F.A.O all 850R owners

[andi's red 850R]

850R's are rare as f**k
thanx to a stuart rodgers at customer relations at volvo uk.
who has informed me only 196 R's were sold in the uk.

could be useful to somebody selling one,or just make us R owners feel special

[Redbrick]

850R- rarer than a T-5R....

or is it 196 850R's and unknown number of 855R's?

How many were in manual transmission?

Can you find out?

Still dosen't make my red one yellow

[Andrew]

Aren't all 850Rs red ? Only 23 Olive Green T-5Rs estates in the UK

[andi's red 850R]

thats saloon and estates (855+854)
just 196 of the little beasts in total.

[Andrew]

thats saloon and estates (855+854)
just 196 of the little beasts in total.

Do you have an email for this chap ?

196 - probably much less still running.. a prized belonging indeed.

[andi's red 850R]

just go onto volvocars.uk website
select contact us,and just ask your question.
takes a while to get a reply but they do answer

[Matt30462]

I expect those figures are correct. All the boffins at Volvo saw that finishing the run of the T-5R was a silly mistake and that the new "R" would never be as good .............so they stopped building it early.

Well that could be the truth......couldn't it???

[Andrew]

I expect those figures are correct. All the boffins at Volvo saw that finishing the run of the T-5R was a silly mistake and that the new "R" would never be as good .............so they stopped building it early.

Well that could be the truth......couldn't it???

hahaha
Well the T-5R is limited edition. The 850R was open to as many people that wanted to buy them. As it happens only 196 where sold - probably because they all just spanked 30k on the T-5R the year or two before

[oliwally]

hahaha
Well the T-5R is limited edition. The 850R was open to as many people that wanted to buy them. As it happens only 196 where sold - probably because they all just spanked 30k on the T-5R the year or two before

30 Grand for my car
It really was a bargin then

[The Flying Banana]

The same club say that in yellow only 200 cars were made for UK, 100 estates and 100 saloons, of the estates 16 of these were manual not sure about the saloon though

[Wobbly Dave]

I'm special anyway! LOL

But good to know.

[nikgallagher]

Not meaning to hijack from the R boys, but could someone post another thread with one of those voting thingys about what colour car people have? Don't recall seeing more than a few maroon / wine red / plum red T5's on here. Perhaps mine is rare too...

[Andrew]

I'm special anyway! LOL

But good to know.

You are special Dave..... very Special




hahahahaha

[juggernaut]

196 850R's and 750 "Limited Edition" T5R's, looks obvious to me which one is the rarer So the 850 R is newer,and has more power, and is faster and more "limited" than the "Limited Edition" T5R! Mine twas a good buy then methinks!! Bit of a bummer for the T5R boyz though!! Still not to worry we're all still friends are'nt we!?

[Wobbly Dave]

All the Rs are special and rare in their own way. Especially the red ones!

[juggernaut]

Mine's red too Dave!

[Andrew]

hahaha
I still think she doesn't really know. I put more faith into the link I showed you as I've seen those before. What I believe is the figure for all 3 colours is closer to 400 in total - 200 been made up from black (1/3) and yellow (2/3) and about 200 olives.

The 850Rs where just an afterthought and although they sold fewer here (because they just sold 400 T-5Rs at 30-32k a pop) worldwide yours where never limited

My question still stands though. Are all 850Rs red? and of course we all love each other - Ovlov after all. Besides best us R boys stick together

[p fandango]

Besides best us R boys stick together

you'll need to with only 196 of you

[Wobbly Dave]

you'll need to with only 196 of you

Jealousy is a cruel master

[Redbrick]

My question still stands though. Are all 850Rs red?

No, but you'd think it with the number around!

Colours were red, black, olive green, turquoise and the ultra rare white.

Interiors were either black leather/ alcantara with walnut (?) wood or beige leather/ alcantara with Ikeatastic birch wood.