Folder front 264TE Year 1979


Volvo 264TE Exclusive elegance.
Sumptuous comfort.
The Volvo Top Executive.







There are occasions when the standards demanded in a car are very much higher than those normally expected of an ordinary vehicle. Occasions when the requirements of comfort, reliability and safety do not allow the slightest compromise. And when lavich, exclusive elegance is just as obvious a necessity as is genuine guality in all the details which the eye cannot see.


The exclusive Volvo 264 Top Executive has what it takes to stand supreme in this class of car.
The Volvo Top Executive is a car which can be relied on, the ideal car for those times when everything is carefully planned and must be run to tight time schedule. This is why more and more governments, consular staffs, authorities and leading companies are choosing the Volvo Top Executive - now a familiar sight wherever VIP's meet.
However, there is much more to to Volvo Top Executive than its elegant exterior and inner sumtuousness.
Through and through, this car is the result of the advanced quality thinking so characteristic of all other Volvo products.
Reliabilty, value for money and safety are some of the fundamentals of Volvo products and they apply particulary well to the Volvo Top Executive.
The comfort in a Volvo Top Executive is in a class of its own. Wide-opening doors contribute to dignified entry and exit.
Soft, relaxing plush upholstery makes traveling a pleasure. A stereo radio with four loudspeakers and seperate volume controls for rear seat passengers is standard.
And so is air conditioning. The window winders and radio aerial are electrically operated. And of course, the rear door windows can also be operated from the rear seat.
There are two extra folding seats at the rear and because this long wheelbased version is 70 cm longer than the Volvo 264GLE, there is an abundance of room for up to six passengers plus the driver. The folding armrest of the rear can be fitted with a telephone.
The Volvo Top Executive is equipped with a really powerfull, completely reliable, quiet running V6 engine.
It has superb perfomance at all speeds which also makes it the ideal car for slow dignified travel on important occasions such as processions.
At the same time it has masses of instantly responding extra horsepower for fast, safe overtaking. The 3-stage automatic transmission has a torque cenverter and six illuminated selector posistions as standard.
The Volvo Top Executive is an extremely safe car with a very strong chassis and impact absorbing front and rear crumple zones which provide a high degree of buit-in crach safety.
The passenger space is constructed in the form of a steel cage and further protected at the sides by reinforcing steel members in the doors.
The fuel tank is placed entirely separately from the passenger and luggage compartments for even greater safety.
Automatic transmission is standard. The Volvo Top executive is available in dark blue or black with grey plush upholstery. In dark blue, metallis silver or white with blue plush upholstery.

The exclusive plush trimmed interior gives a distinctive atmosphere of elegance.
The wide door opening angle permits dignified entry and exit
The renowned Volvo seat - with adjustable lumbar support - has been designed in sonsultation with medical experts.
this ensures an alert and safe driver.






Volvo 264 TE is equipped with two foldable
extra seats.




 The folding armrest houses controls for
the reading lamps and the volume control for
the stereo loudspeakers.
Space is provided for a telephone.
Adjustable reading lamps for rear
seat passengers - one on each side.


 Suitcases can be conveniently stood with
"handles up" in the spacious boot, which
is trimmed to the same high standards as the interior.



Technical information

264 TE
Engine:













 Designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B27 E, V6
Numbers of cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Displacement, cm³ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2664
Bore x stroke,mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.0 x 73.0
Max. output hp at r/m DIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148/5700
Max output kW at r/s DIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109/95
Max torque kpm at r/m DIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22/3000
Max torque Nm at r/s DIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218/50
Compression ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5:1
Carburation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CI injection system
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97-98
Engine block and cylinder heads of aluminium volloy.
Valve system: overhead camshafts, rocker arms.
Camshaft transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chain
Cooling system:

 Sealed and frost-proofed.
capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . approx. 10.9 litres (19.2 pints)
Electrical system:


 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12V/70Ah
Alternator rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70A
Ignition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Contactless. Electronic.
Transmission:

 Automatic transmission, 3-stage. Torque convertor.
6 illuminated selector positions
Suspension:




 Front: spring strut type with stabilizer.
Rear: live,carried in rubber-mounted control
arms and tirque rods. Transverse location by
track rod. Coil springs telescopis shock ab-
sorbers.
Braking system:









 Power-assisted, all-disc. Dual circuit, triangle
split system. Each circuit operates simultaneously
on both front wheels and one each of the rear wheels.
Brake pipes of rust-resistant copper and nickel
alloy. The front discs are specially ventilated.
Relief valves in each circuit prevent the rear wheels
from locking up prematurely during emergency
braking. Master cylinder of stepped-bore type.
Handbrake operates on rear wheels through
separate drums.
Fuel tank:

 Safety locations beside rear axle.
Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 litres (13.2 galls)
Steering gear:


 Rack and pinion. Safety steering column of telescopic type.
Ratios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2:1 Power assisted.
Number of turns to lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5
Instrumentation:











 Housed in padded dashboard. Rheostat-controlled
instrument lightning. Six-figure mileometer
with tripmeter, fuel gauge and coolant temperature
gauge. Warning lamps for charging, oil pressure,
main beam, turn indicators, handbrake and
brake circuit failure. Bulb integrity sensor. Glovebox
lighting. Combined steering and ignition
lock. Centre console: controls for electrically
heated rear window, four-way hazard warning
lights and also for heating, ventilation and
airconditioning system. "Fasten seat belts" reminder
Cigar lighter. Ashtray. Radio with cassette player.
Standard equipment:    
















 Interior:
Clock, tachometer, electrically powered windows,
plush upholstery, deep pile carpeting,
air conditioning, stereo loudspeakers, fixed head restraints,
carpeted luggage compartment, luggage compartment lightning.
Combined stalk for turn indicators, main and dipped
beam and headlight flasher. Combined stalk
for windscreen wipers, two-speed, and electric
windscreen washers. Engine bay light. High
impact laminated windscreen. Padded sun visors.
Day / night rearview mirror of safety type.
Inertia reel front seat belts. Inertia reel seat belts for two
outer rear seats, lap belt in centre.
Exterior:
Rectangular, halogen headlights Automatic reversing lights.
Towing points front and rear, Headlights washers and wipers,
tinted glazing. 5.5J-14" rims. Steel braced radial ply tires 185SR14.
Weights:

 Kerb weight, approx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.635 kg (3601 lbs)
Total weight, approx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.180 kg (4801 lbs)
Warrenty: Twelve month warrenty irrespective of mileage.



text from Volvo 264TE brochure 1979.