What years were ABS introduced as standard on the 200, 700, and 900 series wagons?

I want a used volvo wagon with anti-lock brakes. What years should I
consider?

 

I would go for any 200/700/900 after 1989. Prior to that the ABS was mounted in
the trunk area and prone to getting swamped when drain holes get blocked. After
'89 the ABS was mounted under the hood in front of left strut tower with the
control unit inside the cabin.

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It depends where you live. In 1990 ABS became standard on all 740 models in
Australia, but in UK / USA only the higher end models got it (Turbo & 16V
models), it was optional on the lower end models.
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Will
'90 Volvo 744 GLT (B230F) - daily driver
'73 Volvo 164E - awaiting repair & restoration

 

It was an option until the early 90's, my '87 740 has it, from what I gather
it was pretty rare in that year though, I don't think any of the older ones
had it but I could be wrong.

 

I believe you are incorrect. We have a '91 740 turbo (US) and I
am 99% sure there is no ABS. We have no light on the instrument
cluster, there is nothing under the hood with all the brake
lines attached and there are two brake lines running to each
caliper. This car also has manual seats and they are cloth, not
leather.

Bob W
15 Volvos ('58-'91)

 

Our 1985 740 GLE didn't have it, and it used to slide thru intersections
occasionally, our 89 740 GLE 16 Valve had standard ABS, and I believe a
drivers airbag, my dad said the ABS system was shitty on it, and he could
stop the car better without it. Our 93 960 has an excellent ABS system,
quite effective... for a 10 year old car at least, tho I like it a hell of a
lot better then the ABS in new VWs, which is so fast that if you are stoping
fairly hard over a small pothole, the ABS will vibrate the pedal like
crazy... very annoying.

 

Optional until 1991, then standard in 1992. Of course, something like
75% of the models that came with leather and automatic in 1990 and 1991
came with it added as it was a huge selling point back then - luxury
loaded Volvo now even safer!(or something like that).

Of course, that makes finding leather/stick/abs models really tough.

My 1990 240 (sold a few weeks ago - sigh - looking for another Volvo - a
*wagon* this time*) had sunroof, black leather, stick, but no abs(bummer).

It was a good car, though - so close to perfect. All it really needed
was a better color, abs, and to be a wagon to be perfect. So - I am
looking again for another perfect Volvo.


Here's a question - what's your favorite color? Mine is the gold/beige
metallic. A nice, soft gold color with a hint of green and beige in
it - almost like the yellow Audi uses on their cars - shines almost
like an opal.

 

I don't have a favorite colour. I like the dark silver on the 960 we have, I
like the light silver on my Golf TDI, I like blue, red, and black makes any
car look good (as long as it is polished, but I would never get a black
car). Platinum green on the V70's looks good, but the Titianium edition
looks much better.

Basically I think I like silver the most, but I have never picked the colour
of the car I get to drive as of yet.

My father loves that gold metallic colour.... but he has been through 6 new
Volvo's, 3 new VW's, 1 used VW, 1 used Audi, and a used Ford and he has
never got gold as a paint colour (the Ford was closest with beige, but it
was gone in 2 months due to visibility problems.... blind spots everywhere
apparantly). So far his favorite colour to actually get on a car is metallic
burgundy on our 740 GLE 16 Valve, that was a sharp looking car.... with all
the polished chrome trim, the nice paint, those nice alloy rims, looked
awesome.

 

Hi Bob, you are right. I just checked the Volvo Owner's Circle for car
features in the Volvo US website and found out that ABS is standard on '90
740 Turbo in US but in '91 it became optional. I think it's because in '91
they released 940 and 940 Turbo became the main Turbo variant, while the 740
Turbo is "downgraded" to a cheaper alternative (although still a good car -
and I personally still prefer 700 series sedan's boxy rear end).
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Will
'90 Volvo 744 GLT (B230F) - daily driver
'73 Volvo 164E - awaiting repair & restoration

 

I have a 1991 SW with ABS. Its for sale if anyone is interested. Works fine,
just need to move into a van.