Volvo Museum, West Coast, Sweden

5Anne D 5:00 PM Jun 17, 2022

Nice museum, large collection
Nice museum, also for people who are not the biggest car lovers. The museum tells the history of Volvo which is very interesting. There is a large collection of cars, trucks and other machinery. The museum is a bit out of town but easily reached by bus. In the weekend one has to book the bus in advance but the staff of the museum can help you with that.

4Tom 5:00 PM May 12, 2022

Well worth it if you're a Volvo connoisseur
The Volvo factory tour was closed the day we picked up our car at the delivery center, May 12, 2022, so they gave us a voucher for the Volvo Museum instead. It is just 5 km down the road from the delivery center, and the car's navigation system directed us to the museum accurately. Inside, you follow the history of Volvo's cars and trucks from the brand's start in 1927 up to the present day. There are sample cars from many of the models over the years, so if you are a Volvo connoisseur, you will be most pleased. We first picked up a car at the factory in 1990, a red 740 Turbo wagon with a five speed manual and a turbo plus kit, and we were gratified to find a very similar 940 Turbo wagon manual in the museum that had never been driven. According to the sticker on the window, it was ordered by a person named Stig Johansson but he apparently never picked it up as the seats are still wrapped in plastic. There is a story here, but unfortunately we don't have any answers to the mystery about why Stig never got his car. You can also see the special models build for Per Gyllenhammar, Volvo's president in the 1990's. That name rang a bell for me because I wrote him a letter of complaint in 1990 that my car was not ready on the arranged delivery date, and that I had to wait two days for them to add the options I ordered. He sent me a check for $1,000 USD for compensation, which was good money in 1990. Anyway, my wife and I had a fun hour there perusing the cars, and then we programmed the new car's nav for the Clarion Post Hotel in Gothenburg, where Volvo puts you up when you do overseas delivery. We made it there, and we only got lost once enroute!