The inside of right now’s Good Value or No Cube Volvo appears to be like way-more luxurious than something you’re more likely to discover at IKEA. Let’s determine if this fancy coupe is saddled with an equally upscale price ticket.
In ice hockey, getting caught doing one thing unhealthy may end up in being relegated to the penalty field. At first look, there wasn’t something overtly unhealthy concerning the 1976 Volkswagen Rabbit diesel we thought of yesterday, however primarily based on the feedback, lots of you felt it was its personal rolling penalty field. Maybe it was as a result of its $8,000 asking value was thought of a nasty transfer, incomes the VeeDub an awesome 90 p.c No Cube loss.
Whereas a member of the European Union, Sweden has not but made the Euro its main foreign money, deciding, for varied causes, to stay with the Krona. That’s a technique the Nordic nation has chosen to keep up its nationwide id. Sweden has, in different methods, embraced its place within the Eurozone, and a kind of is a wealthy historical past of partnerships with automakers and coachbuilders in different European nations. This ardour has resulted in merchandise just like the 1989 Volvo 780 Bertone Coupe we now have earlier than us right now.
Marc Deschamps of Carrozzaria Bertone penned the 780 and managed to marry Italianate design with Volvo’s conventional upright styling cues. The entire shlemiel rides on a modified 760 platform and is powered by Volvo’s stalwart ‘Pink Block’ 2.3 turbo 4. That gives 175 horsepower and 187 lb-ft of torque.
This being a second-half-of-the-game automotive means it additionally makes use of an impartial rear suspension that includes Nivomat self-leveling shocks instead of the sooner vehicles’ stay axle. A four-speed automated does transmission duties.
In accordance with the advert, this one has a rebuilt turbocharger feeding its household of 4, a clear title, 80K on the clock, and a few bizarre scrapes on the roof that will or is probably not repaired by way of an insurance coverage declare by the purpose of buy. The vendor is keen to knock some ducats off the sale value ought to the customer determine to depart not-so-well-enough alone.
The remainder of the automotive seems to be in nice situation for its age. There may be some obvious put on and tear on the rubber bumper caps, nevertheless it’s not sufficient to maintain anybody up at evening. The manufacturing facility diamond spoke wheels seem unmarred by brake mud or curb encounters and are sporting tires that look to have sufficient tread to get house. One factor that ought to be famous is that the badging has been faraway from the automotive. That will annoy purists or these with issue remembering precisely what mannequin of automotive they drive.
Issues are even higher within the cabin, the place the odd melange of Swedish stoicism melds seamlessly with luscious leather-based and burlwood trim that might make a Maserati proud. There look like a few cracks within the sprint cap, however in any other case, the inside appears to supply no complaints.
Per the vendor, issues are proper as rain below the hood, as properly. A few under-the-skirt photographs additionally display that the automotive is freed from creeping street rot or absconded catalytic converters. As a closing argument, the vendor gives a $12,000 asking value (with the roof repaired.)
What’s your tackle this fancy-pants Volvo and that $12,000 price ticket? Does that appear like a deal for a automotive with twin citizenship? Or is that an excessive amount of to ask, even with the roof work?
You determine!
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