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Volvo 240 replacement by Toyota 200

posted by  bosozoku on  Mon Jul 18 17:25 CST 2005
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An alledgedly popular choice amongst former 240 owners in Europe, looking for straightforward engineering/reliability, is the Skoda Octavia.

The Octavia isn't available in the US (yet). It also has a transverse drivetrain, which does no favors to the car's turning circle, and the crummy front-biased Haldex AWD system, which probably makes the car understeer in general.


If I were in the market for an Eastern European car, I'd want a Tatra to play with:
http://digilander.libero.it/cuoccimix/ENGLISH-automotorusse9-F(Tatra).htm


OTOH, the Subaru Liberty/Legacy 4x4 is available and is a pretty decent car. Longitudinal drivetrain, 50/50-biased AWD so the car doesn't understeer like a pig, available manual tranny, and, of course, the wonderful "boxer" engine. It can still be ordered without unneeded *crap* like power seats and a NAV system.


Gas mileage is good - about 30 mpg highway - and the later cars probably last just as long as Volvo 240s (before 1995 or so they had a rust problem).


-b.






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