1982..or...1987 VOLVO 24...er...3?...Sedan...or Coupe...I don't know what to call this...




There are 2 stories to this, in which 1 of them sounds absurd & other probably made sense...i think.

Story 1

There was manufacturing error at Volvo's Belgium plant mixing 242 & 244 in which they ended up making 30 units of these hybrids. Since they were fully functional vehicles, Volvo thought it was a good idea to sell it to Estonia rather than turn it to waste.

Story 2

The owner of this particular car claimed that the cars were custom made specially for the Swedish Police force by the Volvo Special Vehicles division in very limited units. Assuming that the apprehended criminal has only one way access & prevent them from escaping the other door.

Whether there's some truth in it or not,  I find the latter story made more sense than the 1st one.

http://jalopnik.com/5148730/ultra-rare-or-...w.google.com%2F
http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/94167
http://forums.swedespeed.com/showthread.ph...er-The-1982-243

I couldn't tell the difference between 242 & 262.

I've seen 262c though, with its odd low roof. Gold colour driving around Kota Kinabalu.

Only 262c is by bertone as you said, very rare. There's normal 262 as well.



Volvo model designation especially the 200 series, confuses me.

I've seen this on the road in Kota Kinabalu. Same colour.

Looks weird IMO even though I like the c pillar.

There's at least one in Selangor/kl, was on sale some time back.... I like these things... What is it doing in a thread on 'wierd cars'

ahh yes.. that unit... i didnt know it was sold, i saw the add there for a while haha

wow you really like classic cars....

might i ask how old are you?? might need advice from classic car restorers soon hehe

**i ask cause.... i notice, not many younger fellas like these old classics**

old but gold mah.. mechanical stuff... sometimes simpler and easier to deal with... only thing is... my god some parts are a pain to find....

**and rust.... thats one of the things i fear to death**

Wow!
Cannot be fully utilized in normal road condition. If you watched Veneno or any hypercar or hypecar unloading video that is, I can't imagine how sad the driver is being stuck in traffic or had a nightmare trying to get over a speedbump. They're just for show which received little to no consideration by town, road and transport planner. Spent millions but seems like wasted. Badly designed car posted in this thread sure fits the TS taste but Im on the other side even seeing an F430 on the road is wierd enough, especially if it's stuck behind following a myvi.
Just having another side of the perspective. Off topic maybe.

Yep an f430 can be a dd and I take that you're talking with experience while I just sit and watch by the road and had a nice grin on my face seeing one or two negotiating a bump or had a funny feeling what they'll be up against when a group of supercars decided to use ungazetted road from Felda Aring, Gua Musang towards Kenyir Lake maybe. It's not specific really to 430 what I had in mind. Not every car is all rounder. Well needless to further this discussion becuase I think I've derailed from OP's intention.