Hi, I Was looking for a new car recently, my mechanic looked around and got reserved from a dealer for me a 1995 N-plate Volvo 440 with 75k on the clock for £550, the newer facelifted model, I get the car on thursday/friday. I was speaking briefly over the phone to my mechanic friend about the deal, it was a rushed conversation, so I don't even know what specific model it is, nor even the colour :-). My spec. was for a good condition car with reasonable mileage for my budget. I owned a Volvo 340 DL a time before, I'm not up on the 440 model range. He has checked it over and it is in fine condition all round, but haven't seen him since and can't get him on the phone since he is away just now. So, a couple of questions: He says it is a 1.7 litre, he may not have checked this properly or got it wrong. Were the 440's available with a 1.7 at this time? I see searching the net that they were 1.6i, 1.8i,2.0i in petrol and 1.9 diesel by this stage, as far as I know. If turns out to be a 1.6i, are they very underpowered or reasonably nippy? Were all of the models available at that time (95/N) equipped with Cent. Locking/E. windows/Sunroof as standard, or was there still a base model with manual windows etc. A friend of mine had the old shape 440 1.8i on a K-Plate, nice car, but it had manual everything and no sunroof. Just trying to get an idea here of what I'm going to get. Cheers, Tyger
