The only bad thing about this video is that it ends. I could watch 2 hours of this guy talking about Volvos, accelerating, and beatiful cars on display.
Hi Robert, especially for people that like the Volvo video, Soon to be Classics has created this: teespring.com/nl/fast-furniture Hopefully you like it.
As a proud owner of the very same Saffron V70R AWD for almost 8 yrs, I must agree, that every single word in this vid is absolutely truth :) Very professional overview for such a rare and legendary model produced only in less than a thousand pieces :)
Hi Axowic, especially for people that like the Volvo video, Soon to be Classics has created this: teespring.com/nl/fast-furniture Hopefully you like it.
Awesome video! I have a 1998 Volvo V70 manual with almost every suspension/chasis upgrade available and Ferrita exhaust. I can't stop driving this car on the backroads!
I absolutely love the P80 V70. My first car was a 2000 V70 SE. The first Volvo we had in our family was a 1998 V70 T5. The comfort, handling and solid build quality are superb. I recently drove a manual S70 T5M and fell in love all over again. These are some of the most satisfying cars to drive. They’re gas guzzlers though! Prepare to spend quite a bit at the pump!
Very professionally produced video, I had a V70 T5 estate new in 1998, the performance was staggering, so much so I only achieved 10,000 miles on my first set of tyres enjoying it!
Love my XC70 2.5T. all that and wheels offroad too. Stage 1 chip, K&N filter and 3" stainless Elevate cat back exhaust. Fully capable mobile livingroom.
Great Film👍🏼 I have the same car and love it...it’s reliable, comfortable, fast, can carry all the things I need to and easy to work on. Thank you for posting 👍🏼
Awesome vid, I never knew that Volvo made such cars back in the day. I really like the visuals and engine sound. The spoken audio could be a bit louder and maybe a bit more crisp, but otherwise it's a very professional video which made me enthousiastic about the car and its history. Well done!
Thanks Pino. Yeah, Volvo made several awesome cars. Thanks for the feedback about the audio. I think we now finally nailed it with the third (Subaru) video.
Great Video👌🏻 You only say what the Owner of These Cars Love.And thats what i Love on my V70R FWD since i got it in 2009 Till today. They are stock strong,If you change A few Little things and a good Mapping you will Fall in Love again 😉 I will Never give my V70R away.No other Car can give me that Emotions and Daily use like this Thing does.
have a '98 V70T5 so i know what your talking about they do come on late , there's a lack of respect and ignorance for what they are and what they are capable of , find it quite fun blowing off much newer cars :p Great video and it will definately be a a Classic soon
Might be going to look at a 97 awd model today. Kinda sketched out about the awd systems reliability but it's probably the best performance/utility car for the price.
I'm happy with my 2002 V70 T5. 2.3L high pressure turbo makes 247HP and is quite the sleeper. 30 MPG on the road and can haul a crap load of band gear. Great replacement for my old 940 turbo wagon. My driving style doesn't need all the suspension tweaks as I'm an old fart that knows when to not drive like I'm 21. 4th Volvo wagon: '80 245, '84 740 turbo and a '92 940 turbo. My toes up car.
i keep hearing/being told. that my 98 R awd is less reliable. but here it is with 420 000km on it and has the original angle gear. i think it might just be the manual ones that die. manuals are inherently rougher on themselves.
@@SoontobeClassics you're welcome. I own a 2000 S70 2.0t and its now in the workshop...upgrading to R 😊 your video is very good & informative, now i can't wait to actually feel the power of an R...thanks!
Just sold my 2000 V70R. Now that my two identical 97 850awd's with 2.3's, and sticks, are on the road. Haha, and a trashed looking 94 turbo wagon, with excellent mechanicals. More fun, less furniture.
Someone else has probably already said it, but the 850 T5R was NOT Volvo's first performance estate.... Look up the Volvo 240 Turbo wagon from the early 80's. The fastest estate available I believe. The the 740T Estate, also a quick car for its era. Let's not forget these iconic cars.
