SQUARE HOOT
Jan 27, 2020
4 minutes
Report: Phil White
They do things differently in Sweden, as Volvo’s stand at the 1986 Geneva Motor Show proved. It featured a compact, four-seater sporting car with pop-up headlights and a liftback body. The 480 was distinctive, combining a low stance with some of the rugged looks that Volvo had made very much its own.
In some ways it trod familiar ground for the company, echoing the sporting brake style of 1971’s P1800ES. Although more associated with hulking saloons and estates that looked as though they were built to survive a nuclear apocalypse, Volvo had also ventured into the smaller car market with its 300 series. However, the 480 was something of a revolutionary model in its own right: it
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