Volvotips

In February 2010 my girlfriend and I were on a roadtrip in Denmark and Sweden. Of course we visited the Volvo Museum in Arendal (near Gothenburg, Sweden). Here are some pictures I took there, unfortunately not all pictures are really good but you’ve got a nice impression of the museum. If you’re in Sweden you really should visit the Volvo Museum, it’s really nice and there is also a nice merchandise-shop which isn’t expensive (the books and goodies are pretty cheap).

Volvo Museum 2010

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The road to the Volvo Museum	A Volvo building
Again the road, with a lot of snow	The entrance of the Volvo Museum
The Volvo genealogy	Volvo T43 tractor
The Volvo ÖV4 (Jakob), Volvo’s first car	The closed version of the OV4: Volvo PV4
Dashboard and interior of the Volvo PV4	Volvo PV651
Volvo Your Concept Car (YCC)	At that moment the ropes were removed so it was possible and allowed to take a picture of the interior of the YCC
Again the dashboard of the Volvo YCC	The YCC upholstery, which is exchangable with other covers (the car is designed by women, you could expect this kind of features)
The Volvo VESC concept car	Front of the Volvo VESC
Volvo VCC	The kids corner of the Volvo Museum: a Volvo V50 with some paintings
The Volvo V50 at the kids’ corner also has a dual dash	The Volvo TR704 taxi
The very small Volvo Tandem Concept Cars (TCC)	The red Volvo TCC
Rally-versions of the Volvo Amazon and 544	Volvo SCC at the Volvo Museum, the C30 is based on this concept car
The front of the Volvo SCC	The Volvo S40 for the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC)
Volvo PV831 taxi (aka: the Sow)	The Volvo PV52
Volvo PV654	The Volvo PV60 which was a gift for King Carl Gustav’s 50th birthday
Volvo PV56	The PV36 aka Carioca
The Volvo Philip prototype	Volvo P1900
Dashboard of the Volvo P1900	Volvo P1800 Rocket prototype

The Volvo P1800 Jensen, as seen in The Saint	Headlight washer system on a Volvo P1800
The Dutch corner of the Volvo Museum, with the Volvo 66, 480 ES, 343 Special and a 440. All cars were produced in Born	Volvo LV28 light truck
Volvo LCP 2000 concept car	These seats are a lot bigger than it looks on the photo
The Volvo ECC prototype, the S80 is based on this concept car	Volvo Duett
Volvo VCC	A Volvo C70 Touring Car scale model
Volvo Amazon of the Swedish Police	Volvo Amazon P120
A model of the Volvo Amazon	The Volvo ACC prototype, which should become the XC90
The Volvo ACC2 concept car, based on the V70	The front of the Volvo ACC2
Volvo 940 saloon	A nice Cream Yellow Volvo 850 T-5R
The Volvo 850 Estate BTCC	A scale model of the Volvo PV 831
Volvo 780	Volvo 760 GLE
A Volvo 700-series car at a crash test	A Volvo 480ES and a 440 at the Dutch corner
Volvo 480 Cabrio prototype	Volvo 343 rally-version
Volvo 343 Special	Volvo 263 fastback prototype
A two-tone Volvo 262C and a 240 Polar Italia	The Volvo 242 Group A touringcar
A 1979 Volvo 244 Turbo, owned by Gyllenhammar	Volvo Amazon Combi
Volvo 3CC concept car	And that’s how dirty my good old 850 became after 5000km travelling trough snow, storms and a lot of sprinkled salt

Visiting the Volvo Museum

If you want to visit the Volvo Museum, here is some useful information:

Opening hours:
- Tuesday–Friday 10 am – 5 pm (closed on Monday)
- Saturday–Sunday 11 am – 4 pm
- Wednesday 10 am – 6 pm
- Public holidays: closed
- June, July and August: Monday 10 am – 5 pm

Entrance:
- Adults: 50 kr
- Children: 6-12 years 20 kr
- Family: 100 kr
- Free entry for Göteborgspasset
- Free parking.

Adress:
Volvo Museum
Arendal skans
405 08 Göteborg

How to get to the museum
By car: from the E6, E20, 40 or 45: drive towards Hisingen and then take road 155 (Öckerö/Torslanda). Follow the signs to Volvo Arendal and Volvo Museum.
By bus/tram: Take tram 5, 6 or 10 to Eketrägatan. Change to bus 32 towards Volvo Torslanda via Arendal. Bus stop Arendal Skans. Follow the signs to Volvo Museum which is 100 meter by the sea from the bus stop.