I promised the Volvo PR guy I’d take it easy in the 1995 Volvo 850 T-5R, ... I’m not even pushing that hard—I’m just following my old-car SOP, which is to let the car run as long as it ...

It was a limited edition, one-year only (1994) production model, wearing that yellow paintjob, much power and a 0-62mph time of 6.9 seconds. Shod in its 1994 British Touring Car Championship ...

Especially if it’s an early one in Snapdragon Yellow. The same is true here. Once a Volvo 760 was a dull, fusty block driven by a smug retiree in financially comfortable trousers.

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. Volvo seldom lets it out to be ...