When Joyce Braga first previewed the 700-series in 1981, her intro was "The new, svelte look belongs to Volvo, that perennial builder of solid & reliable Swedish transportation". Svelte?!!!! Please, the 740/760 was more of a brick than The Brick!!!! That's not to say it was a HIDEOUSLY UGLY car, just not one that could ever be accused of being drop-dead sexy.
Never heard so much praise for a car in a single retro road test! The 700 series was designed to do well in the US and certainly seems to have worked!
Classic Wolvo, still see 👀 them on the road, long lasting auto, and my cousin has one with over 400k still going strong 💪.
I love the Volvo of the 80s.
I love this cars Volvo of the 80, 85-88 is my favorites, specially the wagons
@fernandorocha-dx1wv Although I was too young at the time to drive a car, I remember Volvo cars of this vintage.
The motor in these was sourced from VW.
That's what it said in the test
The 1983 Volvo Flagship 760 The Best of The 1980s
I'm surprised this only has a 4 speed manual when many cars half its price has the 5 speed manual.
It's definitely "an car"
When Joyce Braga first previewed the 700-series in 1981, her intro was "The new, svelte look belongs to Volvo, that perennial builder of solid & reliable Swedish transportation". Svelte?!!!! Please, the 740/760 was more of a brick than The Brick!!!! That's not to say it was a HIDEOUSLY UGLY car, just not one that could ever be accused of being drop-dead sexy.