Where are all of the C70 owners?

They are either really good, or the owners are too embarrased. LOL. My personal bet is that they are too good to ask the riff raff about their car !!!!!! Hows yours doing by the way? You lucky dog !!!

I found one for you...

This model was hardly a big sales success for Volvo.

John

I love mine. Only the two of us, so the rear passenger access problem doesn't apply. The sunroof does gurgle (as others have said) after a heavy rain and over 70 MPH (grin). Fun car to drive though!!!

In terms of sale numbers, the C70 is a total failure. While the S80 is a partial failure in absolute terms. But a complete failure in terms of Volvo's forecast for the S80. It sold something like 10% of what Volvo had anticipated.

Don't know if it's true or not, but I read that the C70 was too expensive to manufacture.

There is a C70 Register of the VCOA. They only made about 10,000 a year, if that, so the numbers are against it.

Jeff

I see a few down here in the Bay Area, CA, in fact there's someone tooling around in another saffron just like mine. Someone else in my apartment complex has a black '98.

I love mine, I almost traded up a year or so ago (S60/S80 or Audi) but I couldn't part with it.

in article snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com, In Vancouver at snipped-for-privacy@sorry.com wrote on 2/13/04 8:21 PM:

Down here in South Carolina (Hilton Head Island), there are loads of C70 convertibles. This is one of the places in the country which is ideal for convertibles. Extreme South,like Florida, is nowhere near as good because of the brutal summer conditions which discourage top-down motoring. My neighbor immediately across the street has a C70 convertible; I have an S60R, plus a Honda S2000 roadster. 2 seater convertibles are very popular also in this area: BMW Z3/Z4; Mazda Miata; Mercedes C230 etal; Lexus SC430; Audi TT.

in article snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com, In Vancouver at snipped-for-privacy@sorry.com wrote on 2/13/04 8:21 PM:

Down here in South Carolina (Hilton Head Island), there are loads of C70 convertibles. This is one of the places in the country which is ideal for convertibles. Extreme South,like Florida, is nowhere near as good because of the brutal summer conditions which discourage top-down motoring. My neighbor immediately across the street has a C70 convertible; I have an S60R, plus a Honda S2000 roadster. 2 seater convertibles are very popular also in this area: BMW Z3/Z4; Mazda Miata; Mercedes C230 etal; Lexus SC430; Audi TT.

Perhaps it's because all us C70 owners are too busy out enjoying our fantastic looking cars :-p

Having read the rest of the thread, I agree that they are quite rare machines - of all the other cars on the road I might see another C70 perhaps once a month, if that. Of course, when I do see another, we always acknowledge each other with a knowing smile :)

I read somewhere recently that they're discontinuing the C70 Coupe (at least in the UK) but continuing the convertible (every manufacturer has to have a convertible in their range, right ?)

And > Being the owner of a 2001 C70 coupe, I'm wondering why I hardly ever see C70

fantastic looking cars :-p

machines - of all the other

course, when I do see

least in the UK) but

in their range, right ?)

people offer to buy it from

the petrol station forecourt

as good as it looks ?" etc)