Used Car of the Day: 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone

by Tim Healey

Published: February 15th, 2024

used car of the day 1988 volvo 780 bertone

Today we're going north of the border to the home of our parent company to bring you this 1988 Volvo 780 Bertone.

This is one is apparently pretty clean with only minor wear and tear and plenty of parts that have been replaced with new ones over time as part of regular maintenance. There are 86,000 kilometers on the odometer.

The vehicle was involved in a collision in 2017.

The seller has put very few miles on it recently -- just 3,000 km in the past four years.

The asking price is $15,000 CAD/CDN and you can see this car here.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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ScarecrowRepair on Feb 15, 2024

The TASSOS telenovela has a fascinating future.

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- Tassos Jong-iL on Feb 16, 2024
  
  This is just the beginning. Tassos Swift is en route.
  
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- RedneckTassos on Feb 16, 2024
  
  HOSS DATS WHY AH ONLY WATCH KOLLEGE FOOTBALL NOT DAT LIBRUL MFL FOOTBALL BUNCHA WOKE LIBRUL NONSENSE BROTHA GOBBLES
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Alan on Feb 15, 2024

The Volvo diff centres are strong and good for racing.

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- Lou_BC on Feb 16, 2024
  
  Better to go with Ford 9 inch. More parts and multiple gearing choices.
  
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- Alan on Feb 16, 2024
  
  Lou, its according to what application you want. We use them in the speedway on inline 6's (GMH) more than strong enough. 9" diffs are a great diff. Its horses for courses.
  
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- RedneckTassos on Feb 16, 2024
  
  AH RUNS DE 12 BOLT N BARBS CAMERO ITLL JUMP A COKE CAN N DE PARKIN LOT AT DENNYS ALL NITE HOSS GOBBLES
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