I agree with the fact that we must not forget those iconic cars and the fact that they were quicker than average, especially for estate cars. However calling the 240 Turbo wagon a "performance estate" is a bit too much for a car with 155ps that weighs over 1.300 kg, does 0-100 in 9 seconds and a has topspeed of 190 km/h. BMW sold the 528i (sedan) in the same period which had 30ps more. Above the 528i came the M535i and M5; those were actual performance cars. In my opninion the first true performance estate car was the BMW M5 Touring, followed by the Audi RS2. In my eyes the Volvo 850 T-5R was the first estate car from Volvo that earned the "performance estate" tag. Nevertheless, there are probably enough heavily tuned Volvo's 240 Turbo that will outperform a standard 850 T-5R.
Ooit komt er een op m'n oprit te staan, een van de kentekenplaten heb ik al, nu het budget en de auto zelf nog. (al dan niet met een topsnelheid van 480 kilometer per uur zoals TT5/Rstein heeft maardatdoeterniettoe :^)
Hey classics, amazing video u've done, dreaming about one of these rides but its complex to choose 1 of. Don't u think that 850 has more charm & old school style while v70 has more respectable interior and more suits for respectable people? give me ur choice. Luck!!!!
Hi, you're right. The 850 is more old school. But the V70 definitely has the nicer interior and I really like the wide front fenders of the V70 as well. I really like them both, as long as they are yellow or orange :-)
I owned a 97 850R brand new, mine was black and had 75 miles when I got it. I learned to hate those 17" tires with the almost side wall. I wish they had made the Volans in 16" so the car didn't ride like a rock over smooth roads. I loved my car but it did have its deficiencies: Plastic dash mounts (engineers- Really? You couldn't make them metal?) so when you hit a bump when it's below 32 F they break and the dash squeaks. The auto transmission (should have made them all 5 spd manual) had main seal issues around 145k miles. And the cup holders! over the window switches?? My car somehow developed an electrical short at the fan one day when I was driving home, a slightly breezy day. That short developed into a fire and all I could do was watch the engine compartment go up in flames. That was sad to watch. I took very good care of that car too. I loved the look of the car and it was fast and a fun ride. I wish they would have made a 5 spd manual version with AWD and 16" Volans for the US market with metal dash mounts too.
The dash of the V70 was a big update compared to the dash of the 850. The 17" are vulnerable, but they look stunning! Furthermore the flatter 17" add to the directness of steering, but you do have to give up a bit of comfort for that. I think it's still pretty comfortable, when you compare it to other sporty (European) cars.
@@SoontobeClassics I loved the 17's but if they offered them in 16" I would have gone that route. The flat surface of the tire made it difficult to steer on roads that were rutted.
That orange color is really special and only really works with that body stile, it is almost as special as the “T-Gul” color of the 850 T5 and T5R but not as “exclusive” as the “T-Gul”. But I personally prefer the V70n R over the X70 R and 850 T5R.
@@SoontobeClassics I'm now actually thinking about/looking to buy a C70 I coupe too the summer, preferably in that Orange "saffran" color or the dark blue metallic..
@@SoontobeClassics that is the plan, a Automatic transmission C70 is not even a option for me. It is either a manual or nothing, except if you have a Diesel and happen to tow a lot of things all the time.
Hi André, we like to make more videos as well :-) If we get more views, likes and subscribers, then we will get more budget for making these nice videos. We will launch our newest videos in the upcoming weeks.
Thanks. True. We found that out after posting and sadly couldn’t change it anymore. It really depends on the device you use for watching if the sound is good or not.
Ummm... aren't we forgetting the amazing 245Ti and 745Ti wagons? I had a 245Ti manual car and it was one of the quicker cars in its day (1984) and respectable even into the 90s.
Dank je! Automaatbak geeft geen storing :-) Dat oranje pijltje omhoog duidt aan dat ik de automaat op dat moment handmatig bedien en op kan schakelen naar D. Zodra je de automaat weer in D zet, dan gaat het oranje pijltje uit.
@@SoontobeClassics you are on limp mode. Shift sensor is malfunctioning. Located where your shift cable attaches to your transmission. Very very common and easy to fix
It was our first video, so we had some trouble getting the audio right. In later videos we have improved this. Unfortunately TH-cam does not allow to update videos.
the only / atleast almost only reason you would ''convert it'' from awd to fwd is if ur driveshaft is fucked, i just bought a ''new'' one and its really expensive.
