Volvo 340/360 Reviews

When the 340 was first launched, certainly in this country, it was known as the 343 DL. The 343 was all of DAF's design, a Dutch manufacturer more known now for it's trucks rather than it's cars because their only model, the "Daffodil," and later known as the 45, 55, 66 & Coupe series would carry the same basic design; namely a 3 ...  Read the complete review

Am I nuts? I just got my 1988 Volvo 360 GLT 5 door hatchback for £300 off a friend. It's only got 65000k on it and it's ugly as sin, but boy what a ride! I was pleasantly surprised by the power in it's 1.9L engine and by the comfortable seats. I also feel as if its a very solid car and though it does begin to have issues above 70 mph, the ride ...  Read the complete review

Bought my Volvo 360 GLE in 2006 for £150. Only had 29000 miles on the clock (owned by pensioners). Added new clutch and exhaust and have done around 6000 miles. Excellent car and am not looking forward to the day the great scrapyard in the sky begins calling it home. Until then I intend to thrash the very life out of it, it's a bit lik a 2-stroke ...  Read the complete review

Although this car is as ugly as a bag of snakes and rattly as a bag of spanners, the Volvo "pig" will keep on going and might even become your friend! My '89 1.4 5-speed manual GL cost me £230 with a full year's MOT and has yet to let me down. Put another way, this is less than the cost of one month's repayments or ...  Read the complete review

Previous ---------- I have had this car for about five months now, it is my first car, and it's what i learnt to drive in, and passed my test in. I have always liked volvo's, mainly for their safety, and their 'last for ever' build quality. Why and How? ----------------- When i came to get my ...  Read the complete review

I love my Volvo. It's a 1990 340 GL 1.4. It's a great car, well built, first time starter and very well equipped. I've piled on the miles on it since passing my test, yes it is my first car and I am 17 but I don't care if its an old mans car. The performance is OK, 115 mph (where the law permits) and the acceleration beats my mams ...  Read the complete review

Pug-ugly Goddess - Advantages: Bullet-proof reliability, surprisingly gutsy engine - Disadvantages: Not a pretty automobile, 'bag of spanners' handling

Ahh, my first car. As such this will be a horribly biased opinion, but bear with me, I will try to be objective! I bought this car in 1996 when I was 19. I needed something that would be cheap to insure, but I've never been a fan of small cars, so my choice was rather limited. I like rear-wheel drive too, so a Volvo it had to be, ...  Read the complete review

We have had Volvo 360 GLT's for 16 years now, four in total. The Volvo 360 GLT is similar to the 340, but has a Volvo 2.0 litre engine, instead of a Renault engine. They are very sport and quick cars. Our's have been reliable, but unfortuately we had to sell our last one, as the price of petrol had risen so much, it made it expensive to ...  Read the complete review

As a status symbol the Volvo 340 is somewhere between a Bay City Rollers fanclub membership badge and a gold lame' shellsuit. However, I bought a 1.7litre GLE for very little cash and as practical transport it more than fits the bill. To start with, it doesn't handle very well and the m.p.g is often criticised (but i ...  Read the complete review

I love my Volvo to bits! Even when they fall off. I have had my 340GLE 1.7 5 door for nearly ten years now. It is starting to fall to bits, piece by piece, on the inside and out - but I'm determined to get it up to the 100,000 miles mark. Only 1,500 to go! Having been driving for 28 years now, I've been through six cars - all ...  Read the complete review

My second ever car was a 340 and when I first got I wasn't dissapointed but then again I wasn't impressed. After about 1 month of owning it I decided that I had learned enough from driving it to hate it! Lets start with the propshaft, aluminum and rubber filled, Stripped it self from the inside and fell off, new one on the next day, ...  Read the complete review

But... I truly liked this little car for the year and a half that I had it. (unfortunately we parted company after an aqua-planing resulted in a collision, but with no harm to the cars only occupant: yours truly) It handled like a well meaning beast, ie. you had to fight it a bit but once it got the idea there was no problem. The ...  Read the complete review