Talk:Volvo 300 Series

Suitable for drifting
Quoting "However, there is currently something of a resurgence of interest in these cars as the rear wheel drive makes them suitable for drifting."

According to a friend who owns one of these and uses it for autocross, he said with the gearbox mounted at the rear, that makes the car too overbalanced for drifting and whoever wrote this should ask himself this, if they are so popular, then why drifting events dosen't feature them on a regular basis, even if they are cheap to buy? I therefore removed that bit above where it was quoted.

Willirennen 14.45 1 May 2006


 * There seemed to be a lot of opinion in the article. It's a shame the book mentioned as a reference (and perhaps the websites in ext. links) are not cited in Wiki markup, with a page or quote noted for the various facts and opinions &mdash; if indeed they're the source for any of them.
 * Anyway, I've done a bit of a cleanup including removing the "drifers" claim altogether. I think it's a definite move towards being more appropriate as an encyclopaedic article, but it still needs some citations. – Kieran T  ( talk  21:36, 11 June 2006 (UTC)


 * In Europe, that is! There is at Zandvoort a special class for it. 159.134.94.21 16:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)


 * That is because it is a Dutch built car, they feature a class for them as they are cheap and rwd which still dosen't make them that suitable for drifting. I would like to know which series that is and ask yourself this, why neither D1GB, Prodrift or any other European series features them as a top category. Willirennen 15.24 30 August 2006

These cars aren't used in any proffesional drifting competition as far as I know, that much is true. But they are somewhat popular amongst so-called trampdrifters primarily because, like the ford sierra, they are dirt cheap and can be discarded when they break down (which most do after a fair bit of abuse). 85.159.100.224 06:31, 2 August 2007 (UTC)


 * They are raced in rallies, several countries apparently have a class for these cars... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.139.245 (talk) 12:13, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Do we really have to have the Top Gear bit?
weghalen dus! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.205.183.36 (talk) 09:35, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I think it should stay, however just stating that Clarkson hates it without also stating the reasons is pretty meaningless.

In modern culture
Mark Romanek used a Volvo 360 producing the MTV 2016 award winning Justin Timberlake music Video 'Can't Stop the Feeling!' A Silver Volvo 360 is setup in a Car shop transformation to a scientific class work environment, used in multiple scenes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t_Stop_the_Feeling!

Not a Michelotti design
The Volvo 300 series was designed by DAF's in-house designer John de Vries, not by Michelotti. There was a design contest where Michelotti competed in, but DAF went for De Vries' design.

Source: page 20 of "De geschiedenis van Volvo in Born / Volvo in Born - a history / Historien om Volvo i Born", Henrik Moberger, april 2004. ISBN 91-631-5307-6 Can also mention (but for copyright reasons obviously not show) the front cover of the book, where De Vries is drawing a Volvo 343. :)


 * That's fine and someone - maybe you - corrected the entry accordingly.  But the name John de Vries links to an entry for an Australian racing driver.   Did this man later move to Eindhoven and reinvent himself as a designer of DAFs?   Or is it a case of mistaken identity (in which case the link needs to be removed?   Or, if the Dutch car designer will get an entry in wiki-en, corrected)?
 * Regards Charles01 (talk) 11:31, 15 June 2019 (UTC)