7)Volvos (Rear-Wheel-Drive Ones)Dawn of Man-1996 To some extent, these are the Subaru wagons’ spiritual and actual predecessors. Volvo’s secret? It basically built one car for 25 years under a variety of nameplates.
Heh.....I like that, “Dawn of Man-1996”.
I had a ‘79 Volvo 245 wagon many years ago....damn near indestructible car. Had it for five years, and sold with 325K on the odometer, and it still ran good.
Bought an ‘87 244 after that, and when I moved to Europe, gave it to a friend. Still running, with over 650K on the odometer.
Good cars, if a little ugly.
I also had two 2.4 liter Volvo’s. The 1976 I called the TANK because it was green and very heavy. It was stolen from the place that was replacing the clutch @ 150K miles.
Then I bought a 1982 that somebody rear ended and the insurance company totaled it , even though it still ran great.
I then bought my first Toyota pickup truck(1988). I sold that at 120K miles. It’s 4 liter engine still ran great. I am now driving a 1999 Toyota V6 pickup. I am up to 99K miles. It is still like new.