Number of cylinders: 6
Registration number: SZ-84-HB

Volvo 760 GLE 2.8, 1988. Three owners, 254,708 km.

Sweden, the 1980s. While the rest of the automotive world was busy with wedge shapes, pop-up headlights and spoilers that looked ready to detach at 50 mph, the people in Gothenburg were quietly pondering something entirely different: how do you build a car that outlives its owner? The Volvo 760 was the answer. A rectangle on wheels, drawn with a ruler by someone who believed a car should, above all, be no fuss. No curves for the sake of curves, no design meant to impress the neighbours. Just a straight line from point A to point B, with air conditioning fitted in case A and B happened to fall in August.

And that is precisely what makes it so irresistible. Where the Germans in those years chased a certain cold perfection with their W124, Volvo went for something more honest. A living room with an engine out front. The 760 GLE was the flagship of the 700 series, the car that showed you had made it without needing to shout it from the rooftops. The dentist from the Cotswolds. The solicitor who would rather not stand out. The sort of person who knew that real status needs no four rings or a star, just a seat in which you can drive from Edinburgh to the South of France without ever once feeling your back.

The story continues on our website, where the full file is kept as well. 73 photographs. The service history, scanned in full. The Carfax report. Paint thickness measured panel by panel. The original factory brochure to page through. A timeline from 16 February 1988 to today, with every owner and the mileage year by year in a single graph.

Every car here follows the same route: first pre-market, then the showroom, and finally the online auction on our own website. What changes is the way you buy, not the location — once a car has arrived, it stays with us in Katwijk. This one is in the showroom and you are welcome to come and see it, no appointment needed. You buy it here at a fixed price: no bidding, no waiting. Our showroom in Katwijk, 30 km from Amsterdam Schiphol, is open Mon–Fri 9–18 and Sat 10–17. Call ahead and it will be standing ready, with someone free for you.

Within the EU no customs duty arises on this purchase. Registration tax and registration costs in your own country are not included. We supply the export documents and assist with the registration. The price shown is the full price for collection in Katwijk. We arrange insured door-to-door transport worldwide, cost quoted per destination beforehand.

Prefer a different colour or specification than this example? Tell us what you are looking for — another Volvo we can often find through our network of marque specialists and collectors, outside the listings. Have one of your own: we buy exceptional cars outright, classic or modern.

Our showroom measures 6,000 m², with over 150 cars under one roof. You are just as welcome if you are not buying — walk around, take your time and enjoy the cars; sharing the enthusiasm is half of it.