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Volvo C70

Volvo's coupé and convertible, and the two generations are unrelated cars — the first is a P80 car sharing the 850's platform and five-cylinder engines, with a soft top and, for four years, a coupé built with TWR; the second is a P1 car on the S40's floorpan with a three-piece folding steel roof. That roof is the second car's defining service subject: a hydraulic pump, several cylinders and a long chain of position switches inside the boot, where one failed switch halts the whole sequence. Nothing about it transfers from the first car's fabric top.

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Generations

P80 1996–2005

Coupé to 2002 and convertible throughout, on the 850's platform. Turbocharged five-cylinders only in most markets.
- Volvo five-cylinder petrol (B5254)
- Aisin AW50-42LE 4-speed automatic
- M56 / M58 / M59 5-speed manual
Body styles

Coupé · Convertible

Platform

Volvo P80
Engines
2.0 turbo five-cylinder — B5204T · petrol · 120–166 kW (161–223 hp) · 230–310 Nm (170–229 lb-ft)

2.3 turbo five-cylinder — B5234T · petrol · 179 kW (240 hp) · 330 Nm (243 lb-ft)

2.4 turbo five-cylinder — B5244T · petrol · 144 kW (193 hp) · 270 Nm (199 lb-ft)

2.4 five-cylinder — B5244S · petrol · 125 kW (168 hp) · 230 Nm (170 lb-ft)
Transmissions

5-speed Volvo M56 manual · 4-speed Aisin AW50-42LE automatic · 5-speed Aisin AW55-50SN automatic

Drivetrain

Front-wheel drive
P1 2006–2013

Retractable hardtop, built by Pininfarina in Sweden on the S40's platform. Five-cylinder petrol and the 2.4 D5 diesel in Europe.
- M56 / M58 / M59 5-speed manual
- M66 6-speed manual
Body styles

Convertible

Platform

Ford C1 (Volvo P1)
Engines
2.4 five-cylinder — B5244S · petrol · 127 kW (170 hp) · 230 Nm (170 lb-ft)

2.5 turbo five-cylinder — B5254T · petrol · 164–172 kW (220–230 hp) · 320 Nm (236 lb-ft) · T5

2.0 four-cylinder — B4204S · petrol

2.4 D5 turbodiesel — D5244T · diesel · 134 kW (180 hp) · 340 Nm (251 lb-ft)

2.0 turbo five-cylinder — D5204T · diesel · 110–130 kW (148–174 hp) · 350–400 Nm (258–295 lb-ft)

2.0 turbo — D4204T · diesel · 100 kW (134 hp) · 320 Nm (236 lb-ft)
Transmissions

5-speed Volvo M56 manual · 6-speed Volvo M66 manual · 5-speed Aisin AW55-50SN automatic · 6-speed Aisin TF-80SC automatic

Drivetrain

Front-wheel drive

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