In the 1990s Volvo had a new front-wheel drive car with five-cylinder engine, the 850 sedan and estate. Someone had the inspired idea to enter an 850 into the British Touring Car Championship (BTTC), ...

As the modern automobile gets more and more advanced, engineers are increasingly paying attention to aspects of design traditionally left to, if not chance, then at least circumstance. One of those ...

For decades, Volvo's approach to vehicle manufacturing was typically Scandinavian. It would produce vehicles that were safe, sensible, but often, rather dull, turning out a range of boxy silhouettes ...

We have a feeling that most current and former Volvo 850 owners wouldn't notice this 850 GLE as being something unusual if they saw it in traffic, but odds are this was the only one of its kind in the ...

The Volvo 850 turned 30 last year, but just like many other cars from this Swedish marque, many are still on the road as daily drivers alongside much older Volvos. We can't say that for a number of ...

Volvo has only sold road cars under the Polestar brand name for a few years now, but back in 1996 it offered something very similar, the 850 R. The original 850 R wasn't a hardcore performance car out ...

The Volvo 850 is one of the best family vehicles ever designed (in my opinion). We own a 1994 sedan and a 1997 wagon and we love driving them both. The size of the vehicle is just right! And ...

When my family moved from the United Kingdom to New Jersey in 1993, our new car was a dark green Volvo 850 wagon. This car would be the one to deliver my sister and me to all manner of playdates, ...

At 16, we are burdened with parental constraint, but the promise of independence is just around the corner. We’re anxious to be “free,” and the logical first step, for most, is learning to drive.

From the May 1995 issue of Car and Driver. Unbridled, that is, Volvo-style. The T-5R isn't a high-strung megacar that aims at the performance heavens. No exotic turbo tricks here, no "advanced" ...