Volvo 440 – a forward-looking Volvo celebrates its 30th anniversary
Volvo 440 – a forward-looking Volvo celebrates its 30th anniversary
The Volvo 440 was presented for the first time in June 1988. This was a five-door family car that shared its technology with the 480 sports coupé. Volvo now demonstrated in earnest that front-wheel drive was the way forward.
Work on what later became the Volvo 440 began back in 1978. This was a new project that would lead the company to the Volvo cars of the future. Free thinking and aiming for the stars were the name of the game – and so the project was dubbed Galaxy.
In September 1980, the first