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The lines of the 164 came from the pen of Volvo designer Jan Wilsgaard and were first seen in the late 1950s as a larger prototype exercise called the P358 powered by a large V8, but the P358 was cancelled when the home market was found too small. The front was inspired both by the Wolseley 6/99 and the Volvo P1900. The 164 was introduced in late 1968; the last model year was 1975. It was considered an upscale offering as compared to the nice but more utilitarian 140 series of cars. // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ... The Wolseley 6/99 was the final large Wolseley automobile. ... The Volvo P1900 was a fiberglass-bodied roadster built in very small numbers in 1956 and 1957 by Volvo of Sweden. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Volvo 140 is an automobile from Volvo. ...

The 164 was powered by a OHV straight 6 cylinder engine, the B30. It was a derivative of the proven B20 4 cylinder and had dual Zenith Stromberg carburators or electronic injection from Bosch in 164E. Transmission options included a 4 speed (M400), another version with an attached Laycock d'Normanville overdrive (M410) and an 3 speed automatic (Borg Warner BW35). The heavy front mounted engine made the car understeer. The straight-6 (also inline 6, I-6, or I6) is an internal combustion engine with six cylinders aligned in a single row. ... The Volvo B20 was a straight_4 pushrod engine produced in the 1960s. ... The Robert Bosch GmbH is a German company which was started in 1886 by Robert Bosch. ... M400 is a gearbox from Volvo used in Volvo 164. ... Overdrive can refer to two different things, one of these things is a device, and the other is an idea. ... The M410 gearbox was the overdrive equipped version of Volvos M400 4-speed transmission. ... BorgWarner is a U.S. automotive parts supplier, known for its automatic transmissions and turbo chargers. ... Understeer is a term for a car handling condition during cornering in which the circular path of the vehicles motion is of a greater diameter than the circle indicated by the direction its wheels are pointed. ...

Only offered as a 4 door saloon (or sedan), the 164 nonetheless shared many components with its 144 sister. From the windshield rearward, sheetmetal was identical. The front was lengthened 6 inches to accommodate the longer 6 cylinder engine. Because of the shared components between the 140 and 164, several private parties have constructed 2 door and station/estate wagon versions with 164 front ends. Volvo is said to have produced a single 165 Estate which was given to designer Wilsgaard on the event of his retirement from his career at Volvo.

When Volvo was developing the 262C coupé in the mid-seventies, a 164 was used as a testbed. The result was a two-door "162" with the low vinyl roof that would be found on the 262C. This car is today on display at the Volvo Museum in Gothenburg, Sweden. As with the estate versions, some replicas has been made by enthusiasts. Volvo 240 GLE Sedan The Volvo 200 series is a range of mid-sized automobiles produced by Volvo from 1974 to 1993. ...

External links

• Volvo 164 Club of Sweden