David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
8/8/00 12:00 a.m.
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Station wagons may not get everyone's heart racing, but when there's a Volvo badge on the grille, it's definitely worth a second look. The new Volvo V70 R AWD is the latest in a long line of fun-to-drive Volvo haulers, a family that includes some memorable wagons like the 122S, 145, 740 and 850. Even the hip 1800ES was kind …

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Loweguy5
Loweguy5 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
2/7/22 11:19 p.m.

I wish I could buy a new one of these right now!

759NRNG
759NRNG UberDork
2/8/22 11:48 a.m.

My rental car on the trip to Ireland back in 2001 . With my parents.....manual transmission......RH drive.....nearly no sleep on the flight over.......and a roundabout less than a mile from airport.....loved every bit of it.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
2/9/22 2:58 p.m.

Dang, comments on a new car review from 22 years ago. (Thanks for reading, everyone.)

BoxheadTim
BoxheadTim GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
2/9/22 3:00 p.m.

I did not need to see this while still trying to make up my mind if I want another daily or not. 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
2/9/22 3:03 p.m.

Sorry for the fuzzy photo, too. In 2000, we were transitioning from film to digital, so there's a good chance this was shot on film and then returned on a CD. The original isn't on our photo server, so that's a good sign that it predates digital photography. 

AClockworkGarage
AClockworkGarage Dork
2/10/22 2:38 a.m.

Remember when cars were cool?

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