Good luck

 

^ this. Even Volvo doesn't know as far as I know, and if they do, they aren't sharing. Only total production for each year is known

 

I would love to know this too...
a buddy of mine had done some digging and he said should be under 50 of sonic with a 6mt.

 

Yep, mine is 2005 Titanium metallic, Atacama, M66. I am thinking (read WAG) there is less than 50 for that year.
Guy

 

At one point people discovered that they could email Volvo customer service regarding the rarity of their colorway and transmission type and they would actually respond with numbers. However, when word spread and they got inundated with these requests, they changed the policy to say it wasn’t available. I’m sure Volvo has specific numbers but probably have the OSD-type vehicles in separate files. Good luck!

 

Totally agree. In various ways, I've tried to find out how many of the 279 V90s (the R and the Inscription, not the CC), sold in 2020 in the USA were the non-R Inscriptions. Volvo Corp was of no help. I know my car is rare, since I haven't another in NJ in the (now) 33 months I've owned my car, although I've seen a few Rs. This info. would be nice to know.

 

Someone here started a spreadsheet years ago but I don’t think it ever was completed.
I did find that there were 823 VRs made for the US market in 2006.
Of the 823, 12 were Sonic/Atacama (10 automatic and 2 manual) and 28 were Sonic/Nordkap (19 automatic and 9 manual). I couldn’t find Sonic/Gobi numbers. One post said there were 186 total Sonic VRs in ‘06 which would mean 146 Sonic/Gobi Wagons. However, another post said there were 186 Sonic SRs, not VRs, so I’m not sure.

 

Production numbers are found in this thread:

V70R production numbers by model year? Overall?

Hi All, I've been enjoying my V70R for about a year now, and I've only seen one or two other ones since buying mine...and I drive around the Los Angeles area a lot! Does anyone know how many V70Rs were made? How about per model year? Just curios how rare these things are. Thanks, Jay

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Quote, originally posted by /zerothread?id=28128 »

For the year 2004...Total number of V70 R and S60 R imported to the U.S. V70 R Auto = 1024 V70 R Man = 541 S60 R Auto = 1531 S60 R Man = 1931 Source: Volvo email

Quote, originally posted by /zerothread?id=127962 »

Following are the production numbers for the V70 R 2004 through 2007: 2004= 1,565 2005= 674 2006= 823 2007= 345

 

Yes, I saw that post about 2006 numbers. I am looking for 2005 V70R, by exterior color, by interior color, by transmission type. Here is my back of the napkin number. To start I used the 2006 numbers, 823 total cars and all colors, from what can guess and figure.

First number is exterior/second is interior/third number is transmission
Exterior colors & percent of total (amounts based on what was popular in 2006)
Flash Green Metallic 8%
Sonic Blue 15%
Red 11%
Black Met 21%
Silver Met 29%
Titanium Grey 16%

Interior colors & percent of total (amounts based on limited forum posts)
Nordkap 15%
Atacama 6%
Gobi 78%

Transmissions & percent of total (amounts based on limited forum posts)
Automatic 72%
Manual 28%

Now, for my car, Gray, Atacama, manual. 674 total cars in 2005

Gray = 108 cars
Atacama with gray exterior = 6 cars
Gray, Atacama with manual = 2 cars

Of course this is full of errors in how customers blend exterior with interior and type of transmission, but you have to admit it's sort of interesting. What do you all think? Anything to add?

- Guy

 

Yes, I saw that post about 2006 numbers. I am looking for 2005 V70R, by exterior color, by interior color, by transmission type. Here is my back of the napkin number. To start I used the 2006 numbers, 823 total cars and all colors, from what can guess and figure.

First number is exterior/second is interior/third number is transmission
Exterior colors & percent of total (amounts based on what was popular in 2006)
Flash Green Metallic 8%
Sonic Blue 15%
Red 11%
Black Met 21%
Silver Met 29%
Titanium Grey 16%

Interior colors & percent of total (amounts based on limited forum posts)
Nordkap 15%
Atacama 6%
Gobi 78%

Transmissions & percent of total (amounts based on limited forum posts)
Automatic 72%
Manual 28%

Now, for my car, Gray, Atacama, manual. 674 total cars in 2005

Gray = 108 cars
Atacama with gray exterior = 6 cars
Gray, Atacama with manual = 2 cars

Of course this is full of errors in how customers blend exterior with interior and type of transmission, but you have to admit it's sort of interesting. What do you all think? Anything to add?

- Guy

2005 V70-R for Sale, Finally.

Hello Members, I have decided to sell my beloved 2005 V70-R, one of the hardest decision I have had to make in a very long time. I never thought I would do this, however life changes do happen and I may not be able to care for this car like I did for last 16.5 years. I feel it is better to pass...

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I purchased from original owner his post is above Below is part of original owner comments from his sales post above.
“I am the only owner of this car since its birth 1/25/2005. Special ordered it through Don Beyer Volvo in Dulles, VA, because at the time no dealer in the metro area had a Titanium Grey VR with Atacama leather interior in 6speed Manual gearbox.”

