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Special performance model Volvo 850 T5-R wagon
I remember them well, as I had a Volvo Cross Country at the same time. Mine was fitted as an "off-road" version rather than pretending to be a race track star.
Available in the mid-Nineties, in Europe, UK and North America, in this pale yellow paint. High performance engine, suspension, and a few interior details too.
Volvo sadly got one important thing badly wrong, which was the 17" wheels and tires -- profile of the sidewalls is very low; the tires very wide.
Nobody told our roads about racetrack rubber on a Volvo (or the owners) -- thus a high percentage of the tires were flattened, and rims were broken. Eventually Volvo USA provided some financial assistance to owners in replacing wheels on these cars.
Oops.
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Special performance model Volvo 850 T5-R wagon
I remember them well, as I had a Volvo Cross Country at the same time. Mine was fitted as an "off-road" version rather than pretending to be a race track star. Available in the mid-Nineties, in Europe, UK and North America, in this pale yellow paint. High...
Yellow
It’s very yellow I would say haha. It’s like those bright colors from the 70’s are coming back.
One of my favorite. T5-R Wagon
almost brought it twice when new and 7 years after... It was a hell no per girlfriend and again hell no per wife. LOL
