Asfalt - Swedish Motoring Programme - 480 Episode!!
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Asfalt - Swedish Motoring Programme - 480 Episode!!
Hello all,
Just came across this wonderful tribute to the 480 on YouTube - its a programme called 'Asfalt Motormagazin', a kind of retro Swedish Top Gear.
Have a look - ignore the first (very odd) minute or so - it is worth the wait, especially as it has English subtitles for us non-native Swedish speakers!
Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQEEDsnTtXY
Cheers!
Just came across this wonderful tribute to the 480 on YouTube - its a programme called 'Asfalt Motormagazin', a kind of retro Swedish Top Gear.
Have a look - ignore the first (very odd) minute or so - it is worth the wait, especially as it has English subtitles for us non-native Swedish speakers!
Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQEEDsnTtXY
Cheers!
1991 ES White / 1995 ES Red / 1995 ES Red / 1994 S Black / 1995 Celebration Red / 1994 S Paris Blue / 1995 Celebration (again!) Red - Currently free of all extramarital cars, wrench-loose and fancy free
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Re: Asfalt - Swedish Motoring Programme - 480 Episode!!
Cool!
Think the first minute or so is supposed to be a nod to the era the 480 was born into.
Damn, I deeply miss mine
Think the first minute or so is supposed to be a nod to the era the 480 was born into.
Damn, I deeply miss mine
"If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical fault!"
Hammers can't fix a 480!!!
Hammers can't fix a 480!!!
Re: Asfalt - Swedish Motoring Programme - 480 Episode!!
excellent
I like the comments about electrical gremlins.
NB different headlining on the Turbo vs UK spec or just the lighting?
imagine a T5 engine in a 480,
I like the comments about electrical gremlins.
NB different headlining on the Turbo vs UK spec or just the lighting?
imagine a T5 engine in a 480,
Alan
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480 ES 2litre 'Celebration' ? , C30 1.8ES, SS1
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Re: Asfalt - Swedish Motoring Programme - 480 Episode!!
Thought about it myself and looked into it a little.Alan 480 wrote:
imagine a T5 engine in a 480,
Unfortunately, it's much too big
There was a fella on VOC that shoehorned one into a 440, but LOTS of cutting was required and the front wheels looked rediculous with how far they stuck out!
T4 is physically possible and been done once before in Poland I think. Never been done in the UK though as far as I know.
200bhp out of the box, with an extra 50-60 ponies easily available with very simple mods.
I'm doing the same conversion long term with a 460, so I'll stick a project thread on here for anyone interested, as they're nigh on identical.
"If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical fault!"
Hammers can't fix a 480!!!
Hammers can't fix a 480!!!
Re: Asfalt - Swedish Motoring Programme - 480 Episode!!
It is as silent as a Tesla.
after over 10 years parted with the 1995 Volvo 480 ES 2.0
Re: Asfalt - Swedish Motoring Programme - 480 Episode!!
Cool I really liked the translation. At one point the speaker says the electrics is "interesting" which is translated to "modern". I guess interesting is a more appropiate expression
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Re: Asfalt - Swedish Motoring Programme - 480 Episode!!
Really nice article; thanks.
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Re: Asfalt - Swedish Motoring Programme - 480 Episode!!
Cool review !
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Re: Asfalt - Swedish Motoring Programme - 480 Episode!!
This made me smile, I feel a lot cooler now. There should be more motor mag specials on the 480. I can vouch for the "developed at Lotus" claim, I worked with some older guys there who remember it well, especially how it bent in the middle when they got it on a ramp
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