What is a Volvo V70 Ocean Race? And why is it Rarer than a Ferrari? 

I think there's only one solution to this problem, Geoff is just going to have to make a Volvo 850 Ocean Race

Its interesting how people love old Volvos outside sweden😊I think its great

That is a very nice car. 200,000 miles and still looks and drives fine, Quality! It sounds great too.😊

I had a 2001 XC70 in Ocean Race spec. Lovely thing. My first Volvo and I have been smitten with them since.

That V70 is a genuinely pretty car. I drive one of the earliest examples of this model (2000) with a very basic trim, smallest 5 cylinder petrol engine and 5speed automatic. I can confirm that in parts it feels less solid than the earlier models, but that is mostly due to interior trim parts made from plastic that start to squeak and break. The chassis and drive train are as good as ever, all original except some suspension parts and bushings. 510k kilometers (~320k miles) and counting.

Awesome car! I wanted the V70 ocean race but as they were so difficult to find I had to settle for a Cedar Green D5 SE which has been our family. car for the last 17 years (185k miles). Enjoy driving it!

Stunning colour what a car

What a beauty, fabulous purchase!

Geoff. You’re the man! What a great purchase.

Proud owner of one of the original 2002 Ocean Race V70 (Petrol T5 Version) here, nice video! They are indeed amazing cars and as of now I only encountered one other on the Autobahn since I‘ve been owning mine.

Awesome car. Loved these special series from the beginning. You are really lucky to have one. And it's such a bargain. I must admit, I'm a bit envious 😊.

Love the Ocean Race edition. What a GREAT BUY Jeff! Like the gentleman you purchased from, I also have a P2 platform V70R. Has cost me loads in the last year (my choice) but now keeps up with exotics. 😊

Stunning motor there Geoff 👍😎My dad has the XC70 Ocean Race 👍

Hi Geoff, I used to own a 2002 V70 2.4T Ocean Race. Drove it for more than 7 years. Always felt like the king of the road!! In all those seven years I only saw a handful of similar ones (in the Netherlands). With pain in my heart I had to sell it (service and maintenance costs got way to high), my wife made me sell it. Drove a Ford Focus wagon next………. It’s gone now……. Need I say more😉. I’m back driving my first ‘car’ love.. 850 2.5 20v in mint condition. Love your channel! We share a passion👍🏻

Wow a great find and well worth looking after .

always loved the v70 ocean race - seen a few on Facebook being broken up for spares but i didnt realise quite how rare they were. This would be awesome on the drive next to a gold 850 :-)

Love P2's, tried to buy one recently but just couldn't find a euro 3 D5 manual, bought a P3 V70 instead but would bloody love to own this thing! great colour

Thank god, a proper video from you instead of bleating on about electric cars! Love that V70.....

That's awesome! Really cool to see a ocean race model it looks really good. I've got a Se Lux D4 Auto S40 , it's a 2.0L 5 Cylinder so a D5 but a 2L 180bhp instead of a 2.4L 185bhp there's only 25 left in the UK and I thought that was pretty special!

I didn’t know anything about these at all here in the states, but knew all about the ocean race itself and have a bunch of shirts from them wow!!

These cars are most likely one of the most beautiful Volvo ranges ever! The blue is so stunning on every car that has been painted with it. Personal dream daily, a V/XC70 AWD Ocean Race!

I have an 06 v50 in that colour. Still a nice looking car. 300k miles, never spent a dime on the thing. I don't even recall replacing more than a couple of bushes.

That’s a lovely shade of blue!

Hi Geoff great to see your car, I am the owner of 2 VOR 185 6sp manuals, one was a Scottish car and was rotten enough not to spend any cash on it, so I looked for another and found a 96k car not far from me in Essex, it took us too Scotland last year and managed over 50mpg and nearly 700 miles too the tank. Just currently don’t knock me for this modding the VOR, just recently fitted a V70R Ferrita twin tip exhaust as mine was rotten after 18yrs of life, and fitted a rear spoiler which came off of my Scot’s car plus I wanted 18s so went for Medusa as they are a very similar shape to the original 17s on the car. It’s currently on 100k now, I got it cheap as a younger lad owned it and his mates were ripping into him for owning an old man’s car. Tbh I can’t stop looking at the car, such a beautiful colour. Future classic for sure.

