Just a bit of trivia for ya'. Volvo introduced the 200 series vehicles in 1975. With Volvo's new "Lambda Sond"(O2 sensor) and ongoing safety technology, the 240 was the cleanest & safest vehicle in America at the time. And when you factor in that most of Detroit's midsized offerings came with carborated V6 & V8 engines back then, the fuel injected 240 was the one of the most fuel efficient choices in its class.
I had one of those bricks. Great car - I took a hairpin at 50mph in the rain and took most of that speed right into the guardrail. And... I drove away with bumper/fender damage, and nothing else. Those were awesome cars in their day. The ~20mpg wasn't too horrible either. Definately a good first car.
Hi SL8Brick: ___I did a story on this just a few days ago! Volvo employee recognized for cleaning tail pipe emissions ten fold 30 + years later. ___Thank goodness for engineers like Stephen Wallman. ___Good Luck ___Wayne
Nice write up, Wayne. I didn't read that before I posted this. I hope you don't mind, but I'd like to link your article to a few Volvo enthusiasts sites as I'm sure many others would be interested in reading it.
