Volvo 780 Color and Interior Codes/Vehicle Data

Exterior Colors

Year/VIN Letter:
VIN:		 1985 (F)
1-(preprod.)		 1986 (G)
60-720		 1987 (H)
1200-3235		 1988 (J)
4000-6334		 1989 (K)
6500-8939		 1990 (L)
9001-10427		 1991 (M)
11302-11750
019 Black X X X X X X X
130 Silver Metallic X X
173 Red X
189 White X X X X X X
200 Blue Metallic X X X
400 Champagne Metallic X X X X X X
401 Lt. Brown Metallic X X X
405 Beige Metallic X X X X X
407 Blue Pearl Metallic X X X X
408 Red Pearl Metallic X X X X

Interior Colors

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
2910 Grey(Brown)/Black 780seat-grey-black X X X X X X
2930 Blue/Black 780seat-grey-black X X X X
2950 Beige 780seat-grey-black X X X X X X
2970 Dark Grey 780seat-grey-black X X

Vehicle Data Plate

The color and interior codes, along with the car’s serial number, can be found on the vehicle’s data plate, located under the hood above the passenger side headlamp. Note that the Bertone serial number is also the last six digits of the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).

Date of Manufacture

The vehicle’s date of manufacture and gross weight information can be found on a sticker (shown sideways, below) placed on the driver’s door shell.

The cars of model year 1989 for the Swedish market have, until 31 dec 1988, exceptionally the letter J instead of the K. For the cars for the French market, from model year 1989 on the model year letter has been changed into the digit 0 and the model year thus needs to be established based on the serial number (’89 or ’90 possible).

The automatic gearbox AW71 is always delivered in combination with engines B230FT, B280E and B280F. The manual gearbox M46 is always delivered in combination with engines B200ET, D24TIC and B204GT.

Information on this page collected by Hedwig Lambrechts based on several Volvo sources.