Volvo 66 by Editions Atlas

The number fifty-three in the Volvo Collection by Editions Atlas is the Volvo 66 (1975–1980). The Volvo 66 was pretty much a re-badged DAF 66. These cars featured a CVT gearbox which was also called Variomatic. The Volvo 66 has it's place in the Volvo Collection by Editions Atlas even if many people like to pretend that this is just not a Volvo.

Source & copyright : Editions Atlas SA, Switzerland

VOLVO Collection :

1. 1945   Volvo PV444
2. 1957   Volvo Amazon 4-door
3. 1964   Volvo P1800
   
4. 1953   Volvo PV455 Duett
   
5. 1950   Volvo PV60
6. 1971   Volvo 144 Overdrive
   
7. 1969   Volvo 164
8. 1971   Volvo P1800ES
   
9. 1956   Volvo P1900
10. 1978   Volvo 262C Bertone
    
11. 1965   Volvo Amazon 2-door
    
12. 1970   Volvo 145 Automatic Estate
    
13. 1938   Volvo PV52
14. 1965   Volvo PV544
15. 1979   Volvo 343
16. 1985   Volvo 480 ES
    
17. 1984   Volvo 740 Turbo
18. 1938   Volvo PV800 Taxi
19. 1978   Volvo 242 GT
    
20. 1939   Volvo PV56
21. 1962   Volvo Amazon break
22. 1936   Volvo PV36 Carioca
23. 1953   Volvo PV455 Duett 'Volvo Service'
24. 1988   Volvo 780 Bertone
25. 1988   Volvo 440
26. 1927   Volvo ÖV4 Jakob
27. 1973   Volvo 142
28. 1992   Volvo 240 Polar
29. 1971   Volvo 145 Express
30. 1975   Volvo 66 GL

• 31.   1992   Volvo 440 Politie (NL)
• 32.   1971   Volvo P1800 ES 'Prince Carl Gustaf'
• 33.   2001   Volvo V40 phase II
• 34.   1988   Volvo 480 Turbo USA
• 35.   1978   Volvo 244 DL 'Blue Star'
• 36.   1994   Volvo 960 GLE
  
• 37.   1978   Volvo 264 TE
  
• 38.   1965   Volvo Amazon Polis (S)
  
• 39.   1966   Volvo P1800 S Volvoville
• 40.   1971   Volvo 145 Express Taxi
• 41.   1992   Volvo ECC
• 42.   1976   Volvo 343 Politie (NL)
• 43.   1995   Volvo 855 T5R
• 44.   1999   Volvo S80
• 45.   1990   Volvo 480 Turbo convertible
  
• 46.   1982   Volvo 265 GLE
• 47.   1967   Volvo Amazon 123 GT
• 48.   1988   Volvo 360 GLE
  
• 49.   1988   Volvo 240 SE estate Polis (S)
• 50.   1968   Volvo P210 Duett 'Tele' (S)
• 51.   1974   Volvo 142 RAC Rally
• 52.   1997   Volvo C70 convertible
• 53.   1976   Volvo 66
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Quote about the Volvo 66 on Wikipedia:

Volvo 66
The Volvo 66 sprang directly from the DAF 66, which was originally styled by Giovanni Michelotti. The compact car was introduced in August 1975, almost exactly a year after Volvo Cars bought DAF, and before production of the Volvo 300 Series began.

The Volvo 66 was known for its continuously variable transmission, the Variomatic. The Volvo version of the car was slightly restyled and given larger bumpers compared with those of the original DAF model. Although this was in keeping with Volvo's emphasis on safety, it also increased its cost of production.

The Volvo 66 was available as a two-door saloon and three-door estate, whilst the two-door DAF 66 Coupé was dropped, and therefore was never sold as a Volvo.

The other major features in which the Volvo 66 differs from the DAF 66 are also mostly safety related. It has different seats featuring headrests, a safety steering wheel, steel side-impact bars in the doors, a declutching servo which enabled the driver to change gear with the choke engaged (In the older DAF models this wasn't possible, because the increased idle caused the centrifugal clutch to engage). The Volvo 66 also has a 'park' mode in the CVT, which locks the driveline. From 1977 the estate version featured a window wiper on the bootlid.

Number produced
Volvo produced roughly 106,000 units of both the saloon and estate 66, and no more than 14,000 were sold in the United Kingdom. The majority were sold in continental Europe rather than in Sweden, where the car was never accepted by Volvo-buyers. As of 2011, only eight are known to survive in the United Kingdom. One has been seen in Seattle during 2012 and 2013.

Engines

• B110 Renault C-series OHV 1108 cc inline-four, 47 PS (34.6 kW; 46.4 hp)
• B130 Renault C-series OHV 1289 cc inline-four, 57 PS (41.9 kW; 56.2 hp)

Source & copyright: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_66