20.feb 2011: 3000 views! Thanks alot for good comments and 3000 views, i really appreciate it;)
My Volvo 240 with stock B230F and slightly modded Exhaust...
Please dont post hate comments or something like that, i put a lot of time in this video.
And i dont have a lot of driving experience, but i like to have fun in controlled environments...
( it was nobody around.. except my sisters pony that always goes right through the fences but i didnt notice until i was done with the drift, and i took her back and fixed the fence)
Security is very important to me
Song: I am rolling - Volvo Car Company
2012 Volvo 760 - Only The Fittest Survive
Volvo 760 turns 30 - The car that saved Volvo Car Corporation
In February 1982 - 30 years ago - the new Volvo 760 GLE was launched. No typical Volvo, yet unmistakably a Volvo. Seen as elegant and exciting with its characteristic design it was well received. The 760 became the car that actually saved Volvo Car Corporation back then and paved the way to the modern company of today.
When the first plans for the new car were drawn up around 1975 the automotive industry in general was experiencing a lot of difficulties, and Volvo in particular. The first oil crisis had just passed and at Volvo, problems were rising regarding the build quality of the new Volvo 240. It was also a very difficult economic time for the company. It was expensive to build cars in the Torslanda plant, too expensive in fact, and it was no longer profitable to export them.
The 200-series was soon to be complemented with a new generation of smaller cars from the Dutch subsidiary Volvo Car BV, but at the same time a new large volume-seller for the 1980s was desperately needed. A car designed and built to meet the continuously higher demands for fuel efficiency, Exhaust emission control and safety that kept appearing. It was just as difficult to foresee what kind of car the customers of the 1980s would want.
A new way to tackle the task
The 760 was conceived in a time when conditions changed almost daily and in the company there were many strong and different opinions regarding the new car. There was no Internet to surf in order to broaden the views but Volvo made use of the best possible tool available at the time, a very thorough analysis of the surrounding world. Careful studies and large mental flexibility would lead the team on to the right track and along that track there was very little or no room for mistakes.
More car at less weight
It was decided that reliability, fuel efficiency, longevity, serviceability, low noise levels, design and performance in that order should guide the development work on the new project. It was also decided that rear-wheel drive should be employed, that the wheelbase should be 10 cm (4") longer than that of the 240. The car was also to be somewhat shorter than the 240 but have the same width and be 100 kg lighter. For cost reasons most of the technical content was to be carried over from the 200-series with only minor modifications. This was, for instance the case with transmissions, suspensions and many other system solutions. The exterior design, however, had to be brand new.
The project, which was now known as the P31, was subject to changes. The technical specifications were only finalized at about the same time as the final design was frozen. Choosing the right design is just as difficult and important as filling the car with the right technical content.
The introduction was initially planned for 1980 but was at this stage postponed until 1981.
Boxiness becomes a concept
There were many design proposals to consider, many of them from outside designers. Most of them were sedans but Volvo's head of design, Jan Wilsgaard, was more into a hatchback. The finance department, on the other hand, wanted a design with straight and flat surfaces, with angular lines, preferably 90 degrees, in order to reduce the production costs as much as possible,
In the end, the battle stood between the favourite of the marketing department and the engineering department alternative, when the sometimes very secretive Wilsgaard pulled an unknown contestant out of his sleeve. It was his own proposal which blended the properties in a different way: A car with a drawn out rear end in the estate fashion with straight body sides and with an abruptly cut-off rear, in other words a cut-back. This cut-back remained in the final discussions but eventually a modified version of it - a sedan with an almost vertical rear screen and boxy rear section - was chosen. The straight sides lent the interior a spacious feeling which was also very comfortable. And above all, the car had real character.
It soon proved to be the right choice. In the midst of the round and slippery soap dishes offered by other manufacturers, the Volvo boxiness was a hit and soon turned into a hallmark. Very valuable during this selective process was the use of so-called product clinics which Volvo used for the first time and at which people's reactions regarding the new car were investigated without revealing any details like the brand of car etc. The reactions were not entirely positive, but in the USA, the planned main market for the new car, people loved it and looked upon it as their type of car.
A Reason to Cheer
HQ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy4-GIbIv1o&fmt=18
Track 1 from 12" vinyl disc
I am Rolling
Volvo Car Corporation
If you heard "Sixty Years" that meant Volvo's celebration in 1987. This special 12" vinyl disc album is also happened because of that celebrate too.
And of course, my dad is also an ex-Volvo owner (XC70).
Lyrics:
Sixty years since we gave birth to Jakob
That's a reason to cheer
That's a reason to celebrate
That we're in "auto-motion"
Sixty years and planning for a future
Where the skies remained clear
That's the reason to contemplate
what we established today
This anniversary
We'll celebrate that we are standing is strong and free around the world
And that the Volvo brand is looked upon as grand
in each and every land
And that our quality is there for all to see
Assure our safety is our main priority
in everything we do and everywhere we go
So let the spirit grow
...to help us conquer the future too
Sixty years since our founding fathers
Wisely planned our dreams
In the concept of everlasting
Quality and Safety
Sixty years since still our business follows
those original things
Now they are an important must
for our image and trust
This anniversary
We'll celebrate that we are standing is strong and free around the world
And that the Volvo brand is looked upon as grand
in each and every land
And that our quality is there for all to see
Assure our safety is our main priority
in everything we do and everywhere we go
So let the spirit grow
...to help us conquer the future too
This anniversary
We'll celebrate that we are stand is strong and free around the world
And that the Volvo brand is looked upon as grand
in each and every land
And that our quality is there for all to see
Assure our safety is our main priority
in everything we do and everywhere we go
So let the spirit grow
...to help us conquer the future
...to help us conquer the future
This anniversary
We'll celebrate that we are stand is strong and free around the world
And that the Volvo brand is looked upon as grand
So let the spirit grow
...to help us conquer the future too
...to help us conquer the future too
1/4mile volvo 240 Turbo Caravan Edition 11.22@201,7 (km/h) Drag Race
Pudasjärvi -09. B230FT, Norrback Street 531head with STD ventils, 1,67b Boost. E85. 2nd gear launch. Fully loaded with coupling hook etc...
Another video;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBOjM_7Bg3k
Best ET: 11.132/200,77 (km/h) 60fot 1,77s
Volvo 740 COLDstart
Starting the beast in -25c without blockheater. The powersteering pump doesnt sound that bad in real.
Some interesting electrical faults too...
Story of Volvo 240
Some funny racing with volvo´s legendary 240, with happy ending.
Song is
Mighty 44 - Still rocking
Finnish band
1988 Volvo 240 Fuel Filter Replacement
When I first got this car, I forgot to change the fuel filter during the initial tune up. I paid for it later when it clogged up a few miles from home and I had to get it towed. This video just follows the replacement process.
Classic Volvo 240 Wagon races an M5.
Classic Volvo 240 Wagon races an M5.
From http://classicvolvorestoration.com/classicvolvoparts.php in cooperation with http://classicvolvorestoration.com/
Classic Volvo 240 Wagon races an M5.Classic Volvo 240 -- especially, the five-door model recognized by enthusiasts as the Volvo 245 -- is really a licensed classic.The boxy design and style, well-earned history of basic safety and cult status among the enthusiasts indicates that this Swedish brick will always be on our radar as being a remarkable vehicle. I owned one for a couple of years.
My Volvo 240 Wagon Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/CGELLC
