I am looking at a Bertone with six cylinder from a Volvo dealer. It has 130,000 km on it but all one owner in Victoria BC. Is this a good value at $10,000? Does anyone have any cautions? engine reputation?
2007-08-02 08:05:36 · 4 answers · asked by Colin 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Volvo
beautiful car, bad engine. I would stay away from it. They had bad camshafts and start ticking, $$$$$$$$$$ to fix
2007-08-02 11:35:26 · answer #1 · answered by bayareart1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Volvo's V6 was a joint venture between Volvo, Renault and Peugeot. It turned out to be unreliable and very expensive to repair. Although the Bertone is a very nice car and really unique in several ways, the V6 engine detracts from it in a big way. And $10,000? That's way too much. Even a Bertone 4-cylinder turbo isn't worth that much.
2007-08-06 04:03:21 · answer #2 · answered by Arthur O 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the prv v6 was not a particularly good engine [gutless and prone to cam failure, braking timing chains and overheating] and was never really smooth running. however the same basic engine [direct bolt in] with many improvements was used in renault/eagle premier/dodge monaco the o.e. fuel injection is very adaptable into the volvo
this kind of swap is fairly expensive and no other car would be worth it except a bertone. and no 10 grand is probabley about right for one of these good luck and because you say low miles, if you baby it that old v6 may last a while yet.
good luck and have fun. neat car.
2007-08-04 02:09:06 · answer #3 · answered by hobbabob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are a nice looking car, but that 6 cylinder is a peice of garbage. It is a reanult engine.
2007-08-02 13:35:50 · answer #4 · answered by shon42073 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