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hi i am thinking of buying a volvo 2 door coupe...from 1984...i know this has been well cared for and have been offered it for350 pounds....can anyone tell me about this car..reliable?thnxs ..mreos
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You are presumably trefering to the 480ES? But this was from 1987 onwards. If this is the car you are on about, then it came with the trusty 1.7 Renault engine. Apart fromthat I don't know much about them but realistically, at this age and price, anything could be right or wrong with it. It will depend on the previous owner(s) and how well they maintained it.
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Could it be a 262 coupe? The one that looked like it had been stepped on. If so then it would have the robust 200 series mechanicals but at 20 years old who knows what it would be like?
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Wasn't there a two door 300 series ? 1984 would have been the first one or two years of them.
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Best place to start might be the owners club...lots of profiles and pictures and fora for all the models:
www.volvoclub.org.uk
StarGazer
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If it is a 262 coupe it was built by Bertone.
A star of the BBC Watchdog problem with numerous complaints IIRC.
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I wasna fu but just had plenty.
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Do let us know what it is - doesn't it say on the back?
If it is a 262 by Bertone it is becoming a collectors item, although featuring in that book "Worst Cars".
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Looks like the 262C was built between 1975 and 1981
www.volvoclub.org.uk/history/262c.html
Yes there was a 3 door 340
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Do let us know what it is - doesn't it say on the back? If it is a 262 by Bertone it is becoming a collectors item, although featuring in that book "Worst Cars".
I think it was only the vinyl roof version that was in the worst cars book - because it had a vinyl roof.
Seems eminently sensible to me :D
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If its a 480 check over that all the electronic gagetry works, the electrics are a nightmare when they go wrong because its a very complicated junction of wires! Apart from that they can be great bargain if you find a decent one!
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262 is a collector's item but not made in 1984; neither was the 480, which could be a bargain or an absolute shed. There was also a larger, 2 door saloon 780 (looks like a cross between a Volvo 850 and an 80s Maserati) that ran from 1985 to 1989 ish in LHD form only.
Most likely is that it is a 340 or 360, which is straightforwardly a banger, although some people are starting to get a bit sentimental about them.
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There was a 264 as well. I am pretty sure that was a coupe
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The way Volvo numbering used to work was that the Volvo 'abc' would be an a series with b cylinders and c doors.
(Well it sort of worked; certainly it did for the 14x/16x, 24x/26x and 34x). A 264 was therefore a four door saloon that looked similar to a 244 but with a huge chrome grille and a six cylinder engine.
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The way Volvo numbering used to work was that the Volvo 'abc' would be an a series with b cylinders and c doors. (Well it sort of worked; certainly it did for the 14x/16x, 24x/26x and 34x).
I don't think it did quite work for the 34x, as there was no 343, 344, or 345, it was a 340. Also there was a 360 which was not a 6 cylinder.
You're spot on about the others though. The 3 series was the start of them changing the naming method (with the 340 being a hatch and the 360 being a saloon I think. This was certainly true of the follow-up 440 and 460 at any rate.)
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Yes the 340 was the hatchback and the 360 was the saloon varient
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So we have speculated on what it might, or might not, be. Are we going to be told what it actually is?
If it really is a coupe, it means it has a lower roof line than the ordinary saloon model. Was there a coupe 340?
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not as far as i know - you couldn't really confuse the 3dr hatchback version as a coupe either.
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If it really is a coupe, it means it has a lower roof line than the ordinary saloon model. Was there a coupe 340?
Not sure that's an official definition of a Coupe.
As far as I'm concerned, a coupe is a two door car with a seperate luggage compartment. (I've just checked and several dictionaries agree with me.
But no, there was not a coupe 340, by my definition or yours.
Of course, one car that doesn't fit this description is the Hyundai.... Coupe, but Hyundai Hatchback wouldn't sound as good.
I stand corrected on the 343, 345 business by the way, as soon as you said it mare I remembered having seen some early ones with those designations.
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>> Not sure that's an official definition of a Coupe.
But "coupe" (can't do acute accents) means "cut". I've always assumed that meant a car with a lower roof line, to look and possible be, less air resistant and therefore faster.
I agree about them generally having only two doors. That's another indication that passenger convenience has been sacrificed for sportier, sleeker looks.
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I think you will find that there were saloon and hatch versions of both the 340 and 360 The 340 was originaly 1.4 litres and later 1.7 litres and the 360 was more "upmarket" with a 2 litre 4 cylinder engine.
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I don't think it did quite work for the 34x, as there was no 343, 344, or 345, it was a 340.
The 340 was indeed a 343 and 345 in the early eighties, up until the facelift c.1984
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