No, the first part of that headline doesn't refer to what happens when you combine shots of tequila with IKEA furniture assembly. Speed obsessed Volvo owners have been tweaking their cars into racing machines for nearly fifty years, often beneath the cover of their cars' sensible, boxy exteriors. The New York Times recently picked up on the practice, and highlighted a few hot specimens. We'd have loved to be there when the guy in the 740 smoked a new Audi V8 — ja-hoo!.
Unleashing the Muscle Car Inside the Trusty Volvo [The New York Times]
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