Gamechangers: The Volvo 850R
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Special guest host ThatGuyGray joins Collecting Cars for a new Gamechangers feature, exploring the legendary machines that completely rewrote the automotive rulebook and defied all expectations.
For this episode, he gets behind the wheel of the iconic Volvo 850R. It is a car that took the sensible, boxy reputation of a Swedish family estate and turned it into a high performance touring car icon, but is it truly the ultimate sleeper?
ThatGuyGray dives into the history, the unmistakable design, and the surprising performance that shocked the racing grid in the 1990s. He hits the road to find out if this practical race car was a genuine flash in the pan or a timeless masterpiece that permanently changed how the world views the humble family wagon.
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Great car and genuinely infectious enthusiasm to go with it.
Not much puts a smile on your face like a turbo'd five.
850s and the later 70 series cars are far from perfect and flawed in many ways, but that just makes you love them more and push them harder.
Volvo For Life 👍🏻
I believe all the US cars had the auto.
Three rows of seating (option), roof racks (option) to hold bicycles.
It was a great family car that loved to eat miles on the highway.
The interior was so nice, leather, alcantara, piping, birch wood work.
The downside was that after about 6 years it suffered from requiring too much service (like small stuff like the hatch struts failing) on a nearly monthly basis and I sold it.
Gamechangers: The Volvo 850R
Collecting Cars
83,888 views
Special guest host ThatGuyGray joins Collecting Cars for a new Gamechangers feature, exploring the legendary machines that completely rewrote the automotive rulebook and defied all expectations.
For this episode, he gets behind the wheel of the iconic Volvo 850R. It is a car that took the sensible, boxy reputation of a Swedish family estate and turned it into a high performance touring car icon, but is it truly the ultimate sleeper?
ThatGuyGray dives into the history, the unmistakable design, and the surprising performance that shocked the racing grid in the 1990s. He hits the road to find out if this practical race car was a genuine flash in the pan or a timeless masterpiece that permanently changed how the world views the humble family wagon.
Should Gamechangers become a regular series on the channel? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
Subscribe for more stories from the people, cars and communities that make automotive culture so special.
#CollectingCars #Gamechangers #ThatGuyGray #Volvo850R #VolvoR #UltimateSleeper #TouringCar #SuperWagon