Had one loved it. Want another.

I just picked up a 2005 XC70 ocean race and I’m very very excited

I miss my 06 XC90 VOR (651/800), my favorite car I’ve ever owned. I drove up to Toronto and Niagara Falls from Indiana and there was a xc70 Ocean Race parked next to mine when I left the hotel.

I have one with thor rims :). I had multiple volvo’s and this is my second v70. I got very lucky when I bought it, unique interior and beautiful blue colour.

There was a XC70 Ocean race edition ebay recently. Still looked in great condition. The XC90 Ocean race had the V8 I think.

I love that colour 😍

That is a cracking car for a cracking price. The small things like the stich in the seats really make it special. Well done Geoff i better go get me a ticket for the GENERAL UPDATE’S GENERAL ELECTION GENERALLY CHAOTIC SPECIAL

Great car, I'll give you an uptick to help you keep both. 👍

My friend has a XC70 VOR. Lovely car.

Last year I bought a 2005 V70 Ocean Race with the basic 2.4 petrol 170bhp and 5 speed auto. It has black leather and sports seats. One owner with full Volvo history, it was imported from Japan with 30,500 miles. 2 in the UK.

I have one of these Ocean Race models but the NA 2.4 model (2006) imported from Japan with very low mileage - super car!

Nice car, and a snip of a price. I've seen lesser jam-jars with bigger labels. I think I'd have been happy to part with that sort of money, and then some!

Awesome car there m8 awesome colour and it’s an estate , I myself have a rare ford mondeo st220 estate in rare infra red ( dark metallic pearl red) they only originally made 18 in this colour (2002) there is only 7 left in this rare colour , however my actual car is 1 of 1 this has been verified by dvla it’s 1 of 1 because my car was the only car ever ordered with ( light graphite grey recaros and factory sat nav) so that makes it 1 of 1 it’s currently on around 375 k and just undergoing a full restoration love a unicorn eh but yea please please keep this car it’s a deffo keeper this

The Ocean Race models are lovely, was watching an XC70 version on Auto Trader....... but it sold within a couple of days 😫 I have seen XC70 Ocean Race models in Silver too.

Already found Ocean Race on the Swedish market. But yeah, living in Sweden so. I also bought a 2010 Volvo V70 2.4D Polestar Optimized automatic. Bought it 2 weeks ago and yeah it say I am the 8th owner on it but in reality I am the 2nd owner of it, because the car have been in hands of a senior couple since brand new until end of last year. Then it has been owned and maintained by several Volvo companies, then it went to a seller 200km from where I live. But I bought that car unseen and untested. Low milage on it. 176000km on it which are quite low for a D5 engine. It is in almost mint condition. Sure few scratches here and there. The engine delivers quite a punch. 0-100 km/h in just 7 seconds. The transmission gears as it was new. I am pleased and I am happy. This V70 came up on the market the very same day I crashed my S80 into the left realing. My S80 somehow started to drift hard left, living in Sweden I am driving on the right side. So entire left side was scrapped. The left wheel broke of and landed near my steeringwheel. I suppose the wheel shouldn't be there at all. So yeah, it was a disaster, but something broke on my S80. I guess destiny wanted me to have that V70 and I really love to drive it. It is so comfortable. I can go about 700 km on half tank, IF I CAN STOP putting down the foot on the gaspedal to the floor. But the car is so quick and it is so fun. I mean, this year I drove a Dodge Charger Hellcat with 717 bhp. Yet, I am having real fun with only 195 bhp. Yeah original it is saying 175 bhp without Polestar Optimization on the papers, but a swedish RU-vidr went with the exact same model and engine and looked his car up on a rolling street. The car made 185 bhp without the Polestar Optimization, if so that means my car got 205 bhp and not 195 bhp.

I was working at Volvo PVH in Goteborg when all this happened. My mate Bram got one very much like the one you have there

hi Geoff you are a great man when you understand. on top of that, the volvo 850 is something that newer cars don't have, that v70 ocane Race is a great car, but yes, the 850 still steals the heart.👍🏁

Nice looking car.

That’s a lovely shade of blue.

