Volvo S40 (was putting a auto trans in a '91 20VTQA)

[Ti Kan]

Kent McLean writes:
> Tom Love wrote:
> > I have just been offered a perfect condition 2000 S40 with perfect 
> > dealer service records. The car has 175k no city miles on it (know 
> > the owner) never smoked in. $5k. Hit or miss? 
> 
> FWIW, the S40 is based on the Ford Focus / Mazda 3 chassis.
> Not that there is anything wrong with badge engineering.

The latest S40s are as you describe, but the older gen (which the
2000 model is) was based on a Mitsubishi platform.

-Ti