4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1983
NAMED MODELSpecial · MotorsportSweden

C303 Paris–Dakar 1983

The rally C303: a Volvo C303 won the class for trucks under ten tonnes in the 1983 Paris–Dakar, the Laplander line’s competition result.

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Sources & evidence
C303 Paris–Dakar 1983 — The Volvo C303 that won its class in the 1983 Paris–Dakar, driven by Hasse Henriksson, at World of VolvoPhotograph by Mike Peel · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
BASE VEHICLEC303 (1974–84)BUILT BYVolvo (Lundby, Gothenburg)IN SERVICE1983PRODUCTIONOne or a few entriesLAYOUT4 wheels · 90.6″

The record

Swedish privateers ran C303s in the early Dakars; the 1983 class win in the light-truck category is the recorded result.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURERVolvo (Lundby, Gothenburg) ↗
plant, Gothenburg
MANUFACTURED1983–83
ENGINE3.0-litre B30 six
PRODUCTION RUNOne or a few entries
COUNTRY OF ORIGINSweden
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEC303, C304 and C306
FAMILYC303, C304 and C306
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE90.6″
CATEGORYSpecial · Motorsport

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

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Sources

  1. 1Volvo C303 ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft