Volvo 300 series potential classic?

[sven360]

[quote="foggyjames"]While it's never going to be an MGB, I think the 300s are quirky enough and were common enough in their day to achieve the same sort of status as something like a Morris Minor, eventually...an everyday classic, if you like.

Ultimately 'proper' classic cars will always be 60s drop-tops, in my eyes.

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James

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MGB=rubbish if it had that sherpa engine with twin Su's

Baby Buick, perhaps, but if I remember correctly you aren't a fan of that 50's pile of junk

[redline]

its a difficult one I'm not sure the whole range will be considered classic, perhaps the millionaires the ltd's and maybe even the glt's

models like ford's old E and RS series ,vauxhalls gte , golf GTi's and yes my Bx 16 valve do tend to stand out from the base models to some extent and for that reason are more desirable than say a base model.

I hope the 300 is considered a classic one day it has meant so many different things to so many people whether a daily driver , rally car , drifter or even a custom

the way they are beginning to go price wise is a good sign but unfortunately the biggest benefit of owning a classic stopped with cars made before 1973

free road tax

[hatch360]

I think volvo made a big mistake by not making (or marketing) the R sport models like golf and peugeot do with their GTI's even the GLT you could say on the engine side is lacking the credentials as being sports driven.

As I said somewhere else I reckon the 480 will be the next classic car, never sold them here in australia for whatever messed up reason they have.

[foggyjames]

When it was first released, the 360 GLT was quite competitive. Towards the end, it had only got slower, and the competition had got a fair bit quicker - almost all the competitors had a 6 cylinder and/or turbo option. They desperately needed to sell a 360 turbo, or at least a 2.3.

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James

[Chris_C]

Or something with more cam's than steering wheels

Does make you wonder why, when the 300 was selling so well for so long, they didn't put out a hot version, but I guess at the time the car was getting slated, and it was sensible families who were buying them, not the hot hatch generation.

[foggyjames]

I think they'd have put out a hot version of the 360, since it was the top model, so no Renault stuff. The B234 was still a year away when they killed off the 360. Knowing Volvo and their conservative way of doing things, it'd have been a B200ET or B230ET...or perhaps even just a B230E?

I'm sure you're right Chris re: their perceived image of the brand in this country...although the logic wass wrong, I think, as the 850 proved. Perhaps you need a new model though...the 2.3 16v Merc 190E hardly turned the image of the model around, even though it was a storming car.

cheers

James