£20,812
1972 Volvo P1800 ES
H&H Auctioneers • UK • 10 Sept 2025
Market Position:
Highest 30% of Past Sales
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£20,812
1972 Volvo P1800 ES
UK • 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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72,100 miles
2679
RHD
United Kingdom
Manual
HTU 7K
1972
Auction
£20,812
1972 Volvo P1800 ES
H&H Auctioneers • UK • 10 Sept 2025
Market Position:
Highest 30% of Past Sales
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Description
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 ...
Price Analysis vs Other P1800 ESs
£1,550
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£15,660
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£58,970
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