850 touring cars on top gear

[stainesy]

just watched top gear and they had some bits from 1990,s touring car and saw loadsa 850 touring cars. one even crashed bigtime.

anybody els see it?

[Tomcat]

Yup, I was hoping for a big mention of Volvo's involvment in Touring Cars, but sadly nothing..... ah well, better than nothing eh?.

[stainesy]

Yup, I was hoping for a big mention of Volvo's involvment in Touring Cars, but sadly nothing..... ah well, better than nothing eh?.

yeah i was hoping they would say something about them but oh well £££££ happens LOL

that one that crashed realy smacked the side didnt it. that had to hurt

[neevo]

My Dream Car was TG Car of the Year


R500 FTW wooohoooooooo



oops sorry

[BruceT]

Yeh i think that was Burt driving the 850, famous crash for the 850.

BTCC went crap after Volvo left for me, and then actually did because there was 2-3 manufacturers running 3 cars each. Total crap now.

Mid 90's was the best!

[Volvostorm]

Usless fact, I've sat in that Labbatt's RS Cosworth! :P

[badger1980]

Its more like bumper car's nowaday's rather than who the best driver is with the best team

[Volvostorm]

Its more like bumper car's nowaday's rather than who the best driver is with the best team

Still more interesting than the 'follow the leader' the F1 is.

[850twr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HlEvg9m1AA

[AndysR]

Used to follow the BTCC in the 90's when Volvo raced and loved it, after they finished racing in BTCC I stopped watching. Did watch a practice session about 4 years ago at Brands Hatch and it was good to be there in the thick of the action but it isn't the same and the visit didn't make me want to get back into it :(

[Cause4Concern]

Usless fact, I've sat in that Labbatt's RS Cosworth! :P

i saw it on the back of a low loader at ford fair after someone had stacked it!

[Dan850T5]

BTCC is the reason i bought my T5

used to go see it live :( it's ****e now

[Volvostorm]

i saw it on the back of a low loader at ford fair after someone had stacked it!

I think the same bloke that owns the Labbatts car also owns the Texaco RS!

Some people have all the luck!

[nathT5]

look on www.dukevideo.com and order the 94 and 95 BTCC videos or dvds, they were the 850 years,
they are both well worth the money and from the best years too,
ive got all the BTCC ones from 87 to present and ETCC from the 80,s with the 242 turbos,
also loads of 90,s DTM and aussie tin-top action too,

you could say i,m a bit of a touring car anorach...

[850twr]

got them all on vhs, doesn't appear 94/95 is available on dvd

[nathT5]

got them all on vhs, doesn't appear 94/95 is available on dvd

does,nt look like the 95 season is available atall anymore either???

[850twr]

no i think you may be right, could be worth emailing them, or check ebay, thats where i got mine.

[Big Pete]

They all seem listed if you type in BTCC and the year in the search field they are all listed and in stock, but on VHS!!! I haven't had a VHS player for years!!!

What years were the 850's in it, 94, 95, 96, 97?

Anyone got copies on their computer would be sweet to have a copy of those years. I remember going and watching it but it was the S40's.

[nathT5]

94 and 95 was the 850 then after that they were S40s.

[Big Pete]

I e-mailed Duke Video about them coming out on DVD and this is the response.

"Dear Sir,

I'm afraid it's down to licensing, we do hope to update most of our back
catalogue.
Keep an eye on our website www.dukevideo.com for updates.

Kind Regards

Julie McElroy

Customer Services
Duke Marketing Ltd"

[p fandango]

94 and 95 was the 850 then after that they were S40s.
the 850 was used in 1996 as well

[nathT5]

buy a new VHS for about £20 and get the videos to watch,
there well worth it...

[Big Pete]

Yeah I thought so! I remember Volvo seemed to get better every year! I just wished they kept the estate in all the way through, it was awesome watching that beast fly around!

Pity they changed the rules so you could have rear spoilers, I think the 854 could produce more downforce than the 855 with a rear spoiler so they changed in 1995 to the 854.

[nathT5]

the 850 was used in 1996 as well

who,s the anorach now??? :smirk:

[p fandango]

who,s the anorach now??? :smirk:
ah i do now abit about the BTCC, the main reason i knew about 1996 tho was because i had the bumper off it :dgrin:

http://www.covcrew.co.uk/volvo-850-t5/archive/exterior/archive65.jpg

[nathT5]

ive just done some more anorach trawling on www.supertouring.co.uk
this says 94, 95 and 96 were 850, 97 and 98 were s40 and 99 the s70.

great site with loads of great retro pictures.

[p fandango]

ive just done some more anorach trawling on www.supertouring.co.uk
this says 94, 95 and 96 were 850, 97 and 98 were s40 and 99 the s70.

great site with loads of great retro pictures.
the S70 was never used (not in BTCC anyway), the S40 was used all the way up until Ford brought Volvo & pulled them out of racing becuase they were racing the Mondeo's in the same championship

[flyingbrick]

Yeah I thought so! I remember Volvo seemed to get better every year! I just wished they kept the estate in all the way through, it was awesome watching that beast fly around!

