{"id":76135,"date":"2024-08-25T12:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T16:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76135"},"modified":"2024-08-25T12:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T16:03:27","slug":"junkyard-gem-2006-volvo-v50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76135","title":{"rendered":"Junkyard Gem: 2006 Volvo V50 T5 AWD"},"content":{"rendered":"

During my explorations of junkyard history<\/a>, I’ve written about discarded Volvo station wagons<\/a> going back to the middle 1960s<\/a>. The final G\u00f6teborg wagons with brick shapes and rear-wheel-drive were sold in the United States as 1998 models<\/a>, but the new century brought us plenty of curvy front- and all-wheel-drive longroof Volvos, many of which have been built with manual transmissions. Here’s one of those cars: a 2006 V50 T5 AWD<\/a> with six-on-the-floor manual gearbox, found in a Denver-area car graveyard.<\/p>\n

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The V50 was the wagon version of the S40 sedan. Sales in the United States began with the 2005 model, and it was discontinued after 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The base 2006 V50 had a naturally-aspirated 2.4-liter straight-five engine, but this car is a T5 and has the turbocharged 2.5 version with 218 horses and 236 pound-feet.<\/p>\n

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A six-speed manual was the base transmission, but of course most American V50 buyers opted for the five-speed automatic. That wasn’t the case with this car, which must have been fun to drive in the snow.<\/p>\n

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The final year for a three-pedal Volvo in the United States was 2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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There’s some body damage, but the interior is in good shape. We can assume that some expensive mechanical problem sent this car here.<\/p>\n

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Like so many Denver-area cars, this one has Colorado brewery stickers.<\/p>\n

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It also has some pit bull stickers.<\/p>\n