Mated to a slick-shifting electronic four-speed automatic (the only transmission offered), our T-5R wagon scorched to 60 mph in just 6.7 seconds—three-tenths quicker than our last 850 Turbo wagon.

This is a short-run, limited-edition machine: Volvo expects to build a total of 1000 T-5Rs, in both four-door sedan and wagon variants (the latter style will account for about 10 percent of the mix).

I must have been around Bar Mitzvah age when I was in the back of my parents' car on the highway as we passed a truck full of Volvo 850 T-5R wagons – half of them in black, half in banana yellow ...

It is usually called Cream Yellow, or sometimes Gul Yellow, but its actual name is T-5R Yellow, a pale, perfect shade for a pale, perfect car. For some reason, this car remains more liked than envied.

The Volvo 850 would have been a completely forgettable model were it not for its supreme boxiness, but instead of being stored away in one of history's dusty drawers and never seen or talked about ...

That trend started nearly two years ago, when Volvo offered the 850 T5R, a limited-edition wagon based on cars that Volvo raced in Europe. Available in screaming yellow, Volvo brought 2,000 ...

This particular Volvo 850 T-5R is on loan from the carmaker’s heritage fleet, and it’s rare, one of only 49 U.S.-bound ’95 wagons to wear Cream Yellow paint.

What’s certainly not up for any debate is that a Volvo with an ‘850’ and a ‘T5’ badge on the back of it is hugely desirable to a certain kind of enthusiast now. When suitable right-hand ...