<![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes? - Jalopnik Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes? - Jalopnik Comments]]> http://jalopnik.com Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:26:16 EST Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:26:16 EST http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c753419 Also a Volvo retard here... Currently own 3. Obviously, the V70R is my favorite. I still pee a little every time I get on it.

bmessina

]]> 12:222486:c753419 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:26:16 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c750597 Wohho, that is my R75/6 that I just finished restoring/rebuilding sorta cafe racer style.

Chris in KY

]]> 12:222486:c750597 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:21:08 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c750379 wohho, that's my 76 R75/6. I just finished restoring/rebuilding it kinda cafe racer style.

Chris in KY

]]> 12:222486:c750379 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:47:43 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c749684 Chris in KY, what's the story on the bimmer in your avatar? looks pretty nice.

wohho

]]> 12:222486:c749684 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:35:19 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c749634 Looks like they put a Snowcat on a rollerskate.

cyclopticgaze

]]> 12:222486:c749634 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:24:37 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c749572 Those C303 portal axles are the bees knees. Super low gearing, high clearance and lighter that Unimog portals.
All the cool rock crawlers are asking Santa for a set this Christmas.

Chris in KY

]]> 12:222486:c749572 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:10:33 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c749288 oh stupid me, i didn't see the link on the main page to real4x4. sorry. it's early in the morning. please don't kill my comment account for stupidity

Aaron Stein

]]> 12:222486:c749288 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:45:54 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c749287 notice on the side of the vehicle - real4x4.com. it's a real site devoted to the vehicle.

Aaron Stein

]]> 12:222486:c749287 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:44:28 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c749267 And hey now, what about the Inventor XR5D - basically a V70 XC on a C303 chassis: http://www.inventordakar.com/

jeroen

]]> 12:222486:c749267 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:17:13 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c749262 Volvo participated three times in the Dakar Rally, all three times with a near original C303: http://www.volvooffroadklub.dk/Billeder/C303_i_Dakar.jpg

jeroen

]]> 12:222486:c749262 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:13:37 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c749252 I had a string of volvo's myself, a 82 240DL as my first car, followed by an 85 740 GLE Turbo diesel. I can certainly see the family resemblance.

wohho

]]> 12:222486:c749252 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:56:06 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c749198 Dreamy. I want one. Put a pop-top sleeper on it (access through the machine gun port!) and it's the ultimate camper.

Available now on ebay.

weatherman

]]> 12:222486:c749198 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:06:27 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c749145 Not only is that cooler looking than a Hummer, but it's Swedish! You literally can't lose!

Unless you hit a corner going above 20mph, maybe.

In other news: Don't be so quick to deride '90s Volvo's. I've got a '93 940 Turbo wagon, and it's a genuinely fun car to drive, with a 2.4L I-4, 160bhp and 192lb/ft of torque. The steering feel is light and fairly precise, it's got Bilstein shocks, the most comfortable seats known to man, tons of room for junk in the trunk and a 32 foot turning radius. And it weighs around 3,200 pounds, dry.

Deceptively quick? No, not really; it has a four speed slushbox (the 940 Turbo was only ever offered with an autobox) and the most unresponsive shift logic I've ever had to deal with, but it's still plenty fun in the corners.

imoody

]]> 12:222486:c749145 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:17:00 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c749134 Texans, you Crazy Person.

Davey G.

]]> 12:222486:c749134 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:02:17 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c749123 That would be XC. And my late-90's Volvo is indeed a box.

Volvo; Boxy, but safe.

TexansAreHot

]]> 12:222486:c749123 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:51:58 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c749074 I take it the "C" stands for CrossCountry?

Xedos6

]]> 12:222486:c749074 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:14:48 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c749069 Believe it or not, Volvo didn't always build sleek, swoopy, high style automobiles. Once, volvos were derided for being "boxy".

I don't believe you.

Adam

]]> 12:222486:c749069 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:10:05 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c748989 Might want to double-check your spelling and capitalization.

Punkey

]]> 12:222486:c748989 Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:55:25 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c748890 The best thing about this is pedestrians only need to duck to avoid obliteration.

HDC

]]> 12:222486:c748890 Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:55:11 EST <![CDATA[Volvo Made Boxes?]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/volvo-made-boxes-222486.php#c748839 I guy I worked with at the City Paper in Vegas owns one of these things. He's also got a 12-second Volvo station-wagon, so go figure.

aaron x

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