yeah im not too sure, it seems theres a lot of olive green ones in the uk, yet when im looking abroad for them, all the yellows and blacks appear n barely any greens. i would love a yellow estate sometime but, one can dream and be happy with my black pimp mobile XD
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This is volvo material I'm talking about, wiki is just not accurate.
"It states 5500 were produced" 5000 in black and yellow, this parts is fine, he then says 500 emerald green (olive green), so total 5500.
I have a copy of the data sheet he is using which is in ref to 1995 production numbers, 5000 obd1 yellow and blacks produced. The problem is that there are obd2 t5rs in yellow and black, showing that his numbers are not accurate for 1996 cars.
If you check at the bottom of the wiki page, then you will see that the references are very spurious and not from sources I'd trust more than the dvla or people who can actually provide info on over 250 t5rs (chap on voc).
But currently olives are twice as common, I personally don't mind olive greens.
jamesy12345 (Saturday 9th August 2014)
Also it could be said that the above is total rubbish as its says that the uk received 69 guls.
The dvla data show that there where over 113 on the road in 2005!
So there must have been a lot more produced that the 5000 quoted on wiki.
Last edited by Ettienne; Saturday 9th August 2014 at 13:02.
Yes I've seen that Swedish info before, never seen that spreadsheet until now though
ive got a green and gul, but to be honest no one will ever works this out without actually getting numbers from Volvo.
its easier to work with how many remain.
Volvotips have the same info as Wikipedia...
http://www.volvotips.com/index.php/850-2/t-5r-and-850r/
The original production planned 2.500 cars but the car was a big success so 5.500 T-5Rs (saloons and stationwagons) were produced: 1.975 of them were Cream Yellow, 500 were Dark Olive Pearl (green) and 3.025 T-5Rs were painted in Black Stone.
They are getting rarer daily, if you check how many left, the numbers are about constant 320 t5r / 850r
140 / 180 split,I like the exclusivity
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
My Ebay Items http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quik.connection
Would always have loved to know exactly how many yellow t5-r's remain! guess we will never know 100% pity!
Colour. Black
Miles. about 360k
Owners. I think the whole of the UK has owned this one? 11 last count and it's an auto
Estate or saloon. Estate
Picture: I've cleaned it! And its in need
Anyone recognise the plate?
Last edited by Andy G; Tuesday 4th November 2014 at 14:05.
850T5R accept no substitutes
109,000 2 owners from new yellow estate bog standard apart from age. Auto and loving it
: unsure how to post pic
1995 Gul 850 T5R
Estate
Factory manual
159k
5 owners
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