Spark plugs

[Clan]

Originally Posted by Stephen Edwin

Bob. I suspect that in the world as it is now, you are right about a lot of parts. Relative commercial bargaining powers have changed.

In the olde days a car maker such as Volvo might well have been able to persuade some component manufacturers to supply some upgraded products. Volvo had the volume and could pay a higher price by selling at a higher price.

Nowadays as we know, some Volvo spare parts are not as good as they used to be. Possibly for example water pumps, exhaust pipes....

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Thank you Clan. I do still suspect that Volvo's standards for spare parts are slipping....

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yes i am sure they are just like everybody else , it would cost nearly £100,000 to make a 960 these days , no one would buy them then of course. body quality and standards now are quite amazing now though and the car is laden with electronics , things are a bit different .