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Volvo has three market destinations which are; Europe, Canada and the U.S.A. Other countries will have models that have come from one of these three choices. Differences are mainly in the electrical configurations, primarily in the lighting options. My Canadian '94 850 for example has full time DRLs that cannot be turned off, (although I did modify them so I could!) unlike the U.S. models. Also, models sold in Canada pretty much have the complete "winter pkg" as standard equipment. Our safety laws are a little tougher here as well. Our bumpers have to withstand a higher speed of impact without damage compared to the American laws. That's why for example the 40 series were a year later arriving in Canada because Volvo had to change the bumpers to meet Canadian federal safety laws. The 10V 850 engine also comes to mind that was not available in the U.S.A but was available in Europe and Canada. If you look at the older models like the 240, there were many differences between the three markets. My '82 240 was sold with the B21A engine that has a manual choke, stromberg carb, no catalytic convertor, no oxygen sensor or fuel injection. That engine was only available in Europe and Canada. There are probably other things as well that I won't even get intolike the metric/non-metric thing. Isn't the U.S.A the only country left on this planet that doesn't use metric measurements? ;)
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