jifflemon wrote: ↑Sat Apr 23, 2022 11:35 am
WillC9303 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 23, 2022 10:51 am
£3000 is a lot of money for a 480 S with no MOT.
It’s also missing serveral things such as side trim, front numberplate holder and wheel centre cap.
The MOT centre noted that it’s got body filler, so probably hiding/needs some welding in order to be preserved for any length of time.
Things that do puzzle me is that it’s got unpainted bumpers despite being a 1992 K reg. I thought Volvo were over that by ‘91.
Despite being a ‘S’ it has all the options ticked on it that the ‘ES’ came with as standard, like alloys, info centre and fog lamps. So makes you wonder why the original owner didn’t just buy an ES instead. The only thing I can think of is that the owner didn’t want to pay extra for the 2.0i engine that was probably standard on the ES at that point, so went with the cheaper S which only came with the catalysed 1.7i unit. It Also has one of those nasty dealerfit manual sunroofs instead of the proper factory electric one.
I’d love to see the day where the 480 is worth so much that even a slightly ropey 480 S is making 3 grand, but now I personally wouldn’t even pay half of what the guys asking for it.
I like this…. New members already learning!!!
Echoing all of the above, I think he’s asking about £2,750 too much for it….
Fully agree with you Jeff, and well done Will - you're learning fast!
The S model was - and remains - always a bit of a weird one to pin down. It was introduced by Volvo in 1991 as a sort of "dumbed down" model, to produce a cheaper car. Sales were by now starting to need boosting. So:
the non-painted bumpers were standard on the S until the 1993 models;
the S did indeed continue with the 1.7 engine almost to the end (in the UK, not in mainland Europe), but the 2.0i only started to appear on the ES with the 1993 models (so that won't have been a consideration when this one was brand new);
the electric moonroof was not part of the specification, so usually a sunroof on an S is, indeed, a dealer cut out and fit option;
the S did not have alloy wheels, rather steel wheels and "sports" covers. The wheels on this one are the older "Pollux" wheels so they've been fitted at a later date (by 1992 the 14" wheels fitted to the ES and Turbo were the 5 spoke "Atlas");
neither front fog-lights nor info centre were part of S specification. This one has both. However, many buyers drove good deals on the S model by getting some of these extras thrown in for nothing as part of the purchase price. Given most of the 480s coming off the production line were being built with these items it was no skin off Volvo's nose really - they were just getting desperate to sell the cars!
In summary, you don't see that many S models anyway, and those have a bewildering mix of spec levels. Not sure I have ever seen one (other than brand new in a showroom back in the day
) that strictly fitted to the standard S spec and no more.
David