Manufacturer Volvo Cars | ||
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Also called Volvo P80 series
Volvo P800 series
Volvo 800 series Production 1991–2005 (1,360,522 units) Assembly Volvo:
Torslanda, Sweden (Torslandaverken)
Ghent, Belgium,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (VHA) Class Mid-size car
mid-size luxury car Layout Front engine
front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive | ||
The Volvo P80 platform was a Swedish mid-size unibody automobile platform developed and produced by Volvo Cars. It was in use from 1991 to 2005. It is designed for different wheelbases in front-wheel drive configurations and was adapted to all wheel drive. It debuted with the 1991 Volvo 850 and again in autumn 1996 with the Volvo 850 AWD. Although heavily modified by TWR, the same basic chassis was used as the underpinnings for the C70. After the model year 2000 most P80 models were replaced by their P2 successors, with the exception of the C70 convertible which remained in production until 2005. A total of 1,360,522 cars based on this platform were built.
The platform utilises a front engine transaxle design with engines and gearboxes mounted transversly on a subframe. Only straight 5 engines were offered. A front subframe and front MacPherson Struts were used and either Volvo's patented Deltalink rear axle on FWD models or Volvo's MultiLink rear suspension with an independent rear subframe on AWD models.