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Encyclopedia > Volvo 66
Volvo 66
Manufacturer Volvo Cars
Production 1975–1980
Predecessor DAF 66
Successor Volvo 300 series
Body style(s) 2-door sedan
3-door estate
Layout FR layout
Transmission(s) Variomatic

The Volvo 66 was a relabelled DAF 66, a revised car originally styled by Michelotti. The compact car that was made after Volvo Cars bought DAF in 1975, before production of the Volvo 300 series began. It 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; this was in-keeping with Volvo's philosophy of emphasising safety. Image File history File links Daf_volvo_66. ... Automakers, also known as carmakers, automobile manufacturers, motor manufacturers, or the automobile industry are companies that design and manufacture automobiles. ... Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar, is a well-known Swedish automobile maker founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... The DAF 66 was a small car produced by the Dutch company DAF in the 1970s. ... Volvo 340DL, model 1986-1991 The Volvo 300 series is a rear wheel drive automobile sold as both a hatchback and a conventional saloon. ... Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... A Toyota Camry, a recognizable sedan The Ford Five Hundred, a full-sized sedan The 3-box design, indicative of a notchback sedan, as illustrated on a full-size luxury sedan. ... Look up estate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In automobile design layout is the place where both the engine and driven wheels are. ... In automobile design, an FR, or front-engine, rear wheel drive means a layout where the engine is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. ... In mechanics, a transmission or gearbox is the system of gears and/or the hydraulic system (called variously hydrodynamic, fluid or automatic transmission) that transmits mechanical power from a prime mover—such as an engine or electric motor—to a typically rotary output device at a lower angular momentum but... Variomatic is the stepless, fully automatic transmission of the passenger car manufacturer DAF. The variomatic was introduced by DAF in the Netherlands in 1958, introducing the automatic gear box to the Dutch public for the first time. ... The DAF 66 was a small car produced by the Dutch company DAF in the 1970s. ... Giovanni Michelotti (1921-1980) was one of the most prolific designers of sports cars in the 20th century. ... Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar, is a well-known Swedish automobile maker founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. ... DAF Trucks NV is a Dutch truck manufacturing company and a division of PACCAR. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Volvo 340DL, model 1986-1991 The Volvo 300 series is a rear wheel drive automobile sold as both a hatchback and a conventional saloon. ... The continuously variable transmission (CVT) is a transmission in which the ratio of the rotational speeds of two shafts, as the input shaft and output shaft of a vehicle or other machine, can be varied continuously within a given range, providing an infinite number of possible ratios. ... Variomatic is the stepless, fully automatic transmission of the passenger car manufacturer DAF. The variomatic was introduced by DAF in the Netherlands in 1958, introducing the automatic gear box to the Dutch public for the first time. ...


Engines

  • 1108  cc straight-4 47 PS (46.4 hp/34.6 kW)
  • 1289  cc straight-4 57 PS (56.2 hp/41.9 kW)
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 v • d • e Volvo Cars, now a luxury subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company since 1998, road car timeline, 1960s-present
Type 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Small family car 544 66
340
360
440 / 460
S40 S40
Entry-level luxury car Amazon / 120 / 130
140 240 850 S70 S60 S60
740 940
Executive car 164 760 960 S90 S80 S80
260
Sport P1800 1800S 1800E 1800ES 242 GT 240 Turbo 850 R S/V70 R S60/V70 T5 S60/V70 R
Coupé 480 C30
262C 780 C70 C70
Estate car V40 V50
145 240 850 V70 V70 V70
Duett 740 940 V90
Crossover XC60
XC90

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Volvo 66/340 CVT (1347 words)
The Volvo involvement with CVT began in the early/mid 70's when the Company assumed responsibility for car production in the "DAF" car factory at Born in Holland, and thereby inherited the "DAF 66", which then, with modifications, became the Volvo 66.
The 66 line continued with the Volvo badge, but without the racy coupe model, from 1975 to 1980 for a total of about 106,000 examples, of which perhaps 12-14,000 entered the UK.
In Volvo 340 days, when manual and automatic were available side-by-side, the Variomatic was sur-charged in price, and salesmen tended to disregard the Variomatic if they could: "well, we can get one for you if you really insist" type of attitude.
Volvo (255 words)
Volvo is a automobile maker that was founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden, as a spin-off from roller ball bearing maker SKF.
In the early 1970s Volvo acquired the car-making division of the Dutch company DAF, and marketed their small cars as Volvos before releasing the Dutch-built 340 series.
On January 28, 1998 Ford Motor Company announced the buyout of Volvo for $6.45 billion and in 1999, the automobile manufactuing of Volvo was acquired by Ford.
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