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Motorpedia Volvo 700 Series 1982–1992

Volvo 700

Overview
Manufacturer	Volvo Cars
Production	1982–1992 produced 1,430,000
Assembly	Kalmar, Sweden Clayton, Australia
Body and chassis
Class	Mid-size luxury / Executive car (E)
Layout	FR layout
Chronology
Predecessor	Volvo 200 series (which continued)
Successor	Volvo 900 series

The Volvo 700 series is a range of mid-size luxury cars produced by the Swedish manufacturer Volvo Cars from 1982 to 1992.

The 700 series was introduced in 1982 with the luxurious 760, followed two years later by the lower priced 740 which capitalized on the prestige attained by the very similar 760 The 700 series was then gradually replaced, beginning in 1990, by the 900 series The 700, designed by Jan Wilsgaard, was originally to have been a replacement for the 200 series, but production of that model continued until the early nineties The expensive 780, a Bertone-designed coupé version, entered production in 1986 and departed without a direct successor only four years later

The most visible differences between the 700 and the 900 series were the more rounded corners on the body of the latter, and a somewhat better-appointed interior. The 700 series came to an end in late 1992 when the last 740s were built (although they were considered to be of model year 1993). The range was then augmented and finally supplanted by the Volvo 850 in 1993, with the last of the 900s being sold in 1998.

Specifications

Models

The saloon model originally debuted in 1982 in Europe, and was joined by the estate for 1985.

Model availability:

Model /year	740	740 GL	740 GLE	740 GLE 16 valve	740 GLE Turbodiesel	740 Turbo	740 SE	760 GLE	760 GLE Turbodiesel	760 Turbo	780 GLE	780 Turbo
1982								EU/AU/US	EU/US
1983								EU/AU/US	EU/US
1984			EU					EU/AU/US	EU/US	EU/AU/US
1985		EU	EU/AU/US					EU/AU/US	EU/US	EU/AU/US
1986		EU/AU	EU/AU/US		EU/US	EU/AU/US		EU/AU/US		EU/US	EU	EU (Italy)
1987		EU/AU	EU/AU/US		EU	EU/AU/US		EU/AU/US		EU/US	EU/US	EU
1988		EU/AU	EU/AU/US		EU	EU/AU/US		EU/AU/US		EU/US	EU/US	EU/US
1989		EU/AU/US		EU/AU/US		EU/AU/US		EU/AU/US		EU/US	EU/US	EU/US
1990	EU/AU/US	EU/AU/US		EU/AU/US		EU/AU/US		EU/AU/US		EU/US	EU/US	EU/US
1991	EU/AU/US	EU/AU				US	US				EU/US	EU/US
1992	EU/AU/US	EU				US (estate)	EU (estate)

Engines

These engines were offered on 700 series vehicles:

B19E: 2.0 L inline-4 (83.04-84.07, saloon only)
B19ET: 2.0 L turbo inline-4 (83.12-84.07, saloon only)
B23E: 2.3 L inline-4, naturally aspirated, Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection ('84)
B23ET: 2.3 L turbo inline-4, utilizing Bosch Motronic engine management ('84)
B23FT: 2.3 L turbocharged inline-4
B28A: 2.8 L V6, naturally aspirated, carburated ('82-85)
B28E: 2.8 L V6, naturally aspirated, Bosch K-Jetronic, high output ('82-86)
B28F: 2.8 L V6, naturally aspirated, odd fire crankshaft ('82-86)
B200E: 2.0 L inline-4, naturally aspirated, Bosch K-Jetronic 115 hp (86 kW)
B200F: 2.0 L inline-4, naturally aspirated, Bosch LH-Jetronic 111 hp (83 kW)
B200K: 2.0 L inline-4, naturally aspirated, Renix ignition, 200K had standard head unlike 230K (introduced for the '85 model year)
B200ET: 2.0 L inline-4, turbocharged, Bosch Motronic engine management (155 hp or 160 PS, introduced for the '85 model year)
B200FT: 2.0 L inline-4, turbocharged, Bosch LH-Jetronic 156 hp (116 kW)
B204E: 2.0 L 16-valve, DOHC, inline-4, naturally aspirated (introduced for the '89 model year)
B204FT: 2.0 L 16-valve, DOHC, inline-4, turbocharged (introduced for the '89 model year)
B204GT: 2.0 L 16-valve, DOHC, inline-4, turbocharged (introduced for the '89 model year)
B230A: 2.3 L inline-4, naturally aspirated, carburated (1985–86)
B230E: 2.3 L inline-4, naturally aspirated, Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection (introduced in the '85 model year)
B230F: 2.3 L inline-4, naturally aspirated, 114 hp ('85-88 740GLE, '89-90 740GL, '90-92 740)
B230K: 2.3 L inline-4, naturally aspirated, Renix ignition, Heron head (introduced for the '85 model year)
B230ET: 2.3 L inline-4, turbocharged, Bosch Motronic (introduced in the '85 model year)
B230FT: 2.3 L inline-4, turbocharged, 160 hp ('85-92 740 Turbo **note: '90-92 models produced 162 hp**)
B234F: 2.3 L 16-valve, DOHC, inline-4, naturally aspirated, 153 hp ('89-90 740 GLE/GLT)
B280E: 2.8 L V6, naturally aspirated, Bosch LH-Jetronic 2.2, 154 hp (115 kW) Nordic or 168 hp (125 kW) European version even fire crankshaft (introduced in the '87 model year)
B280F: 2.8 L V6, naturally aspirated, Bosch LH-Jetronic 147 hp (110 kW), even fire crankshaft ('87-90)
D24: 2.4 L inline-6 diesel, 82 hp (61 kW), naturally aspirated (Volkswagen)
D24T: 2.4 L inline-6, turbodiesel, 109 hp (81 kW), variant of the LT35 engine manufactured by Volkswagen.
D24TIC: 2.4 L inline-6, turbodiesel, intercooled, 122 hp (91 kW) (780: 129 hp (96 kW)), variant of the LT35 engine manufactured by Volkswagen.

Transmissions

Volvo offered various transmissions depending on the year, model, and engine combinations including the:

M46 manual transmission (4-speed + Laycock de Normanville overdrive)
M47 manual transmission (5-speed)
AW30-40 electronically controlled automatic transmission (4-speed, lockup torque converter)
AW70/AW70L automatic transmission (3-speed + overdrive, lockup torque converter on some models)
AW71 automatic transmission (3-speed + overdrive)
AW72L automatic transmission (4-speed, lockup torque converter)
ZF 4HP22 transmission automatic transmission (4-speed, lockup torque converter)

Suspension and axle

There were also different suspension combinations depending on the model chosen: