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May 9th, 2020, 10:56 | #1 |
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European vs American Volvo 242 diference in dimensions
There is any diference in dimensions between Volvo 242 or 244, assembled 1974-1977 for European market and for American market?
Mainlly in bumpers?
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May 9th, 2020, 13:45 | #2 |
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Cars sold in the US market had to be fitted with "Federal Safety Bumpers" between 1973 and 1982, which lead to imported European cars having to be modified with large, heavy, ugly bumpers to comply. I don't know the actual dimensions for the Volvos you quote, although I'm sure you could find them with a bit of googling, but the answer is almost certainly yes, the US market versions would have been a few to several inched longer because of the federal bumpers.
Plenty of very attractive European car designs ended up looking pig-ugly in their US versions when the original design bumpers had been replaced with what looked like massive bolt-on afterthoughts |
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he knew that there were several aspects that distinguished them. Illuminated signs on the rear sides, easily replaceable headlights. but the difference in the dimensions between the bumpers is that I didn’t discover anything in concrete
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