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Was DL or GL used on the 940 models? My daughter was backed into and the insurance claim wants to know the model number. I wonder if the DL or GL went away on the 940s? Is there something on the VIN number designating GL or DL or ?
The car does have a sunroof and is non-turbo. I couldn't find anything except 940 anywhere.
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Mine:3-940s running; 1-740, 2-940 parts; dtrs:4-940s running
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In GB, and possibly in Europe, some of these designations were used.
My 1991 945 is designated as 940GL. This is a base model with a 2 litre engine, non- turbo.
Around 1995, there was no GL, but there was, in ascending trim order, 940, 940S, 940SE, and 940GLE.
Ian F
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Dear OwenF,
Hope you're well and stay so. Were the "trim" designations actually marked on the vehicles? Or were these designations used only for marketing purposes?
I ask, because in the Volvo Pocket data booklet - Cars (700, 850, 900), 1991-1996 - in the section entitled "Identification number" - there is no mention of these designations, no matter where a car was made/marketed. For cars sold in "Other markets" (outside of "USA and Canada"), vehicle type is shown as, for example, "944".
Hope this helps.
Happy Holidays!!!
Yours faithfully,
Spook
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Hi Spook. I've sent you a photo of the badging on my 1991 945 - it is 940GL.
If you know how to upload to the forum, perhaps you could do that please? I hope the email gets to you!
Ian F
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Managed an upload
Ian F
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The trim level badging like GLE ended with the 1991 models in North America. Wow, “CATALYSER”, now there’s a badge we don’t see on this side of the pond. Also not the American spelling with a Z.
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Dave -still with 940's, prev 740/240/140/120 You'd think I'd have learned by now
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Hi Dave. Yes the catalyst requirements over here didn't come into force until 1992, so Volvo were ahead of the curve as usual. The 945 doesn't have to meet the cat emission standards here, even though it has a cat fitted.
You probably know that over here we normally use an "s" in words where you guys use a "z", not sure why you changed things though😁😁😁!!
Ian F
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Re. Catalyzer vs. Catalyser. We're a confused lot here in Canada where both UK and US spellings are acceptable, many of us swayed by our heritage or the literature/media we're most exposed to. Legal stuff uses what is referred to as the Queen's English (UK) as we're still ruled by Her Majesty Liz, and for federal documents it's immediately followed by a matching translation in French as we're officially bilingual, and it's French Canadian, not Parisian French, which is the only official language in the province of Quebec. People like me need to load both US and UK dictionaries for our spell checkers so we can swing either way depending on our mood, and if you're a federal government employee also a French Canadian dictionary. One thing Canadians universally agree on is it's Aluminum, not Aluminium. And don't get me started on metric, vs. US vs. Imperial measurements, where almost all are used here while metric is the only official one. When someone says their gas mileage is 30 mpg, we never know whether that's US or Imperial gallons, and if you start talking mileage in the official litres per 100 kilometeres my brain no longer functions. I'm just glad we don't have our speedometers in furlongs per hour, curb weights in stone and gas pumps dispensing in cubits.
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Dave -still with 940's, prev 740/240/140/120 You'd think I'd have learned by now
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Dear Dave Stephens,
Hope you're Safe and Well. You wrote, "official litres per 100 kilometeres". What is the ratio of kilometeres to kilometers?
Yours faithfully,
Spook
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Sorry, the conversion is one kilometre = one kilometer = one kilometere minus a typo = one klick (colloquial).
Kilometer is the Americanized version of the proper metric SI unit kilometre.
Like I told you, we're a confused lot up here.
Best of the season to you and yours, Jay
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Dave -still with 940's, prev 740/240/140/120 You'd think I'd have learned by now
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Well I have to acknowledge that Aluminum does have precedence. As you probably know, the Brits adopted Aluminium to be in conformance with the convention of ending many element names with "ium".
All the best from Scotland (English and Gaelic 🤔).
Ian F
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For your North American market Volvo 940, the semi-official Version Identification Code table can be found here
1995 Volvo 940 VIC decoder
and the Vehicle Identification Number code table can be found here
1995 Volvo 940 VIN decoder
By 1995 there were just two 940 models (trim levels), the base model (B230FD engine) and the TURBO (B230FT, deluxe trim, often denoted as 940T), in both 4-door sedan and 5-door wagon body styles, plus of course the 960 models. No DL, GL or GLT model designations were ever used in the 940 series, nor officially were the 944 and 945 designations. In the 1991 introductory year there was also a GLE model (B234F 16-valve, deluxe trim) and SE model (B230FT, deluxe trim, 960 body style). By 1995, the TURBO model was no longer being badged as such at the rear. Leather power seats, sunroof and alloy wheels were standard equipment on the turbo deluxe trim level. Especially towards the end of 940 production in 1995, many dealers received the base model already optioned with sunroof and/or alloy wheels, less often with leather. It's probably safe to assume that had something to do with what was available coming down the assembly line towards the end of production. If your base model has a sunroof then your insurer may want to note that as an option unless their VIN database already detects that.
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Dave -still with 940's, prev 740/240/140/120 You'd think I'd have learned by now
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Dear jd620,
Hope you're well. I've reviewed the VIN codes set forth in Volvo, pocket data booklet - cars (700, 850, 900) 1991-1996 and find no mention of "DL" or "GL".
For a '95 model year car, the model is as found on the vehicle: 940.
Hope this helps.
Happy Holidays!
Yours faithfully,
Spook
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