Volvo 480 Turbo Track ****

numnutz · 30 May 2008 at 12:08

Spotted @ Castle Coombe.

Thoughts?

TaKeN · 30 May 2008 at 12:12

numnutz said:
Thoughts?

Why did they have to scribble all over it ?

Clarkey · 30 May 2008 at 12:13

Don't like it, what the heck is with the graffiti :/

fonzee · 30 May 2008 at 12:16

<3 it. im guessing matt rattle-can jobby with added personality?

randal · 30 May 2008 at 12:17

I like it, it deserves the abuse too.

numnutz · 30 May 2008 at 12:21

It was quick round the track, but didnt have a chance to speak to the owners (abusers) who decided to turn it into a graffitti blackboard. Hell they should have gone the whole hog and got banksy on the case.

Still good to see a 480 being used for what it was intended, which is to serve enjoyment out of its 1.7 Porsche / Renualt / Volvo block

Clarkey · 30 May 2008 at 12:23

numnutz said:
Still good to see a 480 being used for what it was intended,

Delusional much?

Scottland · 30 May 2008 at 12:24

I like it, what was the graffiti applied with?

paradigm · 30 May 2008 at 12:25

I want to see more of the 5 series(?) next to it in the first picture

Nice dish!

EDIT: actually looks like an E32 7-series.

numnutz · 30 May 2008 at 12:27

Clarkey said:
Delusional much?

Biased maybe but it is a sports coupe? Which in the state of tune that was (induction Kit, chipped, stripped) will be putting out about 170bhp on 950kg. Not to shabby for a ovlov.

Clarkey · 30 May 2008 at 12:51

Coupe? Doesn't look like one to me. It's a normal road going hatch, designed for daily use, doing the shopping and such. If you were talking about something like a 911 GT3 or something then fair enough, but this isn't. Maybe it has been made to be good on track but it is not what the car was designed for.

paradigm · 30 May 2008 at 13:04

Clarkey said:
Coupe? Doesn't look like one to me. It's a normal road going hatch, designed for daily use, doing the shopping and such.

It's not a hatchback though, its a 2-door coupe, albeit a butt-ugly one.

gareth.e · 30 May 2008 at 13:29

paradigm said:
It's not a hatchback though, its a 2-door coupe, albeit a butt-ugly one.

I really like the fact it looks ugly and weird...

I would go as far as to say I've considering buying one...

Cheap, different, rwd and reasonable performance.

Sone · 30 May 2008 at 13:31

gareth.e said:
I really like the fact it looks ugly and weird...

I would go as far as to say I've considering buying one...

Cheap, different, rwd and reasonable performance.

i thought all 400 series were fwd

mjt · 30 May 2008 at 13:31

gareth.e said:
I really like the fact it looks ugly and weird...

I would go as far as to say I've considering buying one...

Cheap, different, rwd and reasonable performance.

the 480 was actually volvo's first FWD car

Malt_Vinegar · 30 May 2008 at 13:31

2+2 sports coupe according to ovlov

I had one, and it was a RIOT! (yes, it was FWD)

Lopéz · 30 May 2008 at 18:24

The 480 doesn't half go for what it is, even in N/A form.

insane200 · 30 May 2008 at 19:04

paradigm said:
I want to see more of the 5 series(?) next to it in the first picture

Nice dish!

EDIT: actually looks like an E32 7-series.

running 9'' borbets :cool:

SoliD · 30 May 2008 at 19:17

Tehehe thats pretty good. A guy that went on student gumball had a matt black stripped out golf giving pens out to people to write message etc on. For non road cars its not a bad idea, certainly individual.

sigma · 30 May 2008 at 19:49

Certainly is different

the 1.7 is quite a decent engine too.

Love the writing on the rear bumper of the fiesta