The Volvo 850 Story

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If the 700 series was a gamble for Volvo’s survival, the 850 was an even bigger bet. It’s like betting the company on Black, then taking all your winnings and putting it on Black again. The 850 cost more than any previous industrial project in Sweden and if it didn’t sell well, Volvo would be so heavily in debt it would be finished. But it did sell - 1.2M cars in 9 years, and Volvo created a successful product line that it sells to this day.
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18 мар 2020

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@jeffreyhartwig4965 3 года назад

Bought our daughter, who had barely passed her drivers test, an 97 850 back in 2013. That thing would come home from college weekly with a new ding, dent, broken front blinker lamps, missing wheel cover, bent rim etc on it. Old Betsy drove my kid all through college, one time I checked the oil and the oil stick came up clean and dry like new.... it drove with no complaint without oil for I don't know how long. Daing thing was practically indestructible! Thank you Betsy for keeping our kid safe!!

@ohadparan2853 4 года назад

The 850 is, in my opinion, the best car ever made. My dad bought the estate upon its launch in the USA in 1995. He put 300 thousand miles on it, and modified to the tune of 400bhp. The engine is bullet proof. What a fantastic machine.

@MrJulianneave 4 года назад

I dream of a world in which the SAAB/Volvo merger worked out...

@rhys3200 3 года назад

you did the BTCC car an injustice in being so dismissive of it's success - running the T5 estate in BTCC was a genius move that got car enthusiasts interested in the marque again. Without it I doubt Volvo would have had the success they did with the 850 and subsequent models.

@urosretuznik1606 4 года назад

There was accident between Volvo V70 and tank... driver in Volvo stepped out of car and tried to help crew in tank. But sadly whole tank crew died at accident. Tragedy...

@ericfitzgerald9139 4 года назад

I remember being 10 and seeing those yellow T-5Rs for the first time, and thinking that they were the coolest cars on the planet. Started my Swedish car obsession young!

@brycmtthw 4 года назад

The Citation with the Volvo powertrain was probably the most reliable Citation in existence. 😂

@shaunw9270 4 года назад

Something about Volvo Estates , they've so much character.

@DodgerBlueRobert 4 года назад

“Shown in a yellow that didn’t do it any favors”??? Psshhh, that’s YOUR opinion.

@OmgItsLeaa 2 года назад

I really hate the decision they made to axe s70 so early in its life.

@alastairblair 4 года назад

I remember when the Estate T5 was launched in the UK my dad bought one almost before it was announced, It was badged a 850 Turbo and Volvo re-badged it for him as a T5 at his first service.

@martijnvangorp 4 года назад

I worked at a Volvo dealership in the nineties. In the winter of ‘98 every customer received a personal winter gift: tissue papers called ‘snips’: sneeze impact protection system.

@thomasmiller5502

We had a first year 5 speed. Had it for 14 years. The A/C was the pits, repaired every 3 - 4 Years. My wife loved it.

@musje83 4 года назад

I fell in love with the 850 R's 5-cylinder sound when I was 12 years old. My family drove Volvo since the 200-series (parents currently drive the new V90) and I'm on my 3rd S60 in 5 years, all with 400k+ KM on them. Love them to bits; almost indestructible. I still love the turbo versions but I'm also a big fan of simplicity and reliability so I'm sticking with the 170bhp NA 5-cylinders for now, they are fast enough.

@jameslewis2635 4 года назад

I remember my mother having an 850 estate. She called it her 'tank' and revelled in the suprisingly tight turning circle. I also was once riding a bus that got hit by one of these. The car was fine but the bus had a big dent in the side.