I bought a $200 volvo with 210,000 miles and after 3 years and 26,000 miles later the car still in my driveway waiting to be driven. I have gotten snarky remarks from people telling me my volvo is junk, bland and slow... they are right, but i will not sell/trade it.
The only bad thing about this video is that it ends. I could watch 2 hours of this guy talking about Volvos, accelerating, and beatiful cars on display.
Thank you Raphael!
I love volvo wagons and I don’t have a family nor a soccer mom
Thanks for an awesome video.
Thank you Robert! I really like your videos as well! Very usefull! I used one of your videos to replace a heater core of another V70.
Hi Robert, especially for people that like the Volvo video, Soon to be Classics has created this: teespring.com/nl/fast-furniture Hopefully you like it.
Robert is the man.
@@STG44VOLVO agree!
As a proud owner of the very same Saffron V70R AWD for almost 8 yrs, I must agree, that every single word in this vid is absolutely truth :) Very professional overview for such a rare and legendary model produced only in less than a thousand pieces :)
Thank you very much for the big compliment!
Oh and the IKEA shot in the end is very subtle. Yay for swedish products :D
Loved that bit so much
My favorite video on youtube. I love that car so much
Hi Axowic, thanks for the big compliment!
Hi Axowic, especially for people that like the Volvo video, Soon to be Classics has created this: teespring.com/nl/fast-furniture Hopefully you like it.
V70r vs 850r wagon also s70 t5 vs 850 t5
My first car was a '97 T-5 V70 that engine sound sure brings back memories. Still one of the most fun cars I've ever driven!
That's nice for a first car!! Those 5-cylinder engines sounds amazing.
Video was too beautiful. Makes me truly miss my v70
Thanks Fabrizio!
Never too late to get another one!
Turn down the music next time. Cant hear your voice too well. But the car is amazing so thats the saving grace
Volvo video was the first one, so we have already used the same advice from other viewers. Thanks anyway. Glad you still like the car ;-)
I have a C70 T5, beautiful shape and what an engine. Nostalgic of those 5 cylinder turbo that modern auto with boring modern engine will never have.
I love my s60R. Thanks for posting
Awesome video! I have a 1998 Volvo V70 manual with almost every suspension/chasis upgrade available and Ferrita exhaust. I can't stop driving this car on the backroads!
I absolutely love the P80 V70. My first car was a 2000 V70 SE. The first Volvo we had in our family was a 1998 V70 T5. The comfort, handling and solid build quality are superb. I recently drove a manual S70 T5M and fell in love all over again. These are some of the most satisfying cars to drive. They’re gas guzzlers though! Prepare to spend quite a bit at the pump!
I had a V70R FWD manual in the very same Saffron pearl colour. Its such a beautiful orange-gold in the sunlight.
Very professionally produced video, I had a V70 T5 estate new in 1998, the performance was staggering, so much so I only achieved 10,000 miles on my first set of tyres enjoying it!
my new favorite channel, keep them coming
Thank you. We're working on it :-)
This car and content is amazing. That engine sound is just lovely.
Thank you!
Sound so gorgeous
Love my XC70 2.5T. all that and wheels offroad too. Stage 1 chip, K&N filter and 3" stainless Elevate cat back exhaust. Fully capable mobile livingroom.
Great Film👍🏼
I have the same car and love it...it’s reliable, comfortable, fast, can carry all the things I need to and easy to work on.
Thank you for posting 👍🏼
Thank you! I agree.
Awesome vid, I never knew that Volvo made such cars back in the day. I really like the visuals and engine sound. The spoken audio could be a bit louder and maybe a bit more crisp, but otherwise it's a very professional video which made me enthousiastic about the car and its history. Well done!
Thanks Pino. Yeah, Volvo made several awesome cars. Thanks for the feedback about the audio. I think we now finally nailed it with the third (Subaru) video.
This is the very best and my favorite car. VOLVO FOREVER 💪🤟👍
I'm still owned this model, superb car
What an AMAZING video, I love Volvos so much
Thanks Richie!
Thanks. An incredibly well made video, so informative and well made.
Thanks for the compliment!
