Volvo P1800 Cyan Racing 424bhp/tonne Restomod vs original | Top Gear RETROspective

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[MakoTheShark]

My father had this car back in the day and was his favourite car he ever had. It was red and people often thought it was a Ferrari. Women also loved it. Needless to say, its a beautiful design and an awesome car.

[ElroyMcDuff]

Oh my, I would take that restomod over ANY supercar that's available. It's gorgeous!

[misawajason]

Cheeky editing with the "Airbags included" piece haha

[projecthowto]

Love the design on those volvos !! And that restored is just fantastic!

[leonhe]

Purely visual, the Polestar 1 is an actual modern version of this car

[umangsrivastava]

1:28
"My goals are beyond your understanding"

[alifkhan]

These RETROspective shows are a great way to reintroduce retro cars to this generation. And show what the cars back then looked and performed like. Want more of these. Lovin it!!!

[oniecram]

Damn! The Retrospective is the best segment in TOPGear. Wonderful Show!!!

[R_D]

P1800 Cyan Racing is my favorite car ever!! It's just beautiful!!

[pedaknezevic]

Volvo P1800 had a shooting brake variation. I'd like to see Cyan take their magic on one of those.

[TheRealDrJoey]

I had a 64. The thing about it was, it was the first sports car in history that was really reliable.

[jbrownphd]

I owned a '66 S1800 from 1970-1971 when I got married. It was so, so much fun. Certainly not high powered but due to a broken seat bracket I was basically sitting just off the floor with my legs fully extended [ 6'4"] flying low on Socal freeways and cornering like I was Mario Andretti. Of course it didn't have A.C. so it was warmish in the summer. I'm now in my mid 70s, I'd love to have mine back.

[apexerman]

I recall discovering this car several months ago and LOVED it. It's Singer-style devotion to resto-modding... a glorious evolution of the original with modern hardware and deft aesthetic tweaks. Just superb. Alas, my money tree will never grow that many bills, but I'm glad something like this exists. BTW, sweet vintage logo at 0:34.

[devravi]

this is the only new top gear clip i will watch

[devilgames]

If I won the lottery, this would be the first thing on my shopping list.

[royliber]

If there was one car I would want to get to my dad to truly own, its this one. I know how much he loved The Saint (watching it way before I was born) as when I was playing Forza Horizon 4 on the big screen in our living room, I unlocked this car from a barn find and my dad absolutely went nuts seeing it telling me the story behind it (which fortunately it was also explained in the game itself). This car truly is special, shows the true spirit of Volvo which even nowadays they make pretty reliable cars (my dad owned bunch of Volvos back in the days) and its quite unfortunate people don't really appreciate the brand that much. Cyan truly did justice to this car.

[simonf]

I’ve loved the p1800 for over 20 years and have always thought it would be awesome to hot rod one a bit. This Cyan is just perfect. Such an amazing machine. If I ever one the lottery and had to choose between a something like a 720s, which I also love, and the Volvo, I think it’d be the Volvo.

[tommarino]

I usually like restomodded cars but I much prefer the original P1800, such an elegant design oozing class from every angle. Its probably the only volvo I absolutely adore and if I was rich enough to have a car collection, there'd definitely be a space for a P1800. 😍

[Schmitzelhaus]

I had the biggest grin on my face as soon as i saw that restored 1800!
What a great car...too bad Volvo has lost the knowledge how to have fun.
EDIT: Btw, i´m loving this series, hope you keep them coming!

[James.]

It looks gorgeous, especially in that blue/cyan.