Volvo · 1961–1973
Volvo P1800
The Volvo P1800 (pronounced eighteen-hundred) is a 2+2, front-engine, rear-drive sports car manufactured and marketed by Volvo Cars between 1961 and 1973. Originally a coupé (1961–1972), it was also offered in a shooting brake configuration toward the end of its production (1972–1973). Styling was by Pelle Petterson under the tutelage of Pietro Frua when Frua's studio was a subsidiary of the Italian Carrozzeria Ghia, and the mechanicals were derived from Volvo's Amazon/122 series. Marketed as a touring car rather than a sports car, the P1800 became widely known when driven by British actor Roger Moore in the television series The Saint, which aired from 1962 to 1969. In 1998, an 1800S owned by Irv Gordon (1940–2018) was certified as the highest mileage private vehicle driven by the original owner in non-commercial service—having exceeded 3.25 million miles (over 5.23 million km) as of his death in 2018.
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UK vehicles on the road
143 licensed and 63 SORN (206 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 150 |
| 2015 | 160 |
| 2016 | 163 |
| 2017 | 174 |
| 2018 | 180 |
| 2019 | 181 |
| 2020 | 188 |
| 2021 | 192 |
| 2022 | 195 |
| 2023 | 202 |
| 2024 | 199 |
| 2025 | 206 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q580424CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_P1800CC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1376528229 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.