It's been 20 years since Volvo made an impact in the highly-specialized segment of performance estates. The Volvo 855 T5-R is the bruiser that started it and there's much to like about the old timer.

Last week's basket-case Borgward versus decrepit DKW Project Car Hell Challenge featured a couple of cute European commuter machines of the 1950s. So this week we're going to change it up with a ...