When the Volvo 740-series wagon was being sold, Volvo was keen to tout just how badass their station wagon really was. They had a picture of a Lamborghini Countach towing a trailer. They suggested it was the next move for a family when kids showed up and the Lotus Espirit and Ferrari Testarossa got relegated to “toy” status. They even had one ad that showed a 740 Turbo leading a pair of IROC Camaros around a racetrack, flaunting the fact that it had placed well in SCCA competition for 1986. It was supposed to simply tout that the 740-series with the turbocharged mill was a capable machine, but most people still saw Volvo in the same light: a super-safe brick-shaped car that would allow them to feel smug compared to their neighbors who still bought American (shudder).
Don’t write off this Volvo 745 immediately because of it’s stanced front end. Just wait until owner Fredrick Pysander gets the smokeshow going…suddenly, there’s interest. The Volvo is built as a drift competitor and the engine, a 4.0L M60 V8 yanked from a 1990s BMW 7-series fitted with a turbocharger, is hooked to the transmission from a 5-series BMW for maximum fun factor. And apparently, to hit that fun factor, Pysander has to rev the balls off of this wagon while clutch-dumping fourth-gear to punish the rear tires into absolute oblivion. Given that the Volvo is a drift machine, it’s not even on the top ten list of abuses that the car will see.
https://youtu.be/cf04DoX3O64
I prefer the battlewagon with a sbc
Ha ha ha – no Chevy pollution!