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A dynamic car with four unique innovations which referred to the newly developed five cylinder transverse engine, the Delta-link rear axle, the Side Impact Protection System (SIPS), and the self-adjusting seatbelt reel for the front seats.
Volvo P80 platform.
The Volvo P80 platform was a Swedish mid-size unibody automobile platform developed and produced by Volvo Cars. It was in use from 1991 to 2005. It is designed for different wheelbases in front-wheel drive configurations and was adapted to all wheel drive. It debuted with the 1991 Volvo 850. Although heavily modified by TWR, the same basic chassis was used as the underpinnings for the C70. After the model year 2000 most P80 models were replaced by their P2 successors, with the exception of the C70 convertible which remained in production until 2005. A total of 1,360,522 cars based on this platform were built.
Hot Wheels.
In 2019 Hot Wheels annonced they were making a Volvo 850 wagon. It was realsed in 2020 and was a big hit. They have since realsed three more variations.
The British Touring Car Championship
When TWR requested body shells from Volvo to dump all their shiny racing bits into, the only ones available were estates. By the time Volvo realised the mistake they made, the senior vice president was already convinced that an estate racing car was a brilliant idea for boosting Volvo's image. When Tom Walkinshaw Racing were building the 850 touring car, they ran into some issues. The engine struggled to get past the 260 HP mark. This put the Volvo 25-30 HP down on the rivals of the time. So, TWR decided to look at the rule books, and *metaphorically* throw it in the bin. In 1994, the BTCC regulations stated that a production cylinder head must be used, but different valves could be fitted. No extra metal could be attached to the head and the angle of the valves couldn't be altered. The key part that TWR worked there way around was the angle of valves couldn't be changed. The engineers at TWR decided to be a bit cheeky and cut a part of the head out. This gave the exhaust valve a different angle, that brought more power. The official power figure was a stupid 325 HP. Once all was said and done, the 850 started at 260 HP and ended some 60 HP above the rest of the engines in the field. The best part of all of this was that the scrutineers couldn't do anything about it, because they hadn't broken any rules. British engineering at its best... The Volvo 850 ended up winning.
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