Volvo 480 Club Europe

Hi all,

I've just had a look at a nice turbo, from 1988 with black stickers over both sides reading "Volvo 480 Turbo". The owner said, this has to be a special edition, which seems to be really rare these days. As I've never seen a similar one before, I'm just curious, whether this is indeed a special edition.

Greetz
Raff

i dont think it is original .the 480 had only optional stripes at the side
but do you have pictures of it?

That's how the sticker looks.

Never seen these anywhere, not even on the accessories catalogues.

Has to be a rare factory fit (it's an early 1988 Turbo) or custom made. But the car is a bit above my non-existing budget anyway

How 'early' exactly?

Do you know the chassis number or the date of first registration?

March 1, 1989 = first date of registration (sorry thought it was a 1988 first). A Volvo Switzerland Club member told the owner, that this was a very rare version but that the stickers are Volvo originals, but I've never seen these stickers at all.

EDIT: But I must say, they look cool

volvo did some strange things .i will ask somebody if this could be original at the dutch volvo 480 forum

Raffadakis wrote:

That's how the sticker looks.

I wonder why..., but I seem to find similarities between that and this ...



Back in the day, the word turbo on the outside of any car could mean you had a very special engine , but by the late 80's I am not so sure

Nevertheless, a tamed turbo-engine like the one the 480 had providing low-end torque and very good driveability was somewhat uncommon to find on petrol engines, so I suppose someone felt it had to make it stand out of the rest of the crowd.

Funnily enough I have seen the same sticker on die-cast models of the 480. I think they look pretty cool

Not original

what interests me even more is, if the car had an unusual interior or, what i doubt even more, any differences on the engine?

otherwise i would say its f*ugly stickers on a stock Turbo. Nothing special.

Although it is not very clear this ES seems to be similar.

Hmmm, perhaps these stickers have some story we're all unaware.

Funny, I have a breaker 1989 turbo standing somewhere, with almost the same stickers on the sides.
Will try to post a piccy when I have made pics of it.

Greetz

Too much 480's with almost similar stickers, maybe in the first years this was a option ?

Here a link to another 480 ES with almost the same sidestickers :
(didn't have time to photograph my breaker turbo with stickers)

http://link.marktplaats.nl/527396445

Greetz