The forgotten Australian-built cars: Volvo – Drive – Drive

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The Melbourne suburb of Clayton is as far away from Chengdu, China as you can imagine, yet both locations share a common bond – they have both manufactured Volvos for Australia.

Between 1972 and 1988, Clayton-based Motor Producers Ltd was the home of Australian-assembled Volvo 140, 240, 260, and later 760/740 Series cars.

The story of how Volvo ended up assembling cars in Australia dates back to 1954 when the…

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