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When the 960 replaced the 760 in 1990, most markets received Volvo's new all-aluminium in-line six. Not Japan and Australia: their first 960s kept the B280 V6 — the Japanese type approval names the engine in the car's very type, E-9B280: 2,848 cc, 145 bhp, from September 1990.
The 760 and 780's B280 — LH-Jetronic electronic injection, 156 bhp — is brought down to 145 bhp in the 960. Australia lists the 1991 960 GLE at 2,849 cc, 108 kW at 5,100 rpm and 235 Nm at 3,750.
Everywhere else, the 960 inaugurated Volvo's brand-new 24-valve aluminium in-line six — which is not a PRV, and has no place on this site. The Douvrin V6, for its part, carried on for another seven years after this last Volvo: the last PRV left the lines on 15 June 1998, after 970,315 engines, under Renault, PSA and Venturi bonnets.
The four PRV V6 Volvos — 260, 760, 780 and 960 — and the B280 file, the engine's last Volvo code.
Volvo fitted the very first PRV V6, in a 264 in October 1974 — and the 960 is the last Volvo to carry it, sixteen years later, on two markets only. In between, the 760 and the 780 coupé, with the same 156 bhp B280.
Japan approved the 960 as E-9B280, a 2,848 cc SOHC V6 of 145 bhp, from September 1990; Australia lists the 1991 960 GLE at 2,849 cc, 108 kW at 5,100 rpm and 235 Nm at 3,750. One cubic centimetre apart between two administrations, for the same engine.
No document specific to the 960 and its B280 is in the Library yet — if you own one, the Contribute page awaits you. A Japanese or Australian workshop sheet would be welcome.
The FAQ answers that concern the 960 and the B280 — pending a period document.
No document specific to the 960 is in the Library yet — if you own one, the Contribute page awaits you.
B280 — the PRV's last Volvo code, and the two cars that carried it at 156 bhp.