CULTURE

CULTURE Custom Cars MEDIA Photos 

514HP Volvo 244 DL JA-Custom Edition

04/03/201904/03/2019 Volvo Jo 0 Comments 240, 244, build photos, custom, custom cars, custom volvo, project car, video, volvo, volvo 240, volvo 244, volvo 244dl

There have been a few iconic Volvo car models over the years, but the two that probably stand out most

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CULTURE Custom Cars MEDIA Photos READER RIDES 

Mr. Brown’s Volvo 240 is Ghetto Fabulous

04/02/201904/02/2019 Volvo Jo 0 Comments 240, 240 wagon, custom, custom cars, custom volvo, stance, turbo brick, volvo, volvo 240, volvo wagon

I don’t know Mr. Brown, but I know his 1991 Volvo 240 wagon, “Ghettofab”. Heck– you might know it, too,

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Classic Cars CULTURE History RACING 

Meet the Original Flying Brick: ETCC Volvo 240 #1

01/28/201901/27/2019 Volvo Jo 0 Comments 240, etcc, flying brick, photo gallery, restoration, touring car, volvo, volvo 240, volvo 242

Fresh from its restoration by Warren Heath Engineering, this 1985 Volvo 240 can rightly be called the original “Flying Brick”.

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CULTURE OFFBEAT Safety TECHNOLOGY 

Yes, the Volvo Moose Strike Test is Real

08/07/201808/07/2018 Volvo Jo 0 Comments car and driver, city safety, crash, crash test, large animal detection, moose, moose test, mooses, safety, video, volvo

Moose (Meese?) aren’t the only large animals out there, but they’re the biggest things the Swedes are likely to find

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Classic Cars CULTURE History OTHER SWEDES Saab 

Classic Iron: Saab 900 Turbo

08/02/201808/02/2018 Volvo Jo 0 Comments 900, 900 turbo, classic car, classic saab, convertible, history, saab, saab 900, saab turbo, turbo

Launched in 1978 as a replacement for the Saab 99, the Saab 900 was longer, wider, and heavier than its

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Art Projects CULTURE MEDIA Video 

Epic Fan-made Volvo Commercial for ’94 940GL

07/31/201807/31/2018 Volvo Jo 0 Comments ad, ads, commercial, fan made, video, volvo, volvo commercial

If you didn’t get to see them for yourself, trust me: the Volvo ads of the 1970s and 80s were

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Classic Cars CULTURE Custom Cars History 

Found! Iron City Rainbow Gasser by Anthony Santercangelo

07/30/201807/30/2018 Volvo Jo 0 Comments anthony santercangelo, custom cars, gasser, goodguys, goodguys nationals, hot rod, hot rod volvo, iron city rods and customs, pa, philly, rainbow, skittles, volvo, volvo amazon

A few weeks ago, I published a few pictures I’d found online of the wild, rainbow-colored Volvo Amazon gasser you

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Classic Cars CULTURE Custom Cars History RACING 

Video: 800 HP 2JZ Powered Volvo PV Drift Car

07/28/201807/28/2018 Volvo Jo 0 Comments 2jz, because race car, cars for sale, drift, drift car, engine swap, for sale, pv, race car, stig, supra engine, toyota supra, video, volvo, volvo pv, volvo pv544

There’s nothing you can say that will appeal to all the different niche genres of car enthusiasts– the drifters, the

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CULTURE History Past Concepts POLESTAR 

The Original S60 Polestar Concept Was Wilder Than You Remember

07/25/201807/25/2018 Volvo Jo 0 Comments concept, concept car, custom volvo, cyan, manual transmission, polestar, rebel blue, s60 polestar, volvo, volvo s60 polestar

When you look at a car like the Polestar 1, it’s easy to look at the numbers and be impressed.

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