Every yr, fewer recent vehicles can be found within the United States with manual transmissions (though the traditional five-on-the-floor still exists… for now). American Volvo buyers preferred three-pedal setups of their cars later than some, though even that they had mostly fallen out of affection with manuals by the point the Nineteen Nineties dawned. Still, some stubborn holdouts kept demand for the once-beloved gearbox technology alive here, until Geely-owned Volvo axed the manual transmission for the U.S. market after the 2013 model yr. The final three-pedal Volvo sold here was the C30, and I’ve found one among those rare machines in a New Orleans automobile graveyard.
The C30 was a cool-looking two-door hatchback that borrowed some styling influences from the the beloved 1800ES shooting brake. The biggest problem with it within the United States was that two-doors and hatchbacks usually now not enticed many potential buyers into signing on the road which is dotted.
The U.S.-market 2012 C30 got here with a 2.5-liter turbocharged straight-five engine rated at 227 horsepower and 236 pound-feet, and owners could buy the Polestar Performance software upgrade to extend those numbers to 250 horses and 273 pound-feet. That made for a respectably quick machine with its curb weight of just 3,200 kilos.
The six-on-the-floor manual was base equipment; in case you wanted the five-speed automatic, the price was $1,250 more ($1,711 in 2024 dollars).
This is a base T5 model, so its MSRP was $24,950. That’s about $34,159 after inflation.
The C30 was discontinued after the 2013 model yr, after a few years of underwhelming sales numbers here.
This one looked to have been in very nice cosmetic condition when it arrived here, so we will assume that it suffered some costly mechanical malfunction.
There’s more to life than a Volvo. That’s why you drive one. There was an English-language version of this ad, but I prefer the Swedish one.
The previous business dared to point out a manual transmission, however the automobile on this ad has the slushbox.
Is it ugly or is it beautiful?
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