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Volvo C70:
On 30 September 1996 the Volvo C70 Coupé was presented by Volvo's design director Peter Horbury at that year's Paris Motor Show, Pavillon dÀrmenonville."This is not the car you need -this is the car you desire" he said. The convertible was launched in 1997. There were 24,395 coupés built between 1996 and 2002 and 47,644 convertibles between 1998 and 2005.
The C70 chassie was developed along with the English TWR owned by Tom Walkingshaw and the cars were built in Uddevalla. Initially the cars were offered with two engines, the larger 2.5-liter light-pressure turbo with 193hp and 270Nm between 1800 and 5000rpm, and the smaller 2.3liter ,turbocharged, 240hp and 330Nm between 2700 and 5100rpm. From May 1999 Swedish buyers were only offered the 193hp engine in the convertible, but the coupé was in addition also offered with the 240hp engine and a 170 hp 2.5 liter engine. From May 2000, both cars were delivered with a 2.0T at1 63hp, a 2.4T at 193hp or a T5 at 240hp.
C70N
The newC70was launched inMarch 2006, andshares a platformwith VolvoS40/V50.The caris designed byJohnKinseyanddeveloped and built byPininfarinain Uddevalla. It is equipped withthe world's firstthree-piecesteel foldable roof.The engines wereoriginallyexclusivelystraightfive-cylinder, twoenginesof 140and170 hpandthe2.5-literT5machineat220 hpand320 Nm.In 2006,also a 5-cylinderdieselof 2.4 litersand 180hp became available.
For model year 2010 the C70 got a facelift which included the new front that is broadly similar to that of the concept car for the upcoming S60 that appeared in early 2009 and also brings to mind the XC60.The car was partially redesigned with new lights and new bumpers. The interior also got some changes with a new instrument panel.
On the engine side, there were no major changes, but both the 2.0D and T5 were slightly more economical. 2.0D with manual transmissionis reduced from 6.1 to 6.0 l/100km, while the version with automatic transmission remained at 6.3 l/100km. The T5 version was reduced from 9.1 to 8.9 l/100km with the manual transmission and 9.8 to 9.4 l/100km with the automatic.
Source: Bilsport nr 22, 2004.
C70 coupé
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C70N
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How do you become a member:
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All who are interested in the Volvo C70 coupé and convertible of model years 1996-2013 are welcome to participate.
Contact our member responsible janaage.haaland@gmail.comand register your interest! Membership fee can be paid through Pay Pal.
You can also write letters to us at:
The Swedish Volvo C70 club
c/o Algers
Skarviksvägen 17a
SE-47537 Bohus-Björkö
Sweden
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