Autocar: The weird and wonderful world of Volvo concept cars

[Dirty Epic]

I came across this from Autocar, gives some good insight into the prototype and concept cars Volvo have built over the years.

www.autocar.co.uk/slideshow/weird-and-wonderful-world-volvo-concept-cars#31

Some interesting ideas like the C30 Polestar that looks a beast and the 1976 taxi concept which looks like the Metrocab a decade before that appeared too.

[Gene Hunt]

Some lovely looking cars amongst them DE, but also some plug ugly sods as well. Interesting to see the Bertone styled Tundra that was palmed  off to Citroen to eventually become the BX.

Gene.

[Sam Tyler]

There are some pretty strange styling exercises there DE that's for sure though I can't say any of them would work for me.

Sam

[The Saint]

Interesting stuff DE, I think the concept Universe looks good.

The Saint 

[D.C. Burtonshaw]

Thanks DE, Yeah interesting stuff and I've seen a few of those concept Volvo before, some are very nice and others are pretty clunky! I remember seeing one of the proto Volvo 480 convertibles at the Birmingham NEC classic show on the Volvo owners club stand, along with an Amazon 2 door convertible, built by a Belgian coachbuilder.

The Volvo "Rocket" concept on the 1800 coupe has always intrigued me too.

The 263 hatchback is interesting, we will never know if it would have sold though.........

[Del Boy]

Interesting stuff D.E