Volvo 940 & Volvo 960

The Volvo 940 was no doubt the last real-deal boxy Volvo before Ford came along and bought up the whole outfit in the '90s. That ol’ 940 kept that classic square look all the way ‘til 1998. Just like the good ol’ 240, the 940 was used by the police up in Norway for years, heck, they were still runnin’ ‘em up ‘til 2010, maybe even later.

I remember one of them 940 cop cars showin’ up at my school one time ‘cause somebody shot an arrow clean into the wooden school wall. Now here’s the funny part – that exact spot used to be where one of the teachers parked a tiny ol’ Suzuki FZ50 moped. That same scooter had been stolen once by some punk kid wearin’ nothin’ but a T-shirt, no helmet or nothin’. And to make it even more wild, that moped had just been sittin’ there with a flat tire not long before, but the wheels were back on and rollin’ by the time the kid nabbed it.

Those lady cops in the Volvo had to scoot off for a bit ‘cause there was a false alarm 'bout a robbery at the post office right next door, but they came right back and took care of that arrow situation like pros.

Now the Volvo 960, that one kept the classic Volvo style ‘til around 1995. I knew this fella, ran a furniture shop, drove a '95 960 every day all the way up ‘til 2017. Tough old Swede of a car. And word has it there was a special ‘Lillehammer edition’ of the 940/960 made for the Olympics up in Lillehammer in ‘94.

That one’s a collector’s piece though, don’t go turnin’ it into some kinda redneck burnout machine.

Sure, you can fix up a 940 or 960 to look even cooler than the ones the police drove. And definitely way, way cooler than those punk-ass arrow-shootin’ kids back at my old school.