What is this 850 specification?

Post by **scot850** » 05 Oct 2016, 17:30

Saw this for sale locally today and I've been curious as to what is the spec of the Volvo 850 Sportwagen? Is it a regular 850 T with the 222bhp turbo engine?

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/calg ... nFlag=true

Not bad looking old thing with local specialist maintenance claim.

Is this what was called the platinum in this color?

Neil.

Post by **JRL** » 05 Oct 2016, 17:41

Same engine, 222 hp.
For the life of me I don't know what was the difference. It was a VCNA sales gimmick that I do know, they may have had some obscure option, who knows!!
I bought and sold a couple of these 10 or so years ago. I could not find any difference between these and an 850 turbo except they all had pretty much every option you could get in the US.

Post by **scot850** » 05 Oct 2016, 19:11

Thanks Jim. Like you say I was sure it was just some weird marketing edition but thanks for the education as always!

What was the 'Platinum' edition. Was it a 96 and a special color?

Thanks,

Neil.

Post by **misha** » 06 Oct 2016, 02:57

'96 only,fully loaded,pearl colour and turbo.
http://forums.swedespeed.com/showthread ... ?_k=bgdhc4

Post by **erikv11** » 06 Oct 2016, 07:42

The gimmick wasn't even restricted to turbo cars, my first 96 NA wagon was a "Sportswagon." I spent a lot of time researching that label and it was very clear at the end: The only difference was the little plastic badge, and it was slapped on various (random) trim levels. Pretty common in the Northeast USA, also.

I peeled off the badge and kept it before I sent the wrecked car for the crusher, so I can convert any one of my cars to a Sportswagon at any time.