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I am just curious. What means volvo 240 "super polar"? Does is mean the car is a stationmodel? Are there volvo 240 stations which are not a "super polar"? Thanks in advance (a volvo V40- driver) > I am just curious. What means volvo 240 "super polar"? > > Does is mean the car is a stationmodel? Are there volvo 240 stations which > are not a "super polar"? > > Thanks in advance (a volvo V40- driver) "Super Polar" is a stationcar, one of the last ones Volvo produced! Fully loaded with options. Other models: 240 DL, GL, GLT, GLE, Polar, Turbo >> I am just curious. What means volvo 240 "super polar"? >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Other models: > 240 DL, GL, GLT, GLE, Polar, Turbo What is a stationcar? Is that the same as a station wagon? And, why is station thrown in there anyway? Does this mean they were originally designed for cabbies to pick up people and lots of luggage at the station (bus,train)? > What is a stationcar? Is that the same as a station wagon? And, why > is station thrown in there anyway? Does this mean they were > originally designed for cabbies to pick up people and lots of luggage > at the station (bus,train)? Basically. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=station says: "Station wagon in the automobile sense is first recorded 1929, from earlier use for a horse-drawn conveyance that took passengers to and from railroad stations (1894)" http://www.yourdictionary.com reports: "station wagon definition: An automobile having an extended interior with a third seat or luggage platform and a tailgate. [Originally a covered wagon used to convey passengers from a train station to their hotel.]" In England I believe they use the term "estate car" rather than "station wagon." Hi, Have to admit, I've never heard of a "240 Polar". Could we receive more info about it? I thought the "Classic" was the last 240 model. Andy I. : > What is a stationcar? Is that the same as a station wagon? And, why : > is station thrown in there anyway? Does this mean they were [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] : In England I believe they use the term "estate car" rather than "station : wagon." > Hi, > > Have to admit, I've never heard of a "240 Polar". Could we receive more > info about it? I thought the "Classic" was the last 240 model. Here in the UK , the last 240 was the torslanda estate, which was available only in bright red with the 2.0 B200F engine, which was totally lame, as eveyone has kept their more-loaded-better-handling-larger engined GLT's. And they wanted £16grand for it! Volvo should have got a grip and brought the GLT TI to the UK for the run outs and gone out in style.... At least they did with the last 940 Celebrations with the 17's, full fat 192bhp turbo, nice pearlescent dark red paint and all the interior bells and whistles- basically a topof the range 940 with all the remaining options ticked- even tow bars, nivo's, Cd changer and climate. Tim.. Hi, Andy schrieb: > Have to admit, I've never heard of a "240 Polar". Could we receive > more info about it? I thought the "Classic" was the last 240 model. According to Wikipedia, you're right... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_200_series Roland Thanks Roland, I thought I'd missed something. We acquired one of the last of the 240's, the "Classic", in April '93. There were 1600 produced in this "Limited Edition". Ours is 553/1600. I'd still like to know what a 240 "Polar" is. Andy I. : Hi, : [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] : : Roland > Hi, > > Andy schrieb: > > > Have to admit, I've never heard of a "240 Polar". In Europe Polar was sell in normal colors without A/C and with normal weels Giluk 2003V70d5 > "station wagon definition: An automobile having an extended interior > with a third seat or luggage platform and a tailgate. [Originally a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > In England I believe they use the term "estate car" rather than "station > wagon." Before they were called Estate Cars in the UK, they were 'Shooting Brakes' As I understand they were originally designed to be useful to posh toffs on their country estate. Originally a shooting brake was a horse drawn carriage used to convey the squire, shooting party and dogs etc, to the grouse moor. Ron(UK) > > "station wagon definition: An automobile having an extended > > interior with a third seat or luggage platform and a tailgate. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > horse drawn carriage used to convey the squire, shooting party and > dogs etc, to the grouse moor. Well, now, that is interesting. "Honey, I'm going to take the shooting brake to run a few errands." >>> "station wagon definition: An automobile having an extended >>> interior with a third seat or luggage platform and a tailgate. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Well, now, that is interesting. "Honey, I'm going to take the shooting > brake to run a few errands." I never quite understood why Americans called them wagons, as by definition, a wagon is a four (or more) wheeled vehicle designed to be drawn (usually by a horse or tractor or locomotive) Ron(UK) 940 Wentworth Turbo estate car >>>> "station wagon definition: An automobile having an extended interior >>>> with a third seat or luggage platform and a tailgate. [Originally a [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Ron(UK) > 940 Wentworth Turbo estate car Or a small wheeled cart used by children to haul toys and other cargo around. The term always seemed intuitive to me, implying the large flat cargo box area in the back, but then that's what we've always called them. >>>>> "station wagon definition: An automobile having an extended interior >>>>> with a third seat or luggage platform and a tailgate. [Originally a [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > around. The term always seemed intuitive to me, implying the large flat > cargo box area in the back, but then that's what we've always called them. On the other hand, In Britain we often refer to lorry drivers (truckers in the US) as wagon drivers which obviously goes back to the days of horse drawn vehicles, i.e. coal wagon Ron(UK) > > I am just curious. What means volvo 240 "super polar"? > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Other models: > 240 DL, GL, GLT, GLE, Polar, Turbo It would be interesting to read the Volvo desginer thoughts when naming that car. My first impression was that it was a special car designed for operation in extreme cold at the north or south pole. I imagined special heaters, six powered wheels, huge snow tires, continually pre-heated motor, etc. superfly schrieb: > I am just curious. What means volvo 240 "super polar"? My understanding is that the (super) polar models are well equipped cars at the end of the 200 series. But I may be wrong, too. Roland |
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