Thank you great video and nice comments. You really like the car
Paar prachtige auto's bij elkaar zeg! En heel mooie shots. Ik mis mijn S70 T5 nu wel
Lovely looking car love the valvo thanks for this
Great Video👌🏻 You only say what the Owner of These Cars Love.And thats what i Love on my V70R FWD since i got it in 2009 Till today.
They are stock strong,If you change A few Little things and a good Mapping you will Fall in Love again 😉 I will Never give my V70R away.No other Car can give me that Emotions and Daily use like this Thing does.
Thanks for a great video.I've a '97 V70 T5.It's true,things happen up the rev range.I do enjoy surprising people in a 22 year old wagon!
Yeah, you do surprise people when the turbo kicks in :-)
have a '98 V70T5 so i know what your talking about they do come on late , there's a lack of respect and ignorance for what they are and what they are capable of , find it quite fun blowing off much newer cars :p Great video and it will definately be a a Classic soon
Goed gedaan mannen. Als T5R eigenaar krijg ik kippenvel van deze video 👍
I loove that sound! Makes me even miss my NA V70.
Here is one happy 2006, manual V70R owner👋🏻 Got to say i love this car! Nice video btw!
Enjoy your V70R! Glad you like the video :-)
beautiful
Very professionally done! good job. I love the video.
Thanks! Have you seen the M5 video as well?
@@SoontobeClassics Just did and it was awesome!
Absolutely love it 😍
Volvo 💪💪💪 for life
Had two! Great cars!
Geweldige video!!!!
Nice video guys! Keep them coming!
Thanks Christian! Next video will be about the Citroën Saxo VTS 16V
Very nice choice!
Just bought 2000 V70R and love it.
Might be going to look at a 97 awd model today. Kinda sketched out about the awd systems reliability but it's probably the best performance/utility car for the price.
Did you ever get one?
@@iShredStreets Nah I now own a na8 Miata with a blown head gasket 😂
@@kipp4805 Ah, too bad. Gonna fix it?
Świetne ujęcia!!
Dziękuję!
I love that sound! My car is an S70 GLT with the "light pressure turbo" So it is a bit more of a regular car. I would love to drive one of these!
Your car probably has a similar sound. Enjoy it.
@@SoontobeClassics It does, but with less whistle :(
VOLVO forever!👍
very COOL and nice !!!
Thank you Jürgen!
Volvo Power i love IT...
This was amazing completely changed my view on the car.
Now considering buying one for my European driving car roadtrip with friends!
This is definitely an ideal roadtrip car! It can carry a lot of stuff and can bring you anywhere fast and in comfort.
They are expensive here in EU. NA and TDI versions you can find for decent prices but turbo models in good shape don't go for less than 5000€
J'adore 🤩🚘👍
Cool. Vid. Well researched.
Thanks!!
I'm happy with my 2002 V70 T5. 2.3L high pressure turbo makes 247HP and is quite the sleeper. 30 MPG on the road and can haul a crap load of band gear. Great replacement for my old 940 turbo wagon. My driving style doesn't need all the suspension tweaks as I'm an old fart that knows when to not drive like I'm 21. 4th Volvo wagon: '80 245, '84 740 turbo and a '92 940 turbo.
My toes up car.
i keep hearing/being told. that my 98 R awd is less reliable. but here it is with 420 000km on it and has the original angle gear. i think it might just be the manual ones that die. manuals are inherently rougher on themselves.
Great video 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks Nazz!
@@SoontobeClassics you're welcome. I own a 2000 S70 2.0t and its now in the workshop...upgrading to R 😊 your video is very good & informative, now i can't wait to actually feel the power of an R...thanks!
Deze video is erg ondergewaardeerd 😉
Dank je Jens!
My right ear enjoyed this.
Just sold my 2000 V70R. Now that my two identical 97 850awd's with 2.3's, and sticks, are on the road. Haha, and a trashed looking 94 turbo wagon, with excellent mechanicals. More fun, less furniture.
Hi from 2020, best regards to my past volvo 850 t⁵r, hi from Russia )))
Video is so EPIC..I really want a V70r! oh wait...I already have one 😎
850 4 life!
Man that saffron wagon is beautiful.
