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what is the difference between 244 and 240 200 1986

posted by  someone claiming to be khaled on  Fri Dec 8 09:34 CST 2000 [RELATED]

I have Volvo 244GL with B230A engine and m47 gearbox , i'm asking what is the difference between volvo 244 and 240 for model year 1986 , thank you







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    Re: what is the difference between 244 and 240 200 1986

    posted by  someone claiming to be Michael on  Fri Dec 8 10:28 CST 2000 [RELATED]

    "240" is the general term, regardless of whether the car has 2, 4, or 5 doors. A 244 has 4 doors (the middle digit tells how many cylinders in the engine, and the last digit tells how many doors)

    2 doors=coupe

    4 doors=sedan

    5 doors=wagon







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      Re: what is the difference between 244 and 240 200 1986

      posted by  someone claiming to be Bram Smits on  Fri Dec 8 11:11 CST 2000 [RELATED]

      Around the mid-80s Volvo decided to drop the last digit denoting the number of doors from the model number, or at least from the badge. A 0 was substituted, so 242, 244 and 245 all became 240, etc. In internal documents and if I remember correctly the VIN you'll still find the old numbering scheme. So there really is no difference except for the badge itself.

      Bram







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        Re: what is the difference between 244 and 240 200 1986

        posted by  someone claiming to be Evan R on  Fri Dec 8 14:13 CST 2000 [RELATED]

        Well, sorta...

        from '80-'85, the 240-series cars were only badged with trim levels:

        DL

        GL

        GLE ('81 & '82 only)

        Bertone (262C)

        GT ('80)

        GLT

        Turbo

        ...but internally, they were still known as 242, 244, & 245.

        By '86, the Turbo and 242 (all trims) were dead.

        The introduction of the 760 in 1983 was the first public badging of a Volvo to eliminate the 'last digit = doors' trend.

        In '86, Volvo had 2 types of car 200 and 700. To keep them differentiated, Volvo numbered both types.

        But internally, the standard nomenclature was kept through the 850 series, i.e. 945 was a 900 series 4-cyl wagon, and an 854 was an 850 series, 5 cylinder sedan.







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          Re: what is the difference between 244 and 240 200 1986

          posted by  someone claiming to be stevie ray on  Fri Dec 8 15:13 CST 2000 [RELATED]

          I'm living in Malaysia ( in South East Asia)

          In my country, the difference are :-

          244 for those 200 model untill 1982.

          From 82 onward, all are labelled as 240.

          244GLA 80 B21A aw71







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            Re: what is the difference between 244 and 240 200 1986

            posted by  someone claiming to be Evan R on  Fri Dec 8 15:33 CST 2000 [RELATED]

            That's interesting. In the USA, the 200 series non-turbo cars used the AW70 transmission, but not until '81.

            was your car assembled in Malaysia?







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              Re: what is the difference between 244 and 240 200 1986

              posted by  someone claiming to be stevie ray on  Fri Dec 8 16:12 CST 2000 [RELATED]

              Actually mine original was bw55 just changed it last two months.

              A lot of difference in acceleration / economy.

              The car was assembled in malaysia. All the 244 (original) here are

              B21A.






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