Volvo Tundra

Volvo Tundra (May 2018)

The Volvo Tundra was a concept car which was built and designed by Bertone sometime in 1979 after being told to do “something delicious”, based on the Volvo 343.^[1] The angular design was by Marcello Gandini, and continued the themes developed for the Lamborghini Silhouette and the Reliant (Anadol) FW11.^[2] It was rejected by Volvo, who thought it was too modern and difficult to sell.

Bertone instead sold a very similar design to Citroën, where it was produced as Citroën BX.^[3]

The rear side window of the Tundra had a pulled down top edge, a theme which was continued on the C Pillar of the BX. The overall effect was of one “floating roof” the design idea which soon became popular, in the 2010s.^[3] The car featured a digital speedometer and was powered by one 1.4 litre four cylinder engine, giving 70 PS (51 kW).

References[]

^ Padeanu, Adrian (2016-08-03). "Concept We Forgot: 1979 Volvo Tundra". Motor1.
^ Perini, Giancarlo (18 October 1979). "Muotoilun kaunokkeja" [Design beauties]. Tekniikan Maailma (in Finnish). Vol. 35 no. 17/79. Helsinki: TM-Julkaisu. p. 62. ISSN 0355-4287.
^ ^a ^b Söderholm, Erik (5 July 2014). "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 15 February 2020.

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[1] Padeanu, Adrian (2016-08-03). "Concept We Forgot: 1979 Volvo Tundra". Motor1.

[TM1779-2] Perini, Giancarlo (18 October 1979). "Muotoilun kaunokkeja" [Design beauties]. Tekniikan Maailma (in Finnish). Vol. 35 no. 17/79. Helsinki: TM-Julkaisu. p. 62. ISSN 0355-4287.

[AS2014-3] Söderholm, Erik (5 July 2014). "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 15 February 2020.

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