Thank you!
Lisen that while you siting in that car. Amazing fillings :)
I have a SAAB and love VOLVO!!.. I´m Swedish ;)
I have had a Saab as well. They’ve made a lot of fun cars!
You might like this as well: teespring.com/nl/fast-furniture
Leuke video
How exspensive is a bevel gear replacement on these
Someone else has probably already said it, but the 850 T5R was NOT Volvo's first performance estate.... Look up the Volvo 240 Turbo wagon from the early 80's. The fastest estate available I believe. The the 740T Estate, also a quick car for its era. Let's not forget these iconic cars.
I agree with the fact that we must not forget those iconic cars and the fact that they were quicker than average, especially for estate cars. However calling the 240 Turbo wagon a "performance estate" is a bit too much for a car with 155ps that weighs over 1.300 kg, does 0-100 in 9 seconds and a has topspeed of 190 km/h. BMW sold the 528i (sedan) in the same period which had 30ps more. Above the 528i came the M535i and M5; those were actual performance cars. In my opninion the first true performance estate car was the BMW M5 Touring, followed by the Audi RS2. In my eyes the Volvo 850 T-5R was the first estate car from Volvo that earned the "performance estate" tag. Nevertheless, there are probably enough heavily tuned Volvo's 240 Turbo that will outperform a standard 850 T-5R.
Prachtige video! Mag ik vragen welke muziek je hebt gebruikt?
Dreamcar
This is the most Swedish I've ever seen.
More of dis car
Ooit komt er een op m'n oprit te staan, een van de kentekenplaten heb ik al, nu het budget en de auto zelf nog. (al dan niet met een topsnelheid van 480 kilometer per uur zoals TT5/Rstein heeft maardatdoeterniettoe :^)
I'm on a mission...I want one..🇬🇧
I have the automatic R AWD and it's going strong still
As long as you know the weaknesses and take good care of them, then it is a wonderful car!
Hey classics, amazing video u've done, dreaming about one of these rides but its complex to choose 1 of. Don't u think that 850 has more charm & old school style while v70 has more respectable interior and more suits for respectable people? give me ur choice. Luck!!!!
Hi, you're right. The 850 is more old school. But the V70 definitely has the nicer interior and I really like the wide front fenders of the V70 as well. I really like them both, as long as they are yellow or orange :-)
My 06 p2r awd auto has 314k miles and timing was done at 197
I owned a 97 850R brand new, mine was black and had 75 miles when I got it. I learned to hate those 17" tires with the almost side wall. I wish they had made the Volans in 16" so the car didn't ride like a rock over smooth roads. I loved my car but it did have its deficiencies: Plastic dash mounts (engineers- Really? You couldn't make them metal?) so when you hit a bump when it's below 32 F they break and the dash squeaks. The auto transmission (should have made them all 5 spd manual) had main seal issues around 145k miles. And the cup holders! over the window switches?? My car somehow developed an electrical short at the fan one day when I was driving home, a slightly breezy day. That short developed into a fire and all I could do was watch the engine compartment go up in flames. That was sad to watch. I took very good care of that car too. I loved the look of the car and it was fast and a fun ride.
I wish they would have made a 5 spd manual version with AWD and 16" Volans for the US market with metal dash mounts too.
The dash of the V70 was a big update compared to the dash of the 850. The 17" are vulnerable, but they look stunning! Furthermore the flatter 17" add to the directness of steering, but you do have to give up a bit of comfort for that. I think it's still pretty comfortable, when you compare it to other sporty (European) cars.
@@SoontobeClassics I loved the 17's but if they offered them in 16" I would have gone that route. The flat surface of the tire made it difficult to steer on roads that were rutted.
@@rickj1983 I can imagine that they are not ideal on bad surface. Most roads over here are really ok, accept for an exorbitant amount of speedbumps...
Leuke video! Snap dat een R (ook) van de linkerbaan houdt, maar dat rijden op de linkerbaan van een 60-80km/weg... ai!
That orange color is really special and only really works with that body stile, it is almost as special as the “T-Gul” color of the 850 T5 and T5R but not as “exclusive” as the “T-Gul”.
But I personally prefer the V70n R over the X70 R and 850 T5R.
