Is this the Bertone styled Volvo?
 

I've heard good things about them.

95 volvo 850

That's a great deal for someone. My Volvo had 300,000 + on it and I saw it 5 years later driving past my shop. :D

I'd get a 740 turbo/manual or a 240 over this -- the RWD cars tend to last longer.

No- I don't think so. That was a coupe from the earlier series.

Two coupes. 262c and 780. Only buy something with a turbo-4, avoid the French V-6 like the Antichrist. Then again, most French V-6's won't have survived till today, so this may be a moot issue.

THE 240'S ARE ROCK SOLID. :D

And relatively fast if a B230FT or V-8 are dropped in, and suspension is upgraded (poly bushings, sways, cheap stuff).

I agree. My wife and I owned one (black 740 sedan) for many years. It was a perfect car for living in San Francisco and commuting from there also, also, eventually the politically correct biodegradeble plastic trims in the interior began to degrade.

I saw a LOT of red 740 station wagons in rural Sweden when she and I was there, (the month before 9/11.) they seemed to be the staff car, and a Labrador retreiver in the back of them was the Swedish "Staff dog".
240 and 740 wagons came in two flavors: Manual, and Dogmatic.

The one elchivito is looking at is a run of the mill 850 front wheel drive sedan.

It's a decent car, but NOWHERE near the legendary 240 and 740 ones. (seen here, the trio of 740's are dancing.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSZLSfBDyhs

Ourmember "Jorn" has a beautiful 780 - the Limited edition Bertone-styled coupe - I met him in West Los Angeles a couple of years ago, and saw it - it's very beautiful!


http://www.google.com/search?q=volvo+780+bertone&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=g-arT5fhC8WC2wXcnK2LCw&sqi=2&ved=0CH0QsAQ&biw=903&bih=455

you mean the Peugot-Volvo-Renault aka PRV engine that also powers the Delorean, Bertone, Eagle Premier, and the Renault Alpine GT

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...e-p1040134.jpg

Here are mine two Bertone's, 780 turbo. The silver Bertone has the full IPD suspension upgrade, strut braces, thicker sway-bars and poly bushings.

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/u...n/IMGP1640.jpg

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/u...Jorns780-1.jpg

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/u...80interior.jpg

a 240 wagon in Paris.
 

Also VERY safe, VERY hard to kill, comfortable, slow, boring looking, spacious, long lasting and iconic.

Our friend John took my wife and I from England to Paris France in his little Nissan wagon and we saw his daughter's 240 wagon parked on the sidewalk outside the French hospital ( whatever it was called) where Princess Di had been taken after the w140 Mercedes crash in which she perished. She (Johns daughter) had worked as a nurse in that hospital.

The wagon had a big dent in the right front door and the fender. John told us that a Porsche 911 had run a red light there in Paris, and the 911 pretty much bounced off the Volvo. They can really take a hit. But the 911 didn't do well at all though.

My 240 wagon broke down on me one time in the 10 years I drove it. I pulled into my driveway after a long trip and the timing belt broke. One new timing belt and two hours later I was back on the road. :D

FWD, never mind......

240s seem to be getting pretty hard to find. A friend of mine back in the early 80's bought a 4dr. for himself and a wagon for his wife. He claimed "nobody's ever been killed in a 240", which I didn't actually believe, but he did eventually get T boned hard in his and walked away. Went out and bought another one. I'd grab an old wagon if one came along. Start smoking a pipe. Get me some patches on my jacket elbows and ditch the stetson for an old fedora. Very academic. yeah that's the ticket....

You need to buy a golden retriever or a chocolate lab, too, to complete the image (which you nailed perfectly, btw)

Your wifey will need to get Birkenstock sandals and a net handbag too.

Put a "NO NUKES" sticker on the back tailgate and you are all set.

A 240 wagon is a "lifestye" --- you DO get that, DON'T you?:D


signed,


~~~~ Justin Funn.

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The thing that was cool, was that the car waited until I pulled into my driveway before the timing belt went. Sometimes I wonder if that old 240 wagon had a Heart. :D