Volvo 480 ES: Celebrating 30th anniversary
The unique aesthetics Swedish model celebrates 30 years since its official premiere held at Motor Show 1986, Geneva.
The ES 480 was the first Volvo model with front-wheel drive and the engine mounted transversely. Responsible for the design was the Karo Seri Stas Dutchman John De Vries, while among the technologies that had stood the digital trip computer, who informed the driver of average consumption, average speed and temperature. The basic version of the ES 480 had an engine 1.7 liter 109 hp performance; he gave away acceleration 0-100 km. / H in 9.5 seconds and a top speed of 190 km. / Hr. Later he introduced the turbocharged version 480 Turbo with the power of 120 hp while in 1993 a new 2.0-liter engine was added, yielding 110 horsepower. Overall, until September 1995, where he stopped the production of a total of 76 375 models were built.
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