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.

/s/

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

850 = Junkbox
 

The 850 was know for many "issues"

1) AC Evaporator was Aluminum/Plastic JUNK and replacement was harder than on a 320E! Minimum 12 hours labor!
2) Engine Mounts and Upper Strut Bearing wear out in short time. Replacement of the Upper Strut is easy but Engine Mounts are $$$
3) Transmissions-850 AutoBox is known as AW-50 and is a POS! Made by Toyota and undersized. Do a Power Launch and it can Grenade.
4) Struts-Front end eats 'em. Rears are so so.
5) Crash Safety-It AIN'T a 240! Occupant Death Rates are MUCH Higher than 740/940//240 series. Wagons have been known to bend right behind the drivers seat in a head on collision, compromising the "Safety Cage" design.
6) Early version of White Block in line 5 cyl motor copied from AUDI design. Issues with Main Bearings and Cooling Passages. Similar issues to 960 Twin Cam 6. Bad Castings led to "porious block" syndrome and failure of cooling system integrity. Parts are not cheap

How could you forget the Dodge Monaco?

Volvo 262C Bertone, that's the Volvo Bertone I remember.
http://www.modeloos.nl/wp-content/up...ne-450x189.jpg

aka the Swedish "Toonderbird" :D

Here's one you can buy!

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