Most of us wouldn’t have anticipated the Seventies Volvo 240 to be broadly thought of an indestructible basic automobile, but it surely has stood the take a look at of time. In 1975, the Swedish automaker launched the 200 collection – and with the automobile got here a brand-new engine referred to as the Purple Block engine. The primary-ever engine to be labeled the 'Purple Block' was the B21; this engine was constructed like a brick and was an enormous step ahead so far as know-how was involved.