and Volvo Cars approaches the 500 000 sold cars per year. It was ten o’clock on the morning of 14 april […]