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Heavy_Equipment · 08-08-2002, 12:11 AM

I had a 1980 Volvo 240 GL about 10 years ago...bought it for $200 off a friend with a few Volvos.
It was still running strong when I scrapped it... too bad the body rotted off it. I miss that car.

Look at it this way...
4 wheel disk brakes, fuel injection, side impact beams in the doors, and front and rear crumple zones...22 years ago. Domestics didn't come close.

The only thing the Corvette offered from that list in 1980 was the 4 wheel discs...never mind the Blazer

(Not comparing performance here...Volvo was a 4 cylinder family car, even though the Volvo turbos hauled ass, and the thing was THE world rally car to beat back in the day)

08-08-2002, 12:11 AM	#9
Heavy_Equipment Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Posts: 282	I had a 1980 Volvo 240 GL about 10 years ago...bought it for $200 off a friend with a few Volvos. It was still running strong when I scrapped it... too bad the body rotted off it. I miss that car. Look at it this way... 4 wheel disk brakes, fuel injection, side impact beams in the doors, and front and rear crumple zones...22 years ago. Domestics didn't come close. The only thing the Corvette offered from that list in 1980 was the 4 wheel discs...never mind the Blazer (Not comparing performance here...Volvo was a 4 cylinder family car, even though the Volvo turbos hauled ass, and the thing was THE world rally car to beat back in the day)