We love crazy engine swaps as much as anyone, especially when they result in lightning-quick speed, smoky burnouts, and endless donuts. That's exactly why we can't stop watching these Swedes hoon ...

eBay Motors Powers HOT ROD Drag Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive. We half expected to be meeting Swedes when we saw this turbo Volvo 240 wagon lift a wheel and run a 7.16 at 189 mph on the ...

When the sun burns out in a few billion years, the likely only witnesses will be stalwart old Volvos like today's Nice Price or No Dice 240 Turbo. Let's decide what it might be worth to be the next ...

A boxy piece of Volvo history, the 240 wagon originally came with underpowered yet reliable powerplants. The DL in the featured clip, however, levels up to a 5.3-liter truck engine with a big turbo. A ...

Volvo's sterling reputation for quirky, rock-solid, super-safe vehicles is perhaps best illustrated by the legendary Volvo 240. It's been 40 years since the launch of the Volvo 240 in 1974, and its ...

It’s too easy to rip old cars for being slow when modern family sedans break 60 mph in eight seconds. But the Volvo 240 was slow. It was slow when it debuted in 1974. It was slow in 1982, a lump in ...

If you were to describe the Volvo 240 in a vacuum you'd get a car that sounds rather drab and boring, the kind of vehicle easily forgotten by history. Yet, 40 years after its introduction, gearheads ...

Volvo seemed to have a lock on station wagons in the 1990s. Not only did US buyers get the 240 wagon through 1993, but they also had the choice of the 740, 940, 850, 960, V40, V90, and V70 station ...