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Old Aug 4th, 2012, 23:25   #32
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Very nice!

I'm willing to bet I know a guy who will have another repeater, too.

The '4' in 343 (or 144 or 244, for that matter...) in Volvo's 'old' numbering sequence was originally the number of cylinders, but later came to mean "family" or "utility", while '6' meant "executive". Later it got even more vague, as the 780 was a coupe, and the 400s were hatch, saloon and coupe for 40, 60 and 80 respectively. The last car to be badged with the old three-number system (the 850) returned to sanity - 800 series, with 5 cylinders.

cheers

James
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