Vehicle
Volvo 850
The car that made Volvo front-wheel drive, and the ancestor of every S60, V70 and S80 that followed — the P80 platform, the transverse five-cylinder and the Delta-link rear axle all start here. Two things decide most work on one: the five-cylinder's timing belt is an interference design with a service interval people ignore, and the T5 and 850R's turbocharger shares its charge-air and boost-control layout with a decade of later Volvos, so their documentation reads across. The saloon became the S70 and the estate the V70 for 1997 without changing platform.
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Generations
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P80 1991–1997
Saloon and estate. The 1994 T5-R and the 850R are the same car with more boost and a different ECU calibration, not a different engine.
- Body styles
- Sedan · Estate
- Platform
- Volvo P80
- Engines
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- 2.0 five-cylinder — B5202S · petrol · 93–105 kW (125–141 hp) · 170–184 Nm (125–136 lb-ft)
- 2.0 turbo five-cylinder — B5204T · petrol · 154 kW (207 hp) · 300 Nm (221 lb-ft)
- 2.5 five-cylinder — B5254S · petrol · 127 kW (170 hp) · 206–220 Nm (152–162 lb-ft)
- 2.3 turbo five-cylinder — B5234T · petrol · 166–184 kW (223–247 hp) · 300–350 Nm (221–258 lb-ft) · T5 and 850R
- 2.5 turbodiesel — D5252T · diesel · 103 kW (138 hp) · 290 Nm (214 lb-ft) · VM Motori
- Transmissions
- 5-speed Volvo M56 manual · 5-speed Volvo M58 manual · 5-speed Volvo M59 manual · 4-speed Aisin AW50-42LE automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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