my wife wants to buy the v50. we have never owned a volvo. i am really worried because it is owned by the slimebags at Ford. Is this a car that the owner can service (brakes, oil changes, trans. fluid etc) or must it be brought to a dealer? I hope it is not a ford dealer. if anyone has experience with these cars please let me know. I have already seen some negative comments about servicing costs and dealers on this newsgroup. i think that the volvo shares the frame or body with mazda. in addition, is there enough serious saftey advantages on the volvo to make it worthwhile to overpay for it? i have looked at brochures and on the net but i can't find exactly what the supposed saftey features are. I mean features which are not on other cars but are worthwhile. thanks in advance.
purchase new v50 or not?
Jan 30, 2005
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I never cared for the FWD Volvos. As for Jags, well, they are really nice Fords...
Ford had nothing to do with Volvo when the 900 ceased production in the mid 90s. It wasn't until 1999 that the Ford buy-out occured. Meantime, there was the 850, 40, 70 and 90 series, all in production before Ford took over.
They bought Jaguar 10 years earlier, and seemed to have revived their lacklustre production rather well.
Personally, I think it is still too early to be able to say whether Ford have adversly affected Volvo. By about 15 years.
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