It's probably a part of the country thing. Here in New England there's plenty of Volvos in junkyards, that's one of the very things I loved about owning a 240... (not so much an issue with my 780, parts just aren't to be found without a lot of work...)

But look at the AGE of the cars... The junkyard nearest to me has tons of ~1985-~1995 cars, but the volvos all seem to be ~1980-1989... not a whole lot older, but a little. I see pre-86 240's on the road all the time, when was the last time you saw a Honda that old?

-Paul Demeo
1990 780