Talk:Volvo S80

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Volvo S80 is not a competitor of Buick Lucerne, Chrysler 300C, Mercury Marauder. Both Volvo's website as well as Buick, Chrysler, and Mercury's does not compare these under their comparison section. Volvo compares themself with BMW, Audi, Saab, Lexus, who in return compares their cars to Volvo.

Every single S80 has been built in the Gothenburg, Sweden plant. -> Not true. There are these local assembly plants e.g. malaysia.

Doesn't the King of Sweden drive a limo' version or something like that? I'd assume it also does duty with Swedish overseas missions. Might be worth mentioning if anyone knows for sure... -- stewacide

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[edit] Flagship

Isn't the XC90 Volvo's flagship model? At least it's considered so in Sweden. abelson 17:25, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes it is. Article changed. Dan100 (Talk) 12:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] World wide view?

What is it in the article that does not represent a world wide view? To me it looks like this article contains hard facts only. --Dahlis 21:11, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

The first generation section, in particular, is written from a USA POV. There are no mentions of the other engines and transmissions in the lineup, nor of European market specificities. You're right about the second generation section, tough, it isn't country-biased, what it needs is to be expanded. --Pc13 20:07, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
I improved the first generation section so the tag is no longer needed. --Dahlis 20:50, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expert attention

I'm no Volvo expert, so can someone please check this, it's not well-written. Very list-centric. --TheM62Manchester 10:29, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Facelift

The 2003 or 2004 (don't know the exact year) facelift is not covered in this article.

Anyone can edit. Dan100 (Talk) 12:14, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NEW VOLVO S80

The first photo shown on the article about Volvo S80 should be that of the new model rather than the old one... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.202.25.203 (talk) 14:13, 10 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] User page format

Does anyone think that this userpage needs a clean up?SenatorsTalk | Contribs 23:08, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Another Required Cleanup

I strongly agree with the user directly above, and have added the cite required tag to the whole article. I would have added a tag for no advertising, but that's not yet written. The middle section in particular reads as though it were lifted directly from the sales brochure. Unless the article is re-done, it might wind up in the AfD queue. Cordially, Drieux 05:34, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NOT the first transverse straight-6

See Austin Kimberley for one example. That the S80 has this rare configuration, and needed to develop the world's shorted automatic trans etc. is fine, but the paragraph needs a rewrite to reflect the truth. 202.7.183.132 (talk) 15:38, 12 May 2008 (UTC)