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The Box That Beat Fashion: Safety, Utility, and the Square Car People Still Remember (Independent Book)

The Box That Beat Fashion: Safety, Utility, and the Square Car People Still Remember (Independent Book)

Psaila, Etienne
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Paperback

Automobiles

ISBN13: 9798901948842
Publisher: Publishdrive
Published: Jul 7 2026
Pages: 230
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The Box That Beat Fashion: Safety, Utility, and the Square Car People Still Remember is a clear, fact-based automotive history of one of the most recognisable family cars of the late twentieth century: the Volvo 240.

Plain, square, safe, useful, and stubbornly unfashionable, the 240 became far more than a sensible saloon and estate. It became the car of careful parents, teachers, doctors, architects, writers, dog owners, students, mechanics, and practical families who valued trust over glamour. From its roots in Volvo's safety-led design culture to its long production life, redblock-engine reputation, estate-car legend, North American college image, European family-car role, rust realities, restoration culture, and modern classic status, this book explains why the boxy Volvo became such a lasting motoring icon.

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