Volvo 200 Series

The Volvo 200 Series was a range of mid-size cars that Volvo Cars made from 1974 to 1993, designated internally as the 240 and 260 models. Jan Wilsgaard designed it as a development of the Volvo 140 Series, and it carried safety ideas from Volvo's experimental VESC safety vehicle program. The series came as a sedan, a station wagon and a limited run of convertibles, and more than 2.8 million were built over its 19 years, making it one of Volvo's most successful lines. Production overlapped with the Volvo 700 Series, which arrived in 1982; the 260 ended in 1984 and was replaced by the 700 Series, but the 240 carried on until the last one was built on 14 May 1993.