{"id":26611,"date":"2012-04-24T12:22:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T11:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=26611"},"modified":"2022-06-14T11:42:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T10:42:03","slug":"volvo-duett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/volvo-duett\/","title":{"rendered":"Volvo Duett"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7193\" title=\"Duett\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Duett.jpg\" alt=\"Duett\" width=\"587\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Duett.jpg 587w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Duett-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Duett-278x202.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Duett-526x383.jpg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Duett-572x417.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>There&#8217;s something about the Volvo Duett that we can&#8217;t get out of our system. We&#8217;ve been crazy for Volvo estates for a years now. The box-like practicality and simple, unpretentious purity of the designs encapsulate what we love about utility motoring. It all began, it seems, in the early fifties with the beautiful colour-coded, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frame_(vehicle)#Ladder_Frame\">ladder-framed<\/a> Duett.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7197\" title=\"Duett_2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Duett_2.jpg\" alt=\"Duett_2\" width=\"586\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Duett_2.jpg 586w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Duett_2-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Duett_2-278x198.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Duett_2-526x375.jpg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Duett_2-572x408.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>As a development toward the all-conquering <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volvoclub.org.uk\/history\/amazon.shtml\">Amazon<\/a> series, in our opinion its woody-like profile, whitewalls and chrome trim puts it firmly into the realms of the classic. What&#8217;s more, the cavernous headroom availability puts contemporary MPVs to shame. More forward thinking from the Scandinavians. We love you Volvo.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.generalconsumption.co.uk\">Marky P<\/a> for the inspiration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>we love the original scandi-wagon&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1779,110],"tags":[2659,1227,813,2015],"class_list":["post-26611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars","category-blog","tag-swedish","tag-swedish-cars","tag-utility","tag-volvo","manufacturers-volvo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Volvo Duett | Influx Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The practical and simple design of the Volvo Duett, with plenty of headroom, 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