In 1985, at the debut of the 780, various items were produced by the marketing team at Volvo to commemorate the launch of this car. In subsequent years, additional items were produced. Some of these were made for gifts to current and prospective vendors and buyers. There is no specific list but items occasionally appear
780s were fairly similar, with limited technical changes over the years (see technical info for year over year changes). But in 1989, in preparation for the 1990 Detroit International Motor Show, the Volvo team in the US, based in Rockleigh NJ, created a 780 “concept car”. Volvo’s press release described the car: “The striking
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Carrozzeria Bertone of Turin, Italy, has been a center of automotive styling and design excellence since its founding in 1912 by Giovanni Bertone. Like Pininfarina and Zagato, Bertone’s coachwork has long been associated with such legendary Italian automotive marques as Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Fiat, and Lamborghini, but Bertone also produced designs for other automotive companies,
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The 780 Factory Bertone has two separate properties in Turin. Bertone Carrozzeria SpA , the production wing of the firm where the factory is located and Bertone Stile SpA, the design house. For Bertone to actually produce a 780, with such high quality standards, significant additions had to be made to their existing Carrozzeria factory
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Carrozzeria Bertone of Turin, Italy, has been a center of automotive styling and design excellence since its founding in 1912 by Giovanni Bertone. Like Pininfarina and Zagato, Bertone’s coachwork has long been associated with such legendary Italian automotive marques as Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Fiat, and Lamborghini, but Bertone also produced designs for other automotive companies,
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