I own a Volvo P80 chassis C70 2.3 T5 (B5234T9 engine) GT Convertable in Scarab Green Pearl. Only 6 C70's and a further 13 other cars were sold in that colour, worldwide. Not only does it immediately make my car rare, it is the only Scarab Green Pearl C70 with the Celebration Edition Black leather interior with white baseball stitching. As much of a unicorn as your Ocean race. 1 of 1.

Very nice, Damn it Jeff I'm starting to hanker after a Volvo estate, I have a friend who is Volvo mad as well, I'd went something like an 850 manual 😁

I own a V50 manual T5. Pretty rare i hear. She's a real sleeper under the radar

Nice .... No 22B tho , thanks for the showround ❤

Dear god i would absolutely love this motor. I saw that for sale in the groups. Im a massive p2 D5 nut. My first car was an s60 D5 at 28 and now i've got a euro3 d5 v70 on 178k miles myself and do all my own engine work and maintenance. This has to be the best colour for one of these alongside the metallic purple. I did briefly have an s60 in purple but it died and i regret letting it go. Everyone thinks im mad for loving these cars so much but theres nowt like a 5 pot d5. Besides being great cars ive made great friends from the p2 volvo community. The weakness of these is the auto boxes which need new gearbox solenoids or valve body when they get clogged up. We just took our v70 euro3 d5 auto to disney paris and back with some london driving inetween and managed to average around 50 mpg real work calculating miles v litres filled, granted most the french driving was at 80mph. The most ive read on the dash is 73mpg driving from swansea to bristol to buy some volvo alloys. Any volvo nuts out there follow my car insta im @v70d5lyfe .

My current car is a 2015 Ford Mondeo 2.0 litre (185 BHP) ST Line, I wish I could get more than 44 MPG combined out of that! I worked for a Volvo dealership, drove every car they produced, and loved EVERY model! Right back to the Amazon! Owned a 850 10 valve 2.0 litre estate, but sadly it was an oil burner and had to let it go! Then a 2006 S40 2.0 litre diesel, which I purchased in 2018 with only 63k on the clock, but decided to change to my current steed, but regret moving away from Volvo, but then true Volvo owners always do. I will get my dream car in the end. A Volvo V70R!

Beautiful colour, I've never really been a Volvo fan but I'd love a V70R of this gen in that turquoise colour with the tan leather interior

Geoff I’ve got a v70 d5 s AWD version manual only 12 left in the country that’s rare 😂 love the ocean race this one’s a keeper

Hi Geoff. I think one of two V70 Ocean Races D5 went to scrap yard, and currently parts of it are sold in Belarus, I can tell you the VIN if you are interested.

I’ve never really considered Volvos before but I’m starting to like them. I don’t know weather it’s that I’m getting near 40yrs old now but all I want is a reliable car with comfort these days 😂

V70 R Looks the bomb. Still

Yes, that is a beautiful colour.

One of my 106s is an aztec si which is a limited edition they only made ~300 of. It is one of two left on the road and one of about 10 left period. i bought it thinking "oh you'll never see another one of those"... a month later i found another one for sale. rare cars are a strange world

There’s XC90 OR models too. It’s a unique blue with a badge on the sides. Has fancier clocks than some other models. I own a V70 T5 SE from 2004 in light blue. Beautiful cars. The OR was a limited edition run. A guy I know has a 2002 OR T5 with 255,000 miles on the clock!

I'd go for the 2.4t rather than the D5 and I can tell you that there are currently 3 V70's and 3 XC70's for sale in the Netherlands.......yes you made me look😁

While I respect the 850, I would definitely take the Ocean Race. You are never going to have a rarer car, it looks in great condition, especially inside and it's just more luxurious IMO, you should notice that when you give it some long drive tests.

Hi Geoff. I’m probably repeating what others have said , but I still remember Jeremy Clarkson waxing lyrical about a Volvo . Much to the amusement of the other two . But I totally agree they are a really good car , but as you say they just aren’t as solid as they used to be . Kind regards as always 😀👍👍👍

Yep Nice I Had One But It Was The 163bhp With The Tailgate Spoiler On It They Need That To Show Them Off Better

Kudos for not following the sheep and doing a Car Vertical infomercial like everyone else. Always appreciate a bit of Geoff individualism.

I know it's kinda stupid question, but Geoff - which would you actually prefer - 850 or V70? When the engine and transmission is the same. And please give at least 3 good arguments!

