If you still definitely remember the fascinating television series 'The Saint' starred by Roger Moore as Simon Templar plays, hopefully you also extremely remember the hero's exotic ride was the Volvo P1800. Indeed, Roger Moore's awesome vehicles like that and he has impressive one.
Initially the Swedish-made amazing car is not the first choice as a fascinating vehicle of 'The Saint' Simon Templar. Film producers initially appointed Jaguar E-Type, but was refused because the admirable car was good and it did not need publicity. it was finally signed with Volvo P1800 model and become known worldwide.
This awesome vehicle was first presented at the Brussels Motor Show 1960 Belgium. The first production was performed in 1961. It was nearly 46,000 units in a variety of variant versions produced until production ended in 1973.
Perhaps the second most famous person as a driver P1800 after 'The Saint' is the loyal American citizen named Irv Gordon who drove the Sweden coupe for 45 years. He rode up to reach more than 4.5 million miles without replacing the engine, transmission and axles. This confirms that the unique vehicle has a durability and exceptional quality.
To commemorate 50 years of celebration P1800, Volvo will participate in the exhibition TechnoClassica show in Essen which was held from 30 March to 3 April 2011 with six models featuring special: X1 (first prototype), then in 1961 the first model in the raft in the UK, P1800S Rally 1963, P1800S Volvoville 1966 (convertible model made in USA) P1800E P1800ES 1971 and 1971.
