Faults:

It is common for the car not to start on very humid or rainy days, often due to moisture on the distributor cap.

Speedometer malfunctions.

Clutch slippage and rubbing noises when releasing the pedal.

Although the sheet metal was good for its time, rust can be a structural problem if it has not been properly cared for.

Engine jerking at low revolutions.

General Comments:

The 440 is an atypical car: modestly sized, with a two-and-a-half-box design and a hatchback.

Longitudinal space clearly takes precedence over lateral space; its primary purpose is to be an excellent four-seater, much more so than a poor five-seater. Its trunk capacity, adequate but not impressive, also supports this theory.

It was a distinguished car, expensive in its time, and not very common on the streets, which certainly makes it special.

The 440 Turbo's strong point is traveling in it, provided you enjoy driving it. Like the 480, it boasts one of the most sensible driving positions we've ever experienced. Starting with the seating position, with height-adjustable seat and steering wheel, continuing with the seat itself, and ending with the controls and instrumentation, the overall package results in the fact that, after filling the tank, the next thing you know is that the low fuel light is flashing. This is the consequence of absolutely relaxed driving and a fuel tank with a rather small capacity considering the car's performance, the turbo engine's fuel consumption, and the overall driving comfort.

The driving experience is very pleasant and relaxed, with little need to shift gears, and it boasts excellent acceleration.

The engine is a 1.7-liter Renault unit, very reliable (minimal maintenance required over 300,000 km), although it does consume a lot of fuel (not unusual for similar cars of that era).

A quality car, it only had minor rust issues, nothing out of the ordinary. Expensive but simple and easy to maintain; spare parts are expensive, but nothing major ever breaks down on this car. We had it as a family for many years, and it made it through the new millennium without any major problems.

It's the classic Volvo of the 80s and 90s. If I hadn't sold it, I'd still have it here in my garage, running like new.

Faults:

A little trouble when shifting to first gear.

The cooling fan does not work.

A little rusty.

General Comments:

Bought it (very cheap) from a friend to use for a ethanol conversion experiment. He was going to take it to the scrapyard, since he had bought a new car. I soon found out however, that not only was it a pretty good car, I "fell in love" right away. I'm going to get the little defects fixed and then use it over the winter at least. I've never liked the larger volvo´s, but this one is just right for me. Comfortable and inexpensive to drive.

Faults:

The kilometer meter stopped working almost immediately after I got the car. This normally could be a good thing, but I want to sell it now and wasn't able to fix the problem. I think this will bring down the value quite a bit or a very trusting buyer. I am guessing how many kilometers I have driven the car in 1 1/2 years.

I live in the middle of Sweden and it is damn cold here. About 3 months after I bought the car and during the 1st really cold days, the handbrake froze up and broke. It costed about 130 US to fix and the guy did a crappy job, so now I don't use the handbrake in the cold witer period.

When I went to pass the yearly car test a year after I got the car, I had to replace both headlights (the whole light, not the bulb). I bought 2 used ones and did it myself. Cost about $130 US again. I also need to replace the back suspension. about $150 b/c I found a friend who could do it real cheap.

Now the car is starting to rust pretty bad in the driver door and in a couple wheel bases, but it isn't so visible yet, so I want to sell it while it still looks good.

General Comments:

This car handles fine.

It has very comfortable seats and the inside feels only a few years old.

It gets good highway mileage, but I am not impressed in the city for a car of this size.

It doesn't leak anything.

It rides like a very solid car.

If you live somewhere where rust on cars aren't a big problem, then this car is probably great, otherwise, make sure to check everywhere for rust before you buy it.

I like the reliability. It starts everytime right away and I have never had a moter problem.