I've been across the Chanel on a Volvo Ocean Yacht

There was also a Volvo Ocean Race FH & FH16 limited edition truck (June 2011) - 600 made.

Can't beat a Volvo P2, the Ocean Race ones look lovely (from someone who has had a V70 D5 with 307,000 miles up, an D5 XC70 with 218,000 miles and my currect XC70 has a mere 163,000 on). The radios go wrong on the facelift ones, as you and John have found (replace it with an Android unit), other than that the front wishbone bushes wear (its cheaper to replace the whole arm than the bushes, ebay is your friend) and watch for swirl flaps on 185bhp diesels. You won't find a more comfortable car (only car I have know on the same level is the Rover 75). Incidentally, in a past life, I worked for Group 4 Security. The chap who owned Group 4 (now no longer with us) was rich enough to have his own ocean racinmg yacht whoch he entered in the ocean race - it was then called Group 4, now called Ecover (which he also owned). It was against the prevailing winds, so it was a big challenge.

the ocean blue is a beautiful looking car

I drive an '07 S60 2.4 t5 manual, color 452, and I'd rather had a v70 (space) and this Ocean Race Blue is magnificent!

Sweet.. great score. It's just the age we're the technology is starting to get a head of It's self. Bloody so cheap. There worth a fortune over here in Australia I'd stick with the 850.

That D5/2.4D (many year they were identical) engine can be software adjusted to 200hp. Just be carefull the tuner does not increase torgue too much. The autoboxes do not always aappriciate the increase in pulling power.

Those seats look absolutely unreal. I've had a P2 XC70 (also a 55 plate) and the seats were indescribably comfortable but visually looked a bit average. Yours look tight as fuck.

If you go past black cat roundabout on the a1north You will find loads of volvos parked up .

I love tis car

GBC that’s a lovely colour… despite it being a cat car I can see it being a very popular Geoffle car…..🎉

Totally agree about the PH2 build quality. I went from an Audi a4 B5 which had a solid interior and leather as thick as bike leathers and was a bit disappointed with my D5. Is see the handbrake boot clips have broken on yours too. Annoying that one.....

The Ocean Race Volvos are made by Volvo Special Veichles Operations which also makes the police cars, ambulances and other special Volvos for governments and so on so Indeed a very special car.

My friend got one but here in Sweden it's just another Volvo ;)

If you need to get rid, I'm interested 👍

I have a XC70 OC😊

question: why volvo always has something holding on the front driver windshield? what is it and for what? i plan to get v70 2006 70.000km is that good decision? thanks and should i change timing belt or when?

Ah man! I live in Stourbridge, how did I miss it!?? Anyway, I've found a XC70 Ocean race. 2.5T.. Any thoughts? Is it a good thing?

I want one but I prefer the ones in the XC70 variant. I’m not going to refuse one if it were gifted to me though. Heheh!

Lovely car but why has the lacquer peel been left to fester?

Was telling my girlfriend a few days ago was the V70 Titanium Edition….can’t remember if it was a US only thing tho

I love my v70 turbo

🙌🙌

👀👌i have the xc90 ocean race 😊😊

£1250? Absolute bargain Geoff!

Would love to know what Geoff thinks about the quality of modern volvos. I've heard the quality has gone down.

At one of my old garages i worked at we used to get an ocean race volvo ome in i think it was an xc70 one bloody awesome car the sound system was banging and went like stink

850 for me, traditional Swedish flying double wardrobe 👌, from the decade Volvo fought back! Paint the 850 that Sweet blue and build the one that Volvo forgot! 💡 💡

Wait what never knew that my dad has 2002 2,4t volvo ocean race it that rare ? it also slighly tuned 225hp 😮

Which website did you get the car figures from?

When are you planning to visit Falmouth Geoff

Those seats look immaculate what the hell material are they exactly?

I think I saw a Japanese import for sale - Ocean Blue Volvo V70 3.2 V6. Am I dreaming or is that a thing..? 🤔

I want 🥰 pretty please Geoff

The normal V70 should be not so bad for reliability. At least better than the V70R that needs a lot of attention.

Hey, Volvo boy, that's actually nice.

Try the 2.4 T awd and not the xc model😉