850 touring cars on top gear

**p fandango** · Tuesday 16th December 2008, 18:19

Originally Posted by nathT5

94 and 95 was the 850 then after that they were S40s.

the 850 was used in 1996 as well

**nathT5** · Tuesday 16th December 2008, 18:22

buy a new VHS for about £20 and get the videos to watch,
there well worth it...

**Big Pete** · Tuesday 16th December 2008, 18:23

Yeah I thought so! I remember Volvo seemed to get better every year! I just wished they kept the estate in all the way through, it was awesome watching that beast fly around!

Pity they changed the rules so you could have rear spoilers, I think the 854 could produce more downforce than the 855 with a rear spoiler so they changed in 1995 to the 854.

**nathT5** · Tuesday 16th December 2008, 18:23

Originally Posted by p fandango

the 850 was used in 1996 as well

who,s the anorach now???

**p fandango** · Tuesday 16th December 2008, 18:32

Originally Posted by nathT5

who,s the anorach now???

ah i do now abit about the BTCC, the main reason i knew about 1996 tho was because i had the bumper off it

**nathT5** · Tuesday 16th December 2008, 19:11

ive just done some more anorach trawling on www.supertouring.co.uk
this says 94, 95 and 96 were 850, 97 and 98 were s40 and 99 the s70.

great site with loads of great retro pictures.

**p fandango** · Tuesday 16th December 2008, 19:28

Originally Posted by nathT5

ive just done some more anorach trawling on www.supertouring.co.uk
this says 94, 95 and 96 were 850, 97 and 98 were s40 and 99 the s70.

great site with loads of great retro pictures.

the S70 was never used (not in BTCC anyway), the S40 was used all the way up until Ford brought Volvo & pulled them out of racing becuase they were racing the Mondeo's in the same championship

**flyingbrick** · Tuesday 16th December 2008, 19:34

Originally Posted by Big Pete

Yeah I thought so! I remember Volvo seemed to get better every year! I just wished they kept the estate in all the way through, it was awesome watching that beast fly around!

Pity they changed the rules so you could have rear spoilers, I think the 854 could produce more downforce than the 855 with a rear spoiler so they changed in 1995 to the 854.

Well said and very much correct. Thought I was the only 850 fan that remebered that.......

**nathT5** · Tuesday 16th December 2008, 19:55

Originally Posted by nathT5

ive just done some more anorach trawling on www.supertouring.co.uk
this says 94, 95 and 96 were 850, 97 and 98 were s40 and 99 the s70.

great site with loads of great retro pictures.

Originally Posted by p fandango

the S70 was never used (not in BTCC anyway), the S40 was used all the way up until Ford brought Volvo & pulled them out of racing becuase they were racing the Mondeo's in the same championship

well thats what i thought but theres pics of an s70 in the 1999 pics,
did volvo not race atall then or was it the s40?

i,ll dig through my old videos...

**nathT5** · Tuesday 16th December 2008, 20:00

thats right, 99 was the start of the boring years.
only 3 teams with 3 cars, honda, ford and vauxhall, oh and matt neals private nissan.
rydell moved over to ford.

**p fandango** · Tuesday 16th December 2008, 20:05

Originally Posted by nathT5

well thats what i thought but theres pics of an s70 in the 1999 pics, did volvo not race atall then or was it the s40?

they raced the S40 alongside the Mondeo for a year (sure it wasn't 2) under Ford ownership then they pulled the plug & just ran the Ford team

i,ll dig through my old videos...

watched them all mate, you won't find an S70 on there

**beppie boy** · Tuesday 16th December 2008, 23:11

maybe if loads of us send an email then they will see there is a demand for it and sort something out for us.

same thing with tha magazines. i am sick of seeing 3 bmw mags, merc mags, porche mags vw mags jap mags and so on and so on.
why the hell is there no volvo mag?????????
there are hunreds of the cars sold every year and they can be just as modded as a bimmer.
is there anything we can do they even got a magazine for mini's and vauxhall for godsake.

martyn

**850twr** · Wednesday 17th December 2008, 01:59

yeh i think thats a good idea to show the demand for it, my vids are fairly used now aswell! lol, have just emailed them myself. also just for you anorachs out there, rydell is still employed by volvo for testing etc, and there are rumors of volvo coming back next season with the new C30, assumabley with rydell driving. lets wait in hope.

**Big Pete** · Wednesday 17th December 2008, 16:34

Originally Posted by 850twr

yeh i think thats a good idea to show the demand for it, my vids are fairly used now aswell! lol, have just emailed them myself. also just for you anorachs out there, rydell is still employed by volvo for testing etc, and there are rumors of volvo coming back next season with the new C30, assumabley with rydell driving. lets wait in hope.

That would be awesome!!!

**Big Pete** · Wednesday 17th December 2008, 16:35

Originally Posted by p fandango

ah i do now abit about the BTCC, the main reason i knew about 1996 tho was because i had the bumper off it

Awesome, you got more pics of your 850?

**p fandango** · Wednesday 17th December 2008, 17:40

Originally Posted by Big Pete

Awesome, you got more pics of your 850?

thanks, heres the link to its page on my website http://www.covcrew.co.uk/volvo-850-t5/t5.html (the BTCC bumpers gone now tho)

**t5 pete** · Wednesday 17th December 2008, 17:55

Originally Posted by p fandango

thanks, heres the link to its page on my website http://www.covcrew.co.uk/volvo-850-t5/t5.html (the BTCC bumpers gone now tho)

Theres some brilliant pics there where did you go for the volvo meets

**p fandango** · Wednesday 17th December 2008, 18:03

Originally Posted by t5 pete

Theres some brilliant pics there where did you go for the volvo meets

thanks, there are pics from various meets (Gaydon national, BKV & some casual meets)

here's a video from the last Gaydon
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