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For the 1983 model year, Volvo dropped the DL and GLE labels, selling the cars simply as 240s. In the domestic Swedish market, the 240 could be had with a 2.1- or 2.3-liter engine (more options were available in export), but the bigger engine always came coupled with a five-speed transmission and tinted windows. [ 11 ]
Volvo used a slightly different mold for the turbo engines to cast a boss for the turbo oil return line. Because a turbocharged engine has a higher operating temperature they used sodium filled exhaust valves and a thermostat controlled oil cooler (air/oil model). In 1983 the B23 was introduced to the United States market as a B23F engine.
Volvo Cars has a long reputation as a maker of inline (or straight) engines. This list of Volvo engines gives an overview of available internal combustion engines. When Volvo started in 1927, they ordered their engines from the engine manufacturer Penta in Skövde. The first engine was the inline four-cylinder side valve 28 hp (21 kW) Type DA ...
The following is a List of Volvo passenger cars indexed by year of introduction. ... 1977–1983: 262C: Coupé: 1980s. 1982–1992 ... (Station wagon) 2003–2014 : XC90:
Some have been seen in 1985-87 240s with the B230F engine. Also was used in late model European-spec Volvo 260 series cars. North American market Volvo 260 cars used the Borg Warner Type 55 transmission. Identical to the Toyota A43D and A43DL except with different tailshaft housings and tailshaft flanges, both of which are interchangeable.
Volvo 140 (Volvo 142, Volvo 144, Volvo 145) Volvo 164; Volvo 240 (Volvo 242, 244, 245) Volvo 260 (Volvo 262C, 264, 265) Volvo 340 (Volvo 343, 345) Volvo 360; Volvo 440/460; Volvo 480; Volvo 740 The Volvo 740 was one of the few European passenger cars that could carry a EUR-pallet in its luggage compartment. Volvo 760; Volvo 780; Volvo 850
The American DL station wagon model was the only high-trim American model to be available. For 1983, the base automatic and the basic DL were merged into a single version alongside the equipped DL and the base manual, creating three versions for the year unlike the four of the last two years.
A 1964 Rambler American with a 195.6 OHV engine. American Motors' first straight-six engine was the 196 cubic inch (195.6 cu in (3.2 L)) six produced from 1952 through 1965, initially as a flathead (L-head) side-valve, and later an overhead valve (OHV) version.