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Hmm, never heard of Punch Powertrain. (ZF Sint-Truiden) Or is VDT only building the belts for the transmission.
I dont believe it was available with the old body style, then they used a ZF 4 speed automatic.

hi there

I posted this last week but a pc problem meant it didnt upload for some reason.

here is the history of punch powertrain as from their website

A history of innovation

CVTs for small and medium – sized cars have been produced in Europe since 1974.
One of the earliest models to incorporate such a CVT was the DAF 66 Variomatic, which was described as brilliantly driveable with a high fun factor.
Since then, the company as well as its technology have gone through various evolutions:

1972 Foundation of the company ‘DAF Productie Sint-Truiden N.V.’

1974 Start of the production of the ‘rubber belt’ CVT ‘Variomatic’. The production would continue until 1990

1975 Take over by Volvo. Activities continued under the name ‘Volvo Car Productie Sint-Truiden N.V.’

1984 Restructuring of the company into business units

1987 Start of the ‘push belt’ activities
Pilot production of the P811 push belt: total volume ± 45,000. Pilot production continued until 1989

1988 Restructuring of the company into the holding ‘Volvo Car Sint-
Truiden N.V.’

1989 Construction of a new CVT production plant. Construction was finished in 1991

1992 Take over by the Royal Begemann Group. Activities continued under the name ‘VCST N.V.’
Start of the production of the VT1 used in the Rover 100TBI
Opening of new a Development Centre (EC)

1993 Start of the production of the VT1 for the Volvo 400

1995 Start of the production of the VT1 for the Rover 200

1998 Take over of the CVT activities by ZF (ZFST)

2000 Start of the production of the VT1F, a fully electronic-controlled CVT, for the MGF/R25/R45

2001 Start of the production of the VT1F, a fully electronic-controlled CVT, for the BMW Mini
Start of the production of GM pulleys

2004 Production for Chery

2006 Take over by Punch International. Activities continued under the name ‘Punch Powertrain’
Start of the production of the VT2, a new generation CVT with advanced control system and stand-alone transmission control unit (TCU) for Hyundai and Kia

2007 VT2 + Fully tested 120 kW CVT technology project. Estimated start of production in March 2008

Seems they were briefly, but not anymore, part of ZF.

ZF make the CVT units for Ford. Volvo tested this g/box in the new S50/V50 model but for reasons currently unknown, volvo decided not to offer it. I guess as they knew the Powerahift g/box was coming...but that will only be for the last two years of production until the S40/V50 range is replaced in 2010.

those orange day running lights and indicators........ anybody happen to have a part number for them?

jamescarruthers wrote:those orange day running lights and indicators........ anybody happen to have a part number for them?

Volvo doesn´t have them in stock

never seen them before. but you can get yellow fog lights and yellow extra lights original from volvo. think it was to the France market.

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I've just noticed the red line on the speedo inserted at the american speed limit of 55mph.