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Some Volvo 240 0-60 times from old Road & Track road tests 200

posted by  someone claiming to be Bill the Cat on  Sat Jan 5 00:36 CST 2002 [RELATED]

R&T's 0-60 times of some "Classic" 240 Volvos:

240 GL (March, 1980) 0-60: 14.2

260 Diesel (September, 1980) 0-60: 18.5

240 GLT Turbo (May, 1982) 0-60: 10.2

For comparison:

S70 T5 (February, 1999) 0-60: 6.1

S60 T5 (April, 2001) 0-60: 6.6

S80 T6 (February, 2000) 0-60: 6.6

Cars equipped with manual transmissions except for the S60 and the S80.

-Bill the Cat

P.S. I looked this up in old issues of R&T . A collection of 0-60 times is available at
http://www.missouri.edu/~apcb20/times.html including the 140 series Volvo...
...unfortunately without references. Some numbers seem accurate, others suspect.






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