Pity they changed the rules so you could have rear spoilers, I think the 854 could produce more downforce than the 855 with a rear spoiler so they changed in 1995 to the 854.

Well said and very much correct. Thought I was the only 850 fan that remebered that.......:wiggle:

[nathT5]

ive just done some more anorach trawling on www.supertouring.co.uk
this says 94, 95 and 96 were 850, 97 and 98 were s40 and 99 the s70.

great site with loads of great retro pictures.


the S70 was never used (not in BTCC anyway), the S40 was used all the way up until Ford brought Volvo & pulled them out of racing becuase they were racing the Mondeo's in the same championship

well thats what i thought but theres pics of an s70 in the 1999 pics,
did volvo not race atall then or was it the s40?

i,ll dig through my old videos...

[nathT5]

thats right, 99 was the start of the boring years.
only 3 teams with 3 cars, honda, ford and vauxhall, oh and matt neals private nissan.
rydell moved over to ford.

[p fandango]

well thats what i thought but theres pics of an s70 in the 1999 pics, did volvo not race atall then or was it the s40?
they raced the S40 alongside the Mondeo for a year (sure it wasn't 2) under Ford ownership then they pulled the plug & just ran the Ford team


i,ll dig through my old videos...
watched them all mate, you won't find an S70 on there

[beppie boy]

maybe if loads of us send an email then they will see there is a demand for it and sort something out for us.

same thing with tha magazines. i am sick of seeing 3 bmw mags, merc mags, porche mags vw mags jap mags and so on and so on.
why the hell is there no volvo mag?????????
there are hunreds of the cars sold every year and they can be just as modded as a bimmer.
is there anything we can do they even got a magazine for mini's and vauxhall for godsake.

martyn

[850twr]

yeh i think thats a good idea to show the demand for it, my vids are fairly used now aswell! lol, have just emailed them myself. also just for you anorachs out there, rydell is still employed by volvo for testing etc, and there are rumors of volvo coming back next season with the new C30, assumabley with rydell driving. lets wait in hope.

[Big Pete]

yeh i think thats a good idea to show the demand for it, my vids are fairly used now aswell! lol, have just emailed them myself. also just for you anorachs out there, rydell is still employed by volvo for testing etc, and there are rumors of volvo coming back next season with the new C30, assumabley with rydell driving. lets wait in hope.

That would be awesome!!!

[Big Pete]

ah i do now abit about the BTCC, the main reason i knew about 1996 tho was because i had the bumper off it :dgrin:

http://www.covcrew.co.uk/volvo-850-t5/archive/exterior/archive65.jpg

Awesome, you got more pics of your 850?

[p fandango]

Awesome, you got more pics of your 850?
thanks, heres the link to its page on my website http://www.covcrew.co.uk/volvo-850-t5/t5.html (the BTCC bumpers gone now tho)

[t5 pete]

thanks, heres the link to its page on my website http://www.covcrew.co.uk/volvo-850-t5/t5.html (the BTCC bumpers gone now tho)

Theres some brilliant pics there where did you go for the volvo meets

[p fandango]

Theres some brilliant pics there where did you go for the volvo meets
thanks, there are pics from various meets (Gaydon national, BKV & some casual meets)

here's a video from the last Gaydon
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jAUqRiQqmpE&

[fast-t5]

well this is my car or was lol need i say more lol

[stainesy]

ah i do now abit about the BTCC, the main reason i knew about 1996 tho was because i had the bumper off it :dgrin:

http://www.covcrew.co.uk/volvo-850-t5/archive/exterior/archive65.jpg

where can i get that bumper?

[t5 pete]

theres one next to the rocking horse s**t LOL i think there nearly impossible to get hold of one but obviousily pfandango managed to get one so if yur lucky enough and have a good bit of cash you mite get one only other thing is to get one made up if its possible

[850twr]

yeh rocking horse s*** is a good explanation, lol. Im lucky enough to of got hold of an original TWR btcc exhaust system, very much the same case. Fandango how much did you sell your bumper for/to, just out of interest?

[Cali-T5]

Aint volvo running a C30 in some sort of touring car championship at the moment ?

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/aus2007101208285_alt.jpg
http://www.autospectator.com/cars/files/images/Volvo-C30-Racer.jpg

[850twr]

yes thats the one their using elsewhere at the moment, using bi-ethanol fuel. is being used in the wtcc series.

[850twr]

heres one link regarding the rumor

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/Volvo-C30/235191/

AWD C30R is going to be awesome, shame limited numbers is likely to make its value hold well tho.

and 20" rims!!! i doubt it.