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In defense of the 740 200

posted by  zrubin on  Wed Sep 20 10:04 CST 2006
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A couple corrections:
The current V70 and XC70 were designed before Ford had any influence on Volvo, and the XC90 was mostly complete as well. I was working on the Ford 500/Freestyle in 2000 and saw prints of the XC90, you can't "blame" Ford for that one if you don't like it - it was, and is, a big success for Volvo and without it Volvo would be even less independent than it is today. The current US-market S80 (to be replaced in February) is not "mostly" Volvo, it's 100% Volvo.

The 2nd generation Toyota Cressida was introduced in the US in 1981 if I remember correctly - it hit the market here well before the 760. You could buy a 1982 model year Cressida - identical sheetmetal as the 1983-1984 Cressida, just the grille and tail lights changed in 1983 - before the 1983 model year 760 was introduced to the US market.

Zack
1980 245DL M46 282k
1988 745T+ M46 214k






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