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1998 Volvo S70 GLT: Regular Car Reviews
🕑 Added 2026-01-23 19:57:14 +0000 UTCThe 1998 Volvo S70 GLT should be dead. It’s nearly 30 years old, has almost 280,000 miles, is missing a cylinder, leaks oil like state secrets, and sounds like it’s one cold start away from an overdue grave. And yet it just passed inspection. In this episode of Race to the Bottom, my ongoing search for the worst car in the world lands on the 1998 Volvo S70 GLT, the most confusing car I’ve ever driven. A bafflingly brilliant highway cruiser that’s as frustrating as it is fun, and as baffling as it is brilliant. I’ll talk about sunk-cost ownership, the inherent value of pre-2000s Volvo, and why some vehicles refuse to die even when logic says they should. The S70 GLT represents the end of an era, but the survival of something that deserves to still be here, warts and all.
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Bradford Smith
Another banger Roman! That line about your highschool friend group.... I felt it in my loins.
Mike Storms
This was a great piece! I have a close family friend who has this car in Seattle in a manual transmission. It's like a unicorn. Great times, great vid. Thanks!
Reyas Wilfred
(By mere minutes I mean like two hours but still)
Reyas Wilfred
I sat in this car mere minutes after this video was filmed and was impressed by how comfy it was
