Im just curious, but on my 94 the seats are black leather. Was this a factory choice? It has the non-matching headliner that I know is right. The PO told me the interior was re done. Ive never seen another one with a black interior. Thanks for any info.

 

My 1994 850 T5 has black seats and door car inserts, the rest is dark grey.

 

ok cool. ive never seen another turbo with black, just t5r and r models

 

My 1997 850 AWD 5 speed turbo wagon has black leather seats as well..........

 

more people need to post pictures then lol i cannot decide which i like better, the beige in my 97 or black in my 94

 

I agree about the pics, me personally I like the black interior on white cars.

 

Beige is sexier in the 850s, majority of 850s I see are charcoal interior cars. I cant stand charcoal, it can't decide whether it wants to be black or tan and it looks worn out and insipid. In my opinion.


Soft leather Tan '00 c70 seats in my 850.

 

 

Its funny, to look at my seats in person you would swear they are black, yet in the pics they look much lighter and grey.

Maybe it's my camera.

 

Maybe the color is off due to the steering wheel being on the passenger side I keed, I keed!

 

No it's done that way deliberately, that way the passenger can drive.

 

I think the paint makes a difference. I also think the charcoal/black would look better if the headliner matched it

 

You mean like this?

 

I hear you. I just never fancied charcoal in any car. It just looks worn out to me.

 

i understand what you're saying. my beige was rough since i got it but my charcoal is brand new so I'm a lil partial to it lol but its always nice coming home from being at school and looking at the beige too

 

My 850 wagon was a 25th anniversary edition (25 years of Volvo selling in Australia)

It had a dark taupe interior with beige highlights......I hated it

 

I've seen those before. Not a big fan either

 

Yeah the darker beige looks dirty.. I guess I'm just particular. I've seen a few 850s with those interiors, the leather is tough to the touch.

 

There's nothing sexy about beige. Nobody ever wrote a song about a beige car. Sorry.

Personally, I like the dark simply because it doesn't show dirt and stains as much. Regardless, I hate what Volvo did with the interiors. If you get the beige, you've got the black dash and assorted trim. If you get the dark interior, you get a combination of black and grey, and you're stuck with a third color on the headliner. It's the one area where they really screwed up, in my opinion. They all look like crap to me.

And it seems to have gotten worse in the V70. I just picked up a '98, and it's got the dark interior. No grey, which is nice, but not only is the headliner beige, all the plastic pieces on the pillars are also. Draw a line around the mid point of the interior and everything below it is dark, and everything above it is light. It's ridiculous.

For my money, the best option is the dark interior on the 850, with a custom dark headliner.

 

Sexy is objective. If I were you, I'd spend a weekend dismantling and spray painting my interior bits to the color of my liking.

I will agree that it is harder to keep tan clean. I laid underneath my car on a dirty side street one afternoon after a five foot steel wire got caught on my rear wheelwell and brake line. After undoing it, I cleaned my back and butt as best I could then got back in the car.

After reaching my destination, I got out, looked at the seat, then shook my head in anger. It was filthy.