The Volvo 850 Wagon is a 5 door estate/station wagon-bodied car with a front located engine powering the front wheels.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 2.4 litre capacity. This unit features double overhead camshaft valve gear, 5 cylinder layout, and 4 valves per cylinder. It produces 168 bhp (170 PS/125 kW) of power at 6000 rpm, and maximum torque of 220 N·m (162 lb·ft/22.4 kgm) at 3300 rpm.
The power is delivered to the wheels through a 5 speed manual gearbox.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 1431 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2665 mm | 104.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1520 mm | 59.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1470 mm | 57.9 inches | |
| Length | 4700 mm | 185 inches | |
| Width | 1760 mm | 69.3 inches | |
| Height | 1415 mm | 55.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.76 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1431 kg | 3155 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | |||
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Volvo | ||
| Engine code | B5254S | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 5 | ||
| Capacity | 2.4 litre 2435 cc (148.593 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 83 × 90 mm
3.27 × 3.54 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.92 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 20 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE net) |
170 PS (168 bhp) (125 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE net) |
220 Nm (162 ft·lb) (22.4 kgm) at 3300 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
51.4 kW/litre 70 ps/litre 69 bhp/litre 1.13 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE net) |
90.35 Nm/litre
1.09 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bosch LH-Jetronic 3 fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1135.4 kPa (164.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 6 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 487 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | |||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 119.03 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 87.55 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 117.4 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.42 kg/kW 19.08 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.200 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS.LW.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | SI.TA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 6½ x 15 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6½ x 15 | ||
| Tyres front | 195/60 R 15 | ||
| Tyres rear | 195/60 R 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 292 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | 4.00 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 226919 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 21.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1994 Volvo 850 Wagon added 2010-12-23. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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