LAST AUTO NEWS – SWEDISH DESIGNER DREAMS-UP RETRO GT
Last Auto account – Swedish artist dreams-up awakening GT Take the attractive physique from a Volvo P1800 Coupe, add a avant-garde turbo-charged V8 and here’s what you get…
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It’s a archetypal that’s adolescent at heart! Swedish artist Bo Zolland has replicated the aboriginal bodyshell of Volvo’s iconic P1800 Coupe – the car featured in the Sixties TV Series, The Saint – and able it with a host of avant-garde upgrades to actualize the ultimate awakening GT.
Much like the Mercedes 300SL replica we featured endure week, the P1800 has been brought bang-up-to-date. A new foreground wing, side-skirts, collapsed underbody and alive rear diffuser all advice to advance the aerodynamics, while the deep-dish billowing alloys and re-designed autogenous accord it a added avant-garde appearance.
The 1961 aboriginal produced just 100bhp from its 1.8-litre engine, but this 2009 accommodate sets its architect abundant higher. Squeezed beneath the beanie is Volvo’s accepted 4.4-litre V8 but with a turbo anchored on, axis ability up to about 550bhp.
Zolland’s architecture was commissioned by Vox Customs – a Swedish coachbuilder run by a man who hand-builds Koenigsegg supercars as his day job. The P1800 accommodate will access actual bound production, but there’s no chat on amount just yet.
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