1996 Wentworth 850 T5R Saloon £1500

[Laney760]

Cut and Pasted:

Volvo Wentworth 850T5R 250bhp.auto.very high spec.one of only 150 in the u.k. or so im told.sports suspension,low profile alloys,all elecs.seats,sunroof, cd,rad,cass.fsh,all mots and receipts. dark green.mot,june. no tax.175,000mls
this is not a estate it is a saloon. and yes they do make them in a saloon,despite what some people say.

Category: Classic Cars
Make: Volvo
Year: 1996
Country: UK
Telephone: 07043 227368

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Just found this for sale, rang the guy up, he originally wanted £3000 for it but is prepared to take £1500 due to daughters wedding in 2 weeks. Know nothing about 850s but according to the net the only true T5Rs were made in 1995, the others are all T5-Rs ???? Anyway, whatever it is, just in case of use to anyone, sounds good with full service history and mot'd. This is the seller's email bacon69s@yahoo.co.uk

[st5ve]

Here is another

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C60198

[scottishvolvo]

Thought the Wentworth was a completely different model, must be wrong.

[Jod T5]

Originally Posted by st5ve

Here is another

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C60198

I like that.....
Cheers
Jod

[Jod T5]

Originally Posted by scottishvolvo

Thought the Wentworth was a completely different model, must be wrong.

I too thought the "wentworth" was a RWD thang..
Cheers
Jod

[Laney760]

St5ve's one has the additional badge to the left of the 850 badge on the trunk and is in the green so I reakon it must be one of the limited edition ones talked about on Wikipedia. Sounds a lovely car, wish I had 2K to spare! There is also another of these '850 Wentworths' for sale on the net, assume they are both mistaken then, is there no such model? I'd never heard of it, thought it was a 940 model too....

Wikipedia: In 1995 a special limited edition race-bred model was released. This "850 T-5R" model was limited in exterior paint color choices: only available in cream yellow (2500 worldwide including sedan and station wagon), in black (2500 worldwide including sedan and station wagon) and emerald green metallic (500 worldwide including sedan and station wagon). The vehicle was based upon the 850 Turbo with the B5234T5 engine with a special ECU known as the Bosch #628 ECU, that added 3 psi (21 kPa) to turbocharger boost pressure, giving the engine an additional 18 horsepower (13 kW).

1995 was the only year that the race-bred model was badged as a "T-5R". All subsequent models are badged with just the simple addition of "R". Example: 1995 850 T-5R, 1996 850R, 1997 850R, 2004 S60R, etc.

Also, included in the 1995 "T-5R" package is a front bumper with a lip, and a special Alcantara (the fire-retardant version of Toray Industries' Ultrasuede (tm)) and leather two-tone interior, in dark grey with deep birch wood grain accents. Additionally, the 1995 "T-5R" models came with polished aluminum door sills and for the 1995 model year only, the "T-5R" had an additional badge to the left of the "850" on the trunk, referred to as "The Motorsport badge". Aftermarket Motorsport badges are available and are often added by owners but only the 1995 T-5R came standard with that badge. The standard wheels were the 5-spoke 17×7 "Titan". The 1995 "T-5R" had a very limited production run. With the age of the "T-5R" and the fact that they appeal to more aggressive drivers the number still on the road has shrunk.

[turbo estate]

The T-5R is indeed a "limited" edition,altough I think there are less R's in the

UK,so gets you thinking.It has an overboost wich gives you 240horses,for

35 seconds(correct me if i"m wrong),whereas the R has 250 horses all the time.

[Laney760]

Originally Posted by turbo estate

The T-5R is indeed a "limited" edition,altough I think there are less R's in the

UK,so gets you thinking.It has an overboost wich gives you 240horses,for

35 seconds(correct me if i"m wrong),whereas the R has 250 horses all the time.

I think the first one I have listed is also one of the rare ones and I think he is talking about the fact it's in 'wentworth green' ????

[turbo estate]

Originally Posted by Laneystrider

I think the first one I have listed is also one of the rare ones and I think he is talking about the fact it's in 'wentworth green' ????

there were only 3 colours:yellow,black and olive green.

[Jod T5]

Originally Posted by Laneystrider

I think he is talking about the fact it's in 'wentworth green' ????

MMM Olive Green is the description i have heard...
Cheers
Jod