Volvo 244 – The safest car in the world

RETROSPECTIVE

Today we like to pay homage to a car that can’t be really defined nor sports or luxurious. The Volvo 244, which turns 35 years old, however, is one of the most important cars for safety behind the wheel. When it was presented, in fact, marked a major step not only for the Swedish Company, but also for the automotive industry, which especially in the US, used the Volvo 244 as a starting point for any future development of their cars. In fact, the 4-door sedan variant of the 240 series, actually called 244, possessed a chassis and steering column with special deformation collapse behavior and disc brakes with four separate circuits. In addition, the reliability of its engines (petrol 2.0 / 2.2 / 2.4 with 97 or 123-hp), made it an excellent vehicle for those who cared more to substance than appearance.