The Volvo 850 — iconic, boxy, and born from the golden era of touring car racing — brings serious vibes with its naturally ...

I bought my 1997 Volvo 850 used in 2000 with 29,000 mile on it. It just turned 202,000 and I've never had a major problem with it. It has never failed to start and get me to my destination.

In the 1990s Volvo had a new front-wheel drive car with five-cylinder engine, the 850 sedan and estate. Someone had the inspired idea to enter an 850 into the British Touring Car Championship ...

Classic Cars. Happy 25th birthday, Volvo 850! Happy 25th birthday, Volvo 850! Volvo's revolutionary sedan and wagon are still with us every day. By Jay Ramey Published: Jun 8, 2016.

Maller’s Volvo 850R may be a bit of a Volvo nerd’s breakfast, but it demonstrates how an ordinary family car can, in the right hands, be transformed into something extraordinary, embodying the ...

Street-Spotted: Euro-Spec Volvo 850 GLE While the base 850 of 1994 offered 168 hp and 162 lb-ft of torque, the Turbo model served up 222 hp and 221 lb-ft, courtesy of a turbocharged 2.3-liter ...

The 850 first launched in 1991 with the slogan, “A dynamic car with four world-beating breakthroughs.” Said breakthroughs were: a transverse five-cylinder engine driving the front two wheels, ...

Even the revered Brockie had a crack in the Volvo 850, but in the sedan not the wagon - two cars also competed at Bathurst in 1997. The successor to the iconic 200 Series, the Volvo 850 was totally ...

The safety message that had made Volvo stand out from the crowd was no longer getting through when the rest of the car industry had caught up. Volvo had to reinvent itself and the 850 was one of the ...

June, 1991: at the Stockholm Globe Arena, Volvo revealed the new 850. It was trumpeted with 'four world firsts'. Count 'em: a new transverse five pot engine, 'delta-link' rear axle design, side ...

There are 23 reviews for the 1996 Volvo 850, click through to see what your fellow consumers are saying. Opens in new window. ... The car has been a tank but not unusually difficult.