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I think that the brittle interior plastics issue may not be a 240 vs 740 one: the different colours of plastic and seat fabrics wear very differently. Here in Australia, the beige Volvo plastics fall apart with UV exposure. The blue seems to wear well. I don't know why this is the case. I used to think that the plastics that Volvo used were pretty cheap and nasty compared with those in higher end German cars. But after looking at some late 80s e-series Mercs, I changed my mind: Mercedes dashboards hold up very poorly, and the wood inlay that looked great when new cracks then falls out.