Volvo_Tundra

Volvo Tundra

Volvo Tundra

Concept car manufactured by Bertone


The Volvo Tundra is a concept car built and designed by Bertone in 1979. Bertone's design prompt was to do "something delicious" based on the Volvo 343.[2] The angular design was by Marcello Gandini, and continued the themes developed for the Lamborghini Silhouette and the Reliant (Anadol) FW11.[3] It was rejected by Volvo, who considered the design too modern and deemed it difficult to market.

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It is often misreported that Bertone instead sold a very similar design to Citroën, where it was produced as the Citroën BX from 1982 to 1994.[4] However, this would have meant Citroën turned a concept into a series production model in less than 18 months.[5] The relationship is simply that the two designs appeared from the same design house.[6][7]

The Tundra's rear-side window had a pulled-down top edge, an idea that was also seen on the BX C-pillar. The effect was of a floating roof, a design idea that would become popular in the 2010s.[4]

The car featured a digital speedometer and was powered by a 1.4-litre, four-cylinder engine, giving 70 PS (51 kW).


References

  1. "Volvo Tundra". carrozzieri-italiani.com. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  2. Padeanu, Adrian (2016-08-03). "Concept We Forgot: 1979 Volvo Tundra". Motor1.
  3. Perini, Giancarlo (1979-10-18). "Muotoilun kaunokkeja" [Design beauties]. Tekniikan Maailma (in Finnish). Vol. 35, no. 17/79. Helsinki: TM-Julkaisu. p. 62. ISSN 0355-4287.
  4. Söderholm, Erik (2014-07-05). "Volvos konstiga konceptbil – som blev en Citroën" [Volvo's strange concept car – which became a Citroën]. Auto Motor & Sport (in Swedish). Egmont Publishing AB. Archived from the original on 2020-02-15.
  5. van der Zanden, Thijs (2021), BX: A new generation of Citroën, ISBN 978-90-828147-9-8



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