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The Volvo
Amazon was introduced in the year 1957 and was produced until 1970. The
model is officially known as the Volvo 120 series. The Volvo Amazon was
designed by Volvo chief designer Jan Wilsgaard.
The Amazon became the second model in 1957 next to the Volvo PV
544 fastback model. Volvo hoped to increase international sales with the
Amazon; that worked out positively. These very strong, reliable cars
were fairly popular those days. The Amazon was a ideal family sedan and
a very tough opponent in races and rallies due to it's legendary
robustness and reliability.
In the year 1962 a Amazon station car model was presented: the 220
series.
The "crown jewel" of the Amazon series is the 123 GT which was
introduced in the year 1967. Volvo fitted a P 1800 S engine in a Amazon
two-door coachwork and 'voilą' the 123 GT was born! The GT was
available with two engine cylinder capacities; 1778 cc. and 1990 cc.
four cylinder engines with their respective power output of 96 and 100
bhp.
The 123 GT was equipped with a four speed manual gearbox combined with
an overdrive (Laycock de Normanville), a sports steering wheel, fog
lamps and a rev. counter on top of the dashboard.
Nowadays these cars are very much sought after for classic
rally participation.
Technical
data
Four cylinder
Volvo B18 B engine
2 S.U. carburettors
cylinder capacity: 1778 cc.
capacity: standard >115 bhp. at 6000 rpm.
top-speed: 165 km/h.
gearbox: 4-speed+ overdrive
weight: 1060 kg.
Sales
information
Volvo 123 GT
rally car, year 1969. Colour red with a black rally interior. |
