The Volvo 240 wagon is perhaps one of the most recognized long roofs ever made. It found favor with numerous consumer groups, from college students to the professors that taught them. To this day, it remains a benchmark of quality and safety that few wagons have surpassed. This example appears to be extremely clean and rare for a few reasons: namely, the manual transmission, but also for the color as most 240 shoppers weren’t looking for flashiness when buying the safest vehicle they could buy at the time. Regardless, this super clean 240 in New Hampshire checks both of those boxes and is listed here on eBay where bids are approaching $7K with no reserve.

The selling dealer notes that the Volvo was purchased new at their dealership and just recently traded in. I love cars like this – clearly maintained to a high level, and by an owner who remains loyal to the selling dealer 30 years later. That’s also a different generation of consumer that did this, as I can’t think of anyone under the age of 50 that would patronize a dealership to that level. I would assume this means the seller also have full service records for the 240, as it’s extremely likely it was a regular visitor to the service department – but only for regularly scheduled visits, given the reliability record of this era of the 240.

Mileage is listed as 164,285, which is neither high nor low for this era of Volvo. The interior looks outstanding, with tan leather seats in extremely good condition for the miles. The Volvo comes with OEM rubber floormats, audio speakers, and of course, the exceedingly rare manual transmission for a Volvo wagon of this era. The listing does note that the 240 comes with “…tons of service history,” so hopefully my suspicions are correct that the seller has access to the years of records from the long-time original owner. At this point, my biggest concern would be whether the 240 has any rust given it’s resided in New Hampshire since new.

Now, the seller does disclose there’s some minor rust to be aware of. The listing states  “…there is a little surface rust on passenger front fender behind the mud guard and in front of the drivers rear wheel.” That’s truly minor for a New England car and easily fixed. The engine bay looks about as pretty as a 240 engine bay can look, but it’d likely pop a bit better with a proper detailing. To own a 240 likes this means you’re aware it’s not a particularly sporting ride, but it is one you can depend on for daily duty should you decide to press it into such service like the longtime original owners evidently did.