Volvo Amazon P130

The Volvo Amazon was a mid-size car manufactured by Volvo Cars from 1956 to 1970, and introduced in the USA, as the 122S at the New York International Auto Show in April 1959.



History
The Amazon shared both the wheelbase from its predecessor, the PV, as well as its tall posture and high H-point seating — while offering three model configurations: 2-door (P130) coupe, 4-door (P120) sedan (in Sweden and the UK a sedan is called a "saloon"), and wagon (P220-- called the "estate"). In 1959 Volvo provided front seat belts as standard equipment on all the cars, including the export models, becoming the world's first manufacturer to take this step — later becoming the first car featuring three-point seat belts. The Amazon was originally manufactured at Volvo's Lundby plant in Gothenburg and subsequently at the company's Torslandaverken, which began operating in 1964. By the end of production, 234,209 four-door models, 359,917 two-door models and 73,196 station wagons had been produced, 60% of them for export — for a total of 667,323 vehicles. The earlier models had only one carburetor; thus they were given the designation 121. Models made for export to the US and Canada had two carburetors (the 121 was deemed to weak) and thus was designated 122 (often called 122S-- s meaning "sport"). The 4-door 122S models were commonly used as police vehicles in the UK. Initially all Amazon models had four doors and were denoted by the code P120. In 1963 the 2-door sedans were introduced to the market.

Criminal Minds
The Volvo Amazon seemingly appeared only once on Criminal Minds. It seemed to be "horizon blue" (also called "light blue" color code 89 (but it was shown in the dark so the color was not fully visible). From the grille it was a 65 or 66 model. The car was being driven by SSA Dr. Spencer Reid in the episode "In Name and Blood". He drove it up to Gideon's cabin when the latter was missing and failing to return Reid's calls. It was one of the few times we saw Reid driving- and the only time in which he was not driving to a crime scene. The Volvo amazons were labeled with an alphanumeric code to identfy things such as style, doors, engine, transmission, steering wheel position, and model year. The code for Reid's car would depend on the transmission type as well as model year. Reid's car could be coded P13245V E (or F) or P13246V E (or F). A breakdown of the code:
 * P = Passenger vehicle
 * 1 = Sedan (aka "Saloon")
 * 3 = Two-doors
 * 2 = B-18 D engine
 * 4 = Made for export to Canada & US
 * 5 = M41 type D 4-speed fully synchronized floor gearbox with overdrive)


 * OR 6 = Borg & Warner BW35 3-step automatic transmission (this transmission was notorious for high fuel consumption)
 * V = Left side steering wheel (steering wheels for Sweden & the UK were on the right side)
 * E = Model year 1965


 * OR F = Model year 1966

The car did not have antilock brakes, nor did it have power steering. It is known to be a reliable vehicle and is not too difficult to repair given access to replacement parts. ''This page is under construction while I try to figure out how to add more photos and format it better. If anyone would like to fix it, please do so.''
 * This car was driven by Dr. Spencer Reid in "In Name and Blood"
 * The license plate is WG S654 and is a DC plate