Volvo began installing a Volkswagen-sourced diesel straight-six in the U.S.-market 240 for the 1980 model year, with sales continuing here through 1985. Here's a full-page magazine advertisement ...

Introduced in 2008, the compact crossover sold over 2.7 million units through 2025. The 240 found 2.68 million homes between ...

The Volvo 240 was one of the cars that helped cement the Swedish brand’s reputation for safety and durability. Its success ...

Volvo stopped offering the two-door 242 sedan and the 262 coupe, and the diesel models also got up and left, because gas was cheap again. (Try finding a diesel 240 for sale today).

Volvo also offered diesel engines in the 200 series coupled with turbocharging, with inline-six and inline-five engines sourced from Volkswagen. The 240 series is known for a couple of rare ...

It was yesterday, May 5, 1993, when the last Volvo 240 was bolted together. In the twenty years since, it's become an icon. We look back on what the Volvo 200-series meant to us.

Well, as a result of the fuel crisis of the 1970s, Volvo had to borrow a six-cylinder diesel from Volkswagen. But the 240 only reached its full potential the next decade, when the focus moved to ...

Volvo built the 240 in truly industrial quantities. In total, there were about 2.86 million 200-series cars manufactured between 1974 and 1993, of which well over 2.6 million were 240-badged ...

The 1980s was rife with automotive poster material for dorms. Think Testarossa, 959, C4 Corvettes and DeLoreans. But Volvo 240s? Those staid family chariots probably weren’t showing up on too many ...

Diesel engine oil is vital for optimal performance, and with so many options, ... It wasn't my first choice, but it was a hand-me-down from my father after my 1993 Volvo 240 bit the dust.

Volvo’s last diesel car will roll off the line “by early 2024,” the company said on Tuesday.. The writing’s been on the wall for several years. As far back as 2017, the Geely-owned ...