The color is indeed really what sets the car apart from other V70s.
@@SoontobeClassics I'm now actually thinking about/looking to buy a C70 I coupe too the summer, preferably in that Orange "saffran" color or the dark blue metallic..
@@klaspeppar5619 Try to go for a manual gearbox. That will be a future classic!
@@SoontobeClassics that is the plan, a Automatic transmission C70 is not even a option for me.
It is either a manual or nothing, except if you have a Diesel and happen to tow a lot of things all the time.
more vids of this old volvos!!
Hi André, we like to make more videos as well :-) If we get more views, likes and subscribers, then we will get more budget for making these nice videos. We will launch our newest videos in the upcoming weeks.
Great video! Great music btw a bit too loud tho!
Thanks. True. We found that out after posting and sadly couldn’t change it anymore. It really depends on the device you use for watching if the sound is good or not.
Ha! Dat Hollands accent ... dat blijft ge van kilometers ver horen hè. Grappig wel.
want this family car
Good vid but the wind noise n music rather intruding.. really nice driving roads for this type of car
Did you watch the video on a laptop? I have found out that it makes a great difference if you watch it on another device.
best 5 cyl engine's ever made
Ultimate speed hunting machine
Yes indeed!
N200 bij Bloemendaal toch?
I`m dreaming about v70R II gen. in flash green...one and only good looking color on it
Those are really cool especially in that signature color.
Nice video.... drop the music as I can hardly hear you speaking.
Thnx and thnx for the feedback. We have already adjusted the music in following videos.
S70R FWD
Recent convert. Yes.
What do you mean?
Soon to be Classics I am a new old Volvo fan
Welcome to the club
Ummm... aren't we forgetting the amazing 245Ti and 745Ti wagons? I had a 245Ti manual car and it was one of the quicker cars in its day (1984) and respectable even into the 90s.
Those were also cool cars! However, the V70R was not directly derived from these cars. For that reason they are not mentioned in this video.
het geluid is zo gaaf! van die 5 cilinder
Ja hè! Heel verslavend...
Gave auto! Automaatbak geeft wel een storing op 3:15, hopelijk valt het mee ;)
Dank je! Automaatbak geeft geen storing :-) Dat oranje pijltje omhoog duidt aan dat ik de automaat op dat moment handmatig bedien en op kan schakelen naar D. Zodra je de automaat weer in D zet, dan gaat het oranje pijltje uit.
Ah dat heeft mijn Cream Yellow niet
@@Mark-jx1gc Cool dat jij zo'n snelle gele 850 hebt!!
Why do you have wintermode on?
Benjamin Jenssen Wintermode wasn’t on. Why would you think that?
@@SoontobeClassics you are on limp mode. Shift sensor is malfunctioning. Located where your shift cable attaches to your transmission. Very very common and easy to fix
any chance you an make a video without all the background noise. your talkin, but cant hear you.
It was our first video, so we had some trouble getting the audio right. In later videos we have improved this. Unfortunately TH-cam does not allow to update videos.
Zag hem net op Marktplaats staan, jammer dat ik niet even 10K over heb want anders werd ik nieuwe eigenaar! 😎
Klopt, hij staat op Marktplaats. Balen voor je. Is wel echt een hele fijne auto in mooie staat.
En inmiddels is hij verkocht aan een blije nieuwe eigenaar :-)
the only / atleast almost only reason you would ''convert it'' from awd to fwd is if ur driveshaft is fucked, i just bought a ''new'' one and its really expensive.
If one of the AWD parts break, then people often decide to keep it FWD.
Is dit Jim Spaansen??
sweden
Volvo is the best because you can buy fridge and deliver it to home and be first on the road using the same car
Lol
I want that yellow one thanks
Would you like to have it beautifully presented in a gift box?
@@SoontobeClassics yes 😄
I bought a $200 volvo with 210,000 miles and after 3 years and 26,000 miles later the car still in my driveway waiting to be driven. I have gotten snarky remarks from people telling me my volvo is junk, bland and slow... they are right, but i will not sell/trade it.
Yeah, you can keep enjoying them for a very long time!
that is the reason why i like volvos. they are reliable, comfortable and safe.