To all you Northerners out there:

Was it posible to buy a 940 with a manual transmission in Canada? Logic tells me that the 940 was never shipped to North America with a manual, but it would put my creative side to rest to know that it was not available.

I think the greatest Volvo would be a 945ticm, but Volvo thought differently, at least in the United States.

Thanks for the input.

No, I seems that we didn't get 5-speed 940's either. By the way, some 940's were actually made in Canada, at the Halifax assembly plant, seeming to me using more North American and Japanese parts than the imported ones.

We have a fair number of 4sp with overdrive 740's about, including Turbo wagons up to 1992 or so. Maybe you could try for one of them! In wagon versions the differences approach nil - I think that the final 740's picked up some of the 940 improvements.

Just watch for rust if you are looking over any Canadian car that old. Not-so-obvious places to look on 740/940's include wheel well opening lips, front sub-frame channels, and front inner fenders from under the hood.

I agree, the 945 may be the best car ever. I am not so sure I would want the standard transmission, though, as it just seemed like extra work in the na 745 I drove. Maybe the extra power of the turbo and the fact that the turbos use non-locking automatics for some reason would sway me, though.

I don't think I've ever seen one. Even better would be the 945T with V90 styling.

Rene

One thing that would be even better is a Twin turbo V90.

Brandon

I dunno, I'm a big fan of the Red Engine.

Rene