{"id":72546,"date":"2021-06-16T13:17:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T13:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=72546"},"modified":"2021-06-24T08:26:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T08:26:31","slug":"30-years-of-volvo-850","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/30-years-of-volvo-850\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Years of Volvo 850"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

30 years ago, the Volvo 850 made its debut as what was then the safest new vehicle in the world. Development began under the internal code “Project Galaxy” back in 1978, when Volvo decided to make one of the biggest investments in Scandinavian industrial history. The aim was to create a safe mid-range car that was as pleasing to the eye as possible. Initially, internal work was mainly on safety elements such as the SIPS side impact protection system. It wasnn’t until the end of the 1980s that work began on the design, which was created under the direction of Jan Wilsgaard. He had the thankless task of placing a vehicle in the typical Volvo design below the 740 and 760 series while at the same time ensuring good aerodynamics. He succeeded in creating a timelessly beautiful mid-size car that even today doesn’t look old. The station wagon version received the Japanese “Good Design Grand Prize” in 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only five-cylinder engines under the hood<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Another new feature of the 850 was hidden under the body. For the first time in the brand’s history, Volvo used a front-wheel drive layout here. In addition, only gasoline engines with five cylinders in line were found under the hood. Even the turbodiesel engine purchased from Audi, which was offered from mid-1995 to the end of 1996, was an inline five-cylinder. Engine output ranged from 93 kW\/126 hp in the 2.0 to 142 kW\/193 hp in the 2.5 T, which was only available as a station wagon. The diesel had 103 kW\/140 hp and 290 Nm of torque. Above the normal series, Volvo established sporty offshoots, starting in 1993 with the 166 kW\/226 hp T-5 with a 2.3 liter turbo engine. This was followed in August 1994 by the T-5R with 177 kW\/241 hp, which became particularly famous for its pastel yellow presentation paintjob. One year later the name part T-5 was dropped and the power in the 850 R increased to 184 kW\/250 hp due to new turbochargers. With automatic transmission, the Swedes reduced this figure to that of the T-5R.<\/p>\n\n\n

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