We ordered the rear jump seats on my wife's (now my daughter's) '88 Colony Park. My wife is a Girl Scout Leader, and thought she might need it to transport the troop. I think it's been used maybe TWICE in the last 13 years/177,000 miles.

I don't have the seat in my own Volvo, partly for that reason, partly for safety concerns.

You could consider "used", there are literally TONS of 850-70 series wagons in junkyards. Since there are a lot of teeny bits, pieces, and mounting hardware, you might actually wan to go to the auto recycler yourself to make sure you get everything.

-Uncle Olaf

A word of advice, before you spring for the $1,000 or so to have this done, find a wagon with the third seat (friend, dealer, etc.) and try it out. I rented a '01 XC a few months back for work and when I got home, put up the seat and put my kids back there to go out for ice cream. Safety concerns aside, what struck me is how little room there is back there. The well for the childrens' legs and feet is very shallow. Could not fit my seven year old and could barely fit my 4 year old. We are used to the third seat area in our Taurus, which is much larger. I would pass on the third seat. If you must have the extra seat space, perhaps another vehicle would be more appropriate. Just my opinion.

I purchased a 98 V70 used and installed a third seat. I purchased the part at a Volvo garage sale at 60% off, paid about $700 Cdn (normal price $1200) and had it installed at a dealer. Cost for labout is listed at close to 3 hrs if not more, so multiply your local Volvo dealer shop rate per hour by 3 and you'll get the total cost. For me, by the end of the day, it costed me $1000+ Cdn. My little 5 year old boy sure appreciates it.

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98 V70'R' AWD, 'R' emblem IPD, K&N