Volvo 480 (1987–2009) — every.autos

Volvo 480 — Wikimedia Commons

⇄ Compare with other cars

Background

The Volvo 480 is a sporty compact car that was produced in Born, Netherlands, by Volvo from 1986 to 1995. It was the first front-wheel drive car made by Volvo and the only Volvo featuring pop-up headlights. The 480 was available in only one body style on an automobile platform related to the Volvo 440/460 five-door hatchback and four-door saloon models.

Text adapted from “Volvo 480” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Specification

Produced: 80,464 units
Dimensions: 4,258 × 1,710 × 1,318 mm

Still on UK roads

118

licensed vehicles · 2025

2014 ▼ 75% since 2014 2025

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 · DVLA VEH0124 ↗

Production years

1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Sources

Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗ WIKIDATA · DVLA

Related

Similar machines

Executive car · Sweden

C-segment · Italy

Family car · Italy

Family car · Italy

Executive car · Italy

C-segment · Italy

Matched on body class, era and origin from register data — never hand-picked.