RE: SOTW: Volvo 480 Turbo
Discussion
Yes I had one!
Before the T5's came on the scence, this was a left field choice.
I was lucky, I had a mint low mileage example in bright red. Bit of a head turner back in the day, nobody really knew what it was!
A fairly swift motor for its day. If you got a bad one, the electrics would go crazy.
Still miss mine.
Iceboy
Before the T5's came on the scence, this was a left field choice.
I was lucky, I had a mint low mileage example in bright red. Bit of a head turner back in the day, nobody really knew what it was!
A fairly swift motor for its day. If you got a bad one, the electrics would go crazy.
Still miss mine.
Iceboy
I had one of these as a matchbox car back in my days as an impressionable little tacker. In comparison to my other contemporary favourites (a Model T Ford and a Camaro Nascar) it seemed to come from a superior intelligence.
And actually yes, I'd have this car! if only there was space in the garage...
Failing that, I hope there's a decent one in a museum somewhere. My mum gave away all my old toys when I moved out
And actually yes, I'd have this car! if only there was space in the garage...
Failing that, I hope there's a decent one in a museum somewhere. My mum gave away all my old toys when I moved out
This came up in the suggested articles at the bottom of the page, for some reason!
A neighbour of mine had one of these 15-20 years ago or so, long time ago. Thought they were really cool then, looked so much more modern than my E30 3-series. Oddly, while I think the E30 has only got better with age, the 480 seems to have done the opposite. It looks so ungainly, a weird mix of bits of different cars, none of them hanging together convincingly. It's like someone's welded the front end of a Rover 800 (plus pop-ups) onto the body of some obscure Jap hatch of that era. The original C70, on the other hand, is very nice. Mind you, I haven't seen a C70 of either generation in almost as long as I haven't seen a 480!
I did briefly run a DAF-built Volvo, an inherited 340. Tough, strong, quite economical but really seriously underpowered. Ended up breaking a half-shaft on it and got rid of it at that point, bought the E30.
A neighbour of mine had one of these 15-20 years ago or so, long time ago. Thought they were really cool then, looked so much more modern than my E30 3-series. Oddly, while I think the E30 has only got better with age, the 480 seems to have done the opposite. It looks so ungainly, a weird mix of bits of different cars, none of them hanging together convincingly. It's like someone's welded the front end of a Rover 800 (plus pop-ups) onto the body of some obscure Jap hatch of that era. The original C70, on the other hand, is very nice. Mind you, I haven't seen a C70 of either generation in almost as long as I haven't seen a 480!
I did briefly run a DAF-built Volvo, an inherited 340. Tough, strong, quite economical but really seriously underpowered. Ended up breaking a half-shaft on it and got rid of it at that point, bought the E30.
400 series was easily the worst Volvo made to date and the 480 was no exception. Crap electrics, all them ended up needing a head gasket and they rust like a good-un.
The 480 turbo wasn't really much more powerful than the standard 1.7 and realistically if you absolutely had to have one, the one to have was the 2.0 - quirky and a great looking car in many ways but as a Volvo fan I can categorically state that these are a pile of cack. If I wanted to spend a grand on a Volvo coupe I would (and did as a matter of fact) go out and buy a C70 T5 GT which is far more reliable, faster, more comfortable, better looking and above all else, a proper Volvo
The 480 turbo wasn't really much more powerful than the standard 1.7 and realistically if you absolutely had to have one, the one to have was the 2.0 - quirky and a great looking car in many ways but as a Volvo fan I can categorically state that these are a pile of cack. If I wanted to spend a grand on a Volvo coupe I would (and did as a matter of fact) go out and buy a C70 T5 GT which is far more reliable, faster, more comfortable, better looking and above all else, a proper Volvo
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