Volvo 1800 ES Volvo Despite being known primarily for the decades where it toiled away producing safe, boxy wagons and sedans, Volvo is a company with an extensive and fascinating history of taking risks with design. Whether it’s shaking things up with an unexpected sports coupe, pulling at the threads of what became the crossover craze, or charging headlong into the luxury SUV game, Scandinavia’s best-known brand has never shied away from pushing the boundaries, regardless of how conservative its best-known classics might be. Which vehicles represented important turning points for Volvo in automotive design? Here are our picks for the most significantly-styled vehicles to have emerged from Gothenburg.