1979 Volvo 244 DL

1979 Volvo 244 in Liv & død, Movie, 1980

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Lateef ◊ 2014-12-08 20:04
electra225 ◊ 2014-12-08 22:50	L trim headlights.
atom ◊ 2014-12-09 08:44	I thought 1978 was the last year for the L?
zodiac ◊ 2014-12-09 13:01	These square headlights indicate the DL model which was the entry model from 1979 onwards. Please compare 1978 http://www.volvo200.org/modellen/model78.htm with 1979 http://www.volvo200.org/modellen/model79.htm It's rather interesting how manufacturers introduce suffixes where it after a while goes inflationed. Opel introduced the L for Luxus, which was followed by BMW in the late 60's. Volvo had to keep up and introduced in 1971 the 'de luxe', originally introduced by Ford in the 50's. Later 'Grand lux' followed, originally intended as a to-of-the-line model. When the L (for Lux) disappeared in 1979, everything else moved up a step, and in 1992 the DL disappeared as well.