I saw an old magazine ad which claimed that a volvo sta. wgn is faster to 0-60 (7.9 vs 8.8) and qt mile than N/A 944. IS THIS TRUE? tell me this isnt true!

 

Depends on the model. The turbo wagon sure would.

 

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8.8?!!?!?!?! i mean i know they are slow but 8.8??

 

wait a minute 8.8?? cant be that slow, i think that magazine did a bad test

 

I saw my dad's old motor trend and car and driver magazines test results on 86 944 (non turbo of course. o-60 was 8.8 for motor trend and 8.3 for car and driver. That is still pretty fast for those days!

 

Maybe this will make you feel better:

Did you know that Porsche designed the 5-cylinder engine powering the 850?

 

[quote]Originally posted by jason1972:
<strong>test results on 86 944 (non turbo of course. o-60 was 8.8 for motor trend and 8.3 for car and driver. That is still pretty fast for those days!</strong><hr></blockquote>

Add: has a four cylinder engine that gets over twenty miles a gallon... AND has a 130 MPH top speed!

I think VOLVO still makes a turbo station wagon that kick serious a$$! Talk about a sleeper.

 

Yeah, there are quite a few Volvo wagons that will beat out 8.8.

Lets see:
850 Turbo
V70 Turbo
V70 R (Turbo with AWD)
850 R (Same motor as the V70R but just front wheel drive)

My family has had all of the above but the V70 Turbo, and let me tell you the 850 R would move, it is the best handling wagon I have ever driven and would just fly. But none of the above were around in 86, so discount those.

But cars that were in the 80's
240 Turbo
740 Turbo
760 Turbo 0-60 in 7 sec
940

Ok, i'll make this easy here is a link to the power that the Volvo turbo motors put down. It shows the year and car, so you can guess from there. The 760 was the only one I found hp figure for and it is time to eat so maybe after I'll look for some more specs, but its friday so probably not.

<a href="http://wwwrsphysse.anu.edu.au/%7Eamh110/Technical_pages/turbo_engine_ouputs.htm" target="_blank">Volvo Turbo HP</a>

 

I saw an article a couple of years ago (R&T, I think) where a stock Volvo station wagon Turbo kept up with a Diablo for quite some time. That was when I started to show more respect towards Volvo.

 

I love Volvo turbo wagons. The V70 R kicks ***.

 

And if the guy who has the mod kits to put a 5.0 Ford into a 240 would advertise on the web I could show you where to get one that has some serious power.

MAtched with the rather nice rear end they had it really moves.

 

we have a v70r and just sold our 850. they are wolfs in sheeps clothing . Even the new turbo diesels have 0-60s in the mid 8's.

 

Guess what? A brick dropped off a building is faster from 0-60 than both of them. Christ, if all you care about is straight-line acceleration, get a V8 Mustang and be done with it.

On the other hand, a Volvo might hold up better when you understeer it into a guardrail......

 

But a Rustang faling of a bulding is the same as the brick in 0.60.


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