A Volvo 850 T5R for your factory-hot-rod-hell garage! All of those mods, in the seller's words, "give the car more gas mileage and also increases the speed!" He'll take $4,000, or $3,500 cash in ...

For some reason, this car remains more liked than envied. (Full disclosure: Volvo recently invited me to New Jersey to drive its 850 T-5R, though, unlike the usual car marketing pitch, I could not ...

I promised the Volvo PR guy I’d take it easy in the 1995 Volvo 850 T-5R, but his S60 is getting smaller and smaller in my rearview mirror. I’m not even pushing that hard—I’m just following ...

In our last—and glowing—review of Volvo's swift 850 Turbo wagon, we mentioned that the suspension's shock control might benefit from "a touch more firmness." We also hinted that cornering grip ...

After all this time, it can feel like there’s not a lot left to say about the Volvo 850. But, hey, it’s a great story, and there’s no harm in hearing one of those again. Once upon a time ...

The first Volvo to truly be known for its sporting pretensions didn’t come until a good few years later. We’re talking about the 850 T-5R, which involved tickling the already potent 2.3-litre ...