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940 Turbo or Not 900

posted by  someone claiming to be 940 Owner on  Fri Jun 4 13:13 CST 2004 [RELATED]

Back in late 1994 when my wife and I were shopping for a new car, we were not even considering a Volvo (too much money we thought). We were retiring a 1985 diesel VW Jetta (btw 46 mpg!) with 102K. Had the chance to test drive identical 940's with and without turbo chargers. The price difference was about $1500 for the blower. You really feel that extra weight/horsepower ratio accelerating up the on ramp and merging with 65mph semi's on the interstate. When we bought the new Volvo my wife commented to our seven year old son: "you will probably be driving this when you turn 16"...we turned the keys over to him two months ago.

Face it people. why do we buy these out of style "bricks"? Because they are well designed and crafted vehicles that are really close to armored personel carriers for our families. Bottom line was: screw the fuel economy, give me the Swedish steel.






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