Dear American, 1995 Yellow T-5R owners: I know there are fewer than 179 of us left, because I have been following the totalled (crashed) and seat-heater burned yellows, and I know of six teefivers that are gone from this world forever.
It would make searching for comrades much easier if we can all get the designation correct. I know it is a pain to have to type "T-5R" every time you refer to your buggy, but typing t5r or t5-R or T5-R or T5-r or T5R or T-5r or T 5 R is just making searches hard, and is not acurate. (please forgive me for not surrounding all of these iterations with quotes. I think you get what I mean...?)
In a related topic, I think it would be fun to find out just what 1995 Yellow T-5R vovo models are surviving, such as wagons v sedans, and automatics v manuals. I own two yellow sedans with original automatic. Anyone else feel like taking this head count? There are so few of us left. How about a road rally, sometime?
We can move this thread to the 850 forum, when we get more Yellow owners onboard...Peace

 

When you say "such as wagons v sedans, and automatics v manuals," are you referring to just these "yellow T5-R's" or all 850's?

Also, correct me if I am wrong, but all "American" 850s that have turbos were made with autos. The only US manual turbos are conversions. I could be wrong, but I did make a thread of the "automatics vs manuals" count and it seems people were telling me that.

https://volvoforums.com/forum/volvo-...n-count-62773/

 

Hi Coontasha, welcome to the site. Yes there are fewer yellow 850 T-5R's on the road in the USA than there were back in 1996 but that is to be expected, &%it happens. I do understand and see your point about doing the tag the way it is mounted on the car, that has always bugged me a little but I never came out and wrote it.

As for a count, that will never happen. There are people driving them that really don't care or really know that they have a rare bird. I have been following the count myself and have posted a few times about what I think the current count is. The strange thing about it is that I believe that there are less black wagons still on the road than yellow sedans. It's actually easier to sell a wagon than a sedan. Here is where I believe the numbers are at the present time:

Yellow Wagons: 33 (a few have been imported).
Yellow Sedans: 97 (a few have been imported).
Black Wagons: 48
Black Sedans: 245
Green Wagons: 7 (yes there are green T-5R wagons in the USA).

As mentioned, most are auto's, likely 98% of them. No manuals were sold stock in the USA. BTW, where are you located?

 

how easy is it to come by a black T-5R for sale and how do i tell if is a counter fit or not.

 

The 58 in the vin. Other 850's have 55, 56, & 57 in the vin. Most don't have the wheels. They also have leather / suede seats.



I usually see about 10 per year for sale. Sedans that is.

 

wow I did not realize there were so few left. I love driving this car but will try to drive it more carefully now.

 

Not just yellow ones, but any 850R is special, especially here in Australia. It broke my heart the other day to park next to a red 95 850R wagon with faded pain, torn seats and rubbish everywhere inside. If the owner had have been there I would have punched him.

 

I don't believe they made any red '95's. They started with more colors in '96. The difference between the '95's and '96's is easiest told by the seats and rear trunk spoiler. The seats in the '96 have the suade on the inside and leather on the edges and the rear spoiler has a black tip on it.

In '95 there were black, green, and yellow.
In '96 they made black, red, white.
http://new.volvocars.com/ownersdocs/...0_r_sedan.html

 

Well here is my Yellow. It has been converted to a manual though.

 

Looks like you swapped the wing too. That is wing from an R, right?

 

It may have well been a 96 model, I think the seats were part suede.

 

Yes that is a 96-97 R wing.

 

How recent are your numbers for the current T5-R's left on the road rspi?

just curious because that would leave only 430 left out of the 904 originally imported.