You do not necessarily have to look for cars with a tax advantage in the electrical corner. If you buy a beautiful classic car of 40 years or older, you do not pay road tax. And as a business driver you enjoy a lot of addition benefit. But what is the ideal car if you also have safety, comfort and a good appearance on your wish list? We present to you: the Volvo 760 GLE!
Several cars have recently passed in review here, which will become MRB-free in 2022. But we also sighed that many of those new-fangled classics are hard to find. But not much later we actually find Volvo’s top model from 1982 on Marktplaats.nl!
Volvo 760 is squarer than 240
It is a metallic ‘ice green’ Volvo 760 GLE with less than a ton on the clock! In Volvo circles, such a mileage gets the cliché ‘just run in’ pasted. The 760 is another Volvo from the square-square-square era. It’s even more angular than the Volvo 240. Just look at that remarkably upright rear window. Yet the Volvo 760 looks a lot sleeker and more modern than the 240.
Technically, the 760 with its rear-wheel drive and rigid rear axle was still quite traditional. Fair is fair: the rear axle suspension was modernized. Instead of the traditional torsion arm, Volvo installed two torsion bars that are connected to a subframe. This minimizes vibrations – at least that’s what Volvo said in 1982. But don’t imagine rock solid handling. We know from experience that in a tight bend on wet asphalt you have to be careful not to three sixty makes with you seven-sixty …
Yes, yes, a six-cylinder Volvo
Under the long hood is a 2.8-liter twin-cam V6, the same engine that powered the DeLorean DMC-12. Back to the Future drives. In the 760, this six-cylinder engine, jointly developed by Volvo, Peugeot and Renault, delivers 156 hp and a nice thick torque of 235 Nm. That is good for a 100th sprint of 10 seconds and a top speed of 185 km/h. Okay, you don’t make an indelible impression with that these days. On the other hand, the Volvo 760 GLE does have a six-cylinder engine. Think about that with a new Volvo! Whatever the 760 GLE has: automatic level control. So even if you take all your fattest friends with you, the car is always nicely horizontal. The four-speed automatic does the shifting for you and power steering helps you maneuver. You will also discover that the almost 4.80 meter long Swede has a wonderfully small turning circle (9.9 m) and is wonderfully clear.
Luxury equipment
You will also be welcomed inside by leather upholstery, automatically heated front seats, electrically operated side windows and mirrors, a sliding roof and even climate control. Only the advertiser does not mention this in the ad text. So we would subject them to a health test.
Will you be the bacon buyer with this Volvo 760?
On the outside we also find the Volvo 760 a picture. Not only because of its cool light green color, but also because of the original 15-inch alloy wheels. The price for all this beauty: 8900 euros. Provided that the car is just as beautiful in real life as in the photos, we think that is a fair price. And with 35 percent addition to the current value, you are also a fat buyer.
snag in the grass
Unfortunately, there is one caveat: the car is from December 1982. So it will take a while before it is really free of road tax. We predict that the value will only increase after that. Provided you take good care of it. However, the car is already in the transitional arrangement, so you only owe a quarter of the road tax if you let it sleep inside until February. Who strikes?
