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{{More citations needed|date=December 2018}}{{Infobox automobile
| name         = Volvo 66
| image        = Volvo 66 DL 1.jpg
| caption      = An L model with single headlamps
| manufacturer = [[Volvo Cars]]
| aka          = 
| production   = 1975–1980
| model_years  =
| related      = [[DAF 66]]
| assembly     = Netherlands: [[Born, Netherlands|Born]] ([[DAF Born]])
| designer     = [[John de Vries (designer)|John de Vries]]
| class        = [[Small family car]] ([[C-segment|C]])
| body_style   = {{ubl |2-door [[sedan (car)|sedan]] |3-door [[Station wagon|estate]]}}
| layout       = [[FR layout]]
| engine       = 1.1&nbsp;L ''[[Renault Cléon-Fonte engine#CxE|B110]]'' OHV [[Straight-four engine|I4]]<br>1.3&nbsp;L ''[[Renault Cléon-Fonte engine#810|B130]]'' OHV I4
| transmission = [[Variomatic]]
| length       = 
| width        = 
| height       = 
| weight       = 
| predecessor  = [[DAF 66]] 
| successor    = none
}}

The '''Volvo 66''' is an automobile developed from the [[DAF 66]], which was originally styled by [[Giovanni Michelotti]]. The compact car was introduced in August 1975, almost exactly a year after [[Volvo Cars|Volvo]] bought [[DAF Trucks|DAF]],<ref name = AutoMotoruSport1975>{{cite journal |language=de |title=Schweden-Grill: DAF-Autos im Volvo-Look und neuer Volvo-Kombi |trans-title=Swedish grill: DAF cars dressed as Volvos and a new Volvo estate |journal=[[Auto, Motor und Sport]] |number = 18 |page= 13 |date=30 August 1975}}</ref> and before production of the [[Volvo 300 Series]] began.

==Characteristics==
The Volvo 66 was known for its [[continuously variable transmission]], the [[Variomatic]]. The Volvo version of the car was slightly restyled and given larger bumpers and Volvo-style headrests, similar to those of the [[Volvo 240]]. Although this was in keeping with Volvo's emphasis on safety, it also increased its cost of production.

The Volvo 66 was available as a two-door saloon and three-door estate, whilst the two-door Coupé bodystyle available on the DAF 66 was dropped.

The other major features in which the Volvo 66 differs from the DAF 66 are also mostly safety-related. It has different seats featuring headrests, a safety steering wheel, steel side-impact bars in the doors, and a de-clutching servo which enabled the driver to change gear with the [[Carburetor#Choke|choke]] engaged (in the older DAF models this was not possible, because the increased idle would cause the centrifugal clutch to engage). The Volvo 66 also has a 'park' mode in the CVT, which locks the driveline. From 1977 the estate version featured a window wiper on the bootlid.

== Number produced ==

Volvo produced roughly 106,000 units of both the saloon and estate 66, and no more than 14,000 were sold in the United Kingdom. The majority were sold in continental Europe rather than in Sweden, where the car was never accepted by traditional Volvo buyers.

== Engines ==
* B110 [[Renault Cléon-Fonte engine|Renault C-series]] OHV 1108&nbsp;cc [[Straight-four engine|inline-four]], {{cvt|47|PS|kW hp|0}}
* B130 Renault C-series OHV 1289&nbsp;cc inline-four, {{cvt|57|PS|kW hp|0}}

==Gallery==
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|File:Volvo 66.jpg|Volvo 66 Estate in Berlin, May 2015
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== References ==
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{{Volvo cars timeline}}

[[Category:Volvo vehicles|66]]
[[Category:Cars of the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Vehicles with CVT transmission]]
[[Category:Rear-wheel-drive vehicles]]
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[[Category:VDL Nedcar vehicles]]
[[Category:Station wagons]]

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