Re: 850...and 780 (no audi content)

["Mark L. Chang" <mchang@ece.nwu.edu>]

On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Daniel Hussey wrote:

>     On another subject: talking about Volvo's with Renault/Puegot engines....
> Does anyone know what motor was in the Volvo 780 Coupe?  That was the mid-late
> 80's coupe desighned by Bertone (a very nice car IMHO).  Anyways, I think that
> car may have had a Renault turbo motor or something like that.  A neighbor
> of mine had one for a while and I think I remember him saying something about
> it having an odd motor.  Does anyone know what type of motor the 780 coupe
> had?  BTW, these are nice cars that can be had dirt cheap now...if you can
> find one.  Seen some that were real nice buys.

Not to move past our lovely four ring'ers, but I've always liked the
Bertone-styled 780.  Goto this page for info:
http://Reports.IntelliChoice.com/Reports/90/590/9059004/
main.asp?SPON=ChiTrib&PROD=1&REPORT=9059004&TRID=1762395&P1=0&
YEAR=1990&MAKE=Volvo&MODEL=780

Yep, it's a long URL -- or just goto carpoint.msn.com and look 'er up.

The specs say you could get it with a 2.8L V6, or a 2.3L 4-cyl Turbo,
producing:
Horsepower      144 @5100rpm      188 @5100rpm
Torque (lbs/ft) 173 @3750rpm      206 @3900rpm

respectively.

Checking the Chicago Tribune, there is one for sale in Highland Park for
$5995.  But, I believe they were slush-boxes only...

Oh well... back to your regular Audi stuff!  Enough with the s`ovloV...

mark
87 4kcsq

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