From the firewall forward, it was nearly all new, with different fenders, bumpers, grilles, and headlights, rack-and-pinion steering, and new overhead cam engines: the " red block" B21 and B23 gas inline fours, the VW-sourced D24 inline six diesel, and the "PRV" B27/B28 V6. The 200 series was a significant engineering evolution of the 140. The model designations, particularly from the 80s onwards, should therefore be taken with a grain of salt. Here at IPD, we've thus observed some oddbal cars like 260s with four cylinder engines but 260 interior and exterior trim. Partway through the 200 series's production run, Volvo began using the middle digit of the -40 and -60 designations to denote higher trim and equipment levels rather than engine. If you ask someone off the street to "name a Volvo, any Volvo," odds are their answer will be the Volvo 240: the archetypal, boxy, tough-as-nails car of the 70s, 80s, and early 90s.Īs with the Volvo 140 and 164 before it, the 200 series covers a variety of body shapes, engines, and trim levels, denoted by the model number:
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