People comment about car everywhere 320,000 miles very special.

 

If I could have another VR, it would be Titanium/Atacama M66

 

First one I was serious about was a manual atacama inside Titanuim. Guy emailed me on Mother's day 2015 (instead of calling) and said he needed to hear from me in an hour or he was selling it to the next guy. I had the authorization from my wife to fly and drive back from Chicago. It worked out - I like my car and I'm in too deep now... LOL
MY TOP choice would be a manual atacama VR, wrapped in Electric Silver. THAT would be stunning.
I've only ever seen pictures... and it was rolling on Volution Vs!

 

Trust me, we all (gobi people) wish we had atacama 🤣

 

Funny to think, knowing now what we know, what the numbers would be percentage wise….if we could go back in time

40% sonic
40% flash
8% titanium
2% whatever else

90% atacama
9% nordkap
1% gobi

99% manual
1% auto

 

I’d be ok with this given what i currently own. Lol

 

FWIW, I emailed Volvo about 4 months ago and they told me they didn't have production information, which is unfortunate.

 

Exactly. I got the same reply.

 

That is incomprehensible. What, did the dog eat the homework? Incompetent.

 

Agree 100%. Customer service is a BIG part of business. Find an intern and have someone look at records, backcheck work and publish. Cannot be that hard. These aren't cars that were built in the 1880s... THAT actually may be easier to achieve! LOL

 

Yep. They have it and have provided it in the past. Just too many requests eating into their Customer Service department employee time.

“Dear Volvo, I am the proud new owner of a car you produced 20 years ago. I would like to know how many 2003 V70 T5’s in Minstrel Green Metallic and Taupe leather interior with a manual transmission and no moonroof with Premium audio and no Cold Weather package were produced?”

I would personally love to have solid build numbers, of course, but you can see how it would become a time-suck.

 

Not when their records are all digital. Query and publish, done. Then you get very FEW calls from people asking, unless they're afraid there's data they don't want to publish for general consumption for some reason, like there were actually white VRs or 7 speed manual Rs or Rs that had carbon fiber and aluminum bodies or engines made of some rare metal or ones with special black alcantara interior... or maybe it's just a plain hiding real numbers thing. Like the US manufacturers did back in the day to boost numbers for records to get tax shelters or claim losses. Otherwise, phooey. They should for posterity and record keeping for the enthusiasts who love this stuff, PUBLISH and release.

 

Agreed. If they published the data for the models with the most interest they would cut down on inquiries. Pay an intern to work on it and post it in a searchable database. Maybe some information stayed with FoMoCo?

 

 

And there's data for other models, like the V90nand V90 CC. However, in my case, there's no data for the V90 Inscription and V90R, separately.

 

I would love to know how many manual v70r were produced. I believe it is less than 1000, but confirmation would be nice.

 

I wonder how many of those have gone to the yard in the sky in the last ten years?

 

Can the total number of VR's really be that low?

I'd guess 75% were automatic too... I just cant believe Ive got such a relatively rare car.

 

Yup, 3,407. That's why real details would be fun. You're one of less than 20% (2005) and then you thin it further by being M66, moreso by color and then options.

 

The R cars are very unusual indeed. I remember when they came out and thinking these are the coolest wagons around, why aren’t they selling in larger numbers?

 

I really would like to find production numbers if I could. I have a Titanium/Atacama M66 VR WITHOUT the sunroof, and have always wondered how many were produced like that...at the very least, a M66 VR with atacama and no roof....

 

Titanium/Atacama M66 VR

Titanium/Atacama M66 VR with sunroof here and wish I didn't. I don't care for sunroofs.
Guy

 

From what I recall when ordering my wagon, the sun roof was part of the Premium Package. I think that also included the upgraded stereo system, but it's been 18 years so I may be mistaken. Over the years I don't remember anyone giving production numbers that included sun roof / no sun roof, just AT, MT, exterior color, and interior color.

 

I used the production numbers for my 2006 VR to get stated value insurance from State Farm. Here in Northern California, we are Volvo Country. My friend at the dealer told me years ago that most buyers were just looking for a top-of-the-line model and didnt really care about the HP. At one time in my small city in 2011 had a population of 10K yet we had 3 VR wagons in town.

 

If any of you has the number of manual v70r s produced that would be great.

I must be a camp all by myself, I love my sunroof and use it all the time.

 

I’m in your camp. Keep it clean and use it in nice weather.

If any of you has the number of manual v70r s produced that would be great.

I must be a camp all by myself, I love my sunroof and use it all the time.

 

I tend to keep mine closed. Just no reason at all to let the sun in and bake my head.

 

Totally makes sense given the climate. One thing I love about the sunroof is that I can open it on hot days after the car has been sitting and all the heat goes out the roof. Aaaaand then I close it again lol

 

2004 silver , black/ blue leather

interior

 

2004 silver , black/ blue leather View attachment 239546
interior

Can you slide your car alone on these? My garage is very tight and if these work well it would be helpful. Also, how important to have good floor surface? Mine is far from perfect and I afraid it could be an issue.
Thx