Shocked at no Volvo 240 on this list.

Looks awesome, for like $12,500. I dunno about $25,000. At that point I'd rather have a sorted 914 or project-y 911. (but in reality a 122s Volvo with a B230FT swap =D)

As an S40 T5 driver, what they lacked from the factory can be made up easily with relatively cheap and simple mods. Some sport brake pads really help the brake feel (EBC Redstuff in my case), and a strut brace and swaybar swap does wonders for the understeer. I haven't installed one on mine, but most of the forum…

This is almost identical to the current Ford Explorer...

What is up with this gaping lower grille phenomenon lately? It IS NOT a good look.

While yes, Volvo hangs its hat on wagons, and the amazon wagon and P1800ES are awesome cars, there are some great non-wagon Volvos as well. 242, 142, and especially 122S that purty amazon wagon's 2-door sibling.

While the Prelude is probably a better car by most metrics, mid-engine RWD wins for me.

And my parents don't understand why I bought my project car...

Not that it helps Volvo sales much, but they could be had almost-new for about $20,000 as of 2011.

I actually have seen quite a few (or maybe just the same one frequently) Suzuki Equators running around Tallahassee, FL. I saw a Kisashi AND a ZDX ON 24" RIMS at our mall just last week, and I've even seen an IS300 SportCross in the student lots at FSU. College towns are magnets for old-ish unicorn cars, probably…

"low-hiss turbo charger" makes me sad. The "hiss" is the best part.

I was so SO close to being handed the keys to a 200,000mi Volvo S70, but ended up in a Honda Odyssey. Don't get me wrong, a car is a car, and I still flogged the pants off of that van, on and off road, but that Volvo was sweet.

I think that the dividing line is the Drive-E name. The T5 [full stop] is the old 2.5 sticking around in the T5 AWD, and the T5 Drive-E is the 2.0 Turbo. The T6 [full stop] is the 3.0 six sticking around in the Polestar cars, and the T6 Drive-E is the 2.0 twincharged. Phew. It'll all make sense once they phase out…

I just pointed this out as well. Jeez I gotta get out of the gray...

Corrections: "The V60 gets its engine from Volvo's T5 family, a 2.0-liter, inline-five that makes 240 horsepower and 258 lb.-ft. of torque. What's new — for the U.S., at least — is it's supercharged and turbocharged"

It still looks good, clean, and aggressive in a restrained way. And those wheels can't be any smaller than 16"-17" which is just fine.

The thing with the C30 is that you CAN NOT leave it stock. The P1 chassis is great, but it's let down by the Volvo-ness of the suspension. An aftermarket swaybar and strut brace really bring the car to life.

Manual option, good. Even if the DSG is quicker, nothing beats the engagement of rowing your own gears, and that's what I would buy a hot golf for in the first place. BUT, why only 4-door? I'm sure it has to do with an intersection of market research and federalization costs, but I'd be interested in the full story.

I've seen one zipping around Tallahassee, FL for the last few years. Never seen another one though.

Bought an '84 Volvo 242 with the 4spd manual, a few months ago, for $400. Runs and drives =D Dry-rotted tires = learning to drift whenever it so much as drizzles.