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£20,812

1972 Volvo P1800 ES

United Kingdom • 10 Sept 2025

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1972 Volvo P1800 ES was sold for £20,812. It features a manual transmission, California White exterior, tan leather interior, and period correct alloys; it has undergone a bare metal repaint in 2024, but the vendor recommends recommissioning checks due to recent storage and a slight misfire.

Condition

6

The car has moderate wear but was subject to a bare metal repaint in 2024. The vendor also advises that the car runs well but recommends the usual recommissioning checks are carried out prior to use due to a recent period in storage and a slight misfire since consignment.

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Manual

Transmission:

2679

Chassis No:

Odometer:

72,100 miles

HTU 7K

Reg Number:

RHD/LHD:

RHD

Based on a design exercise by Pelle Peterson the Volvo P1800 sports car was unveiled at the 1960 Brussels Salon.

Powered by a 1782cc OHV four-cylinder engine (complete with five-bearing crankshaft and twin carburettors) allied to a four-speed manual gearbox, it was capable of over 100mph.

Never a major contender in the racing world, a P1800 did, however, finish second in class at the 1967 Daytona 24-hour race.

Introduced in August 1971, the 1800 ES was arguably one of the world's first 'lifestyle' estate cars (a genre now typified by the BMW 3-Series Touring).

Boasting notably greater luggage space thanks to its extended roof line and sharply raked frameless glass tailgate, the model came with a more powerful Bosch fuel-injected 1986cc OHV four-cylinder powerplant as standard.

Further benefiting from four-wheel disc brakes and the choice of either four-speed manual or three-speed automatic transmission, it remained in production until 1973 (by which time some 8,078 are thought to ...