Volvo has something big planned for Thursday: "The Vanilla Days Are Over". And it only has 2 doors.

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08/26/2013 at 12:02 • Filed to: volvo, design, vanilla

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*UPDATE* Various screengrabs by myself and others seem to show a coupe, so we may be looking at a P1800 for 2014, or a new C70. The shoulder lines seem very P1800-esque.

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COUPE?!!

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DISCUSSION (5)


Kinja'd!!! Kookanoodles > boxrocket
08/26/2013 at 12:41

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Well, we've identified our mystery concept everyone !

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Kinja'd!!! boxrocket > boxrocket
08/26/2013 at 13:03

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Personally I disagree with the designer saying that the designs were "vanilla" and "not cutting-edge", they just weren't sold in enough numbers for folk to know what they were seeing. While the sideways T headlamps are neat, they don't seem very Volvo-y to me. Heck, Mercedes cribbed the S60's front end for its cars, which seems "cutting edge" to me:

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Though the guy uses a macbook and iphone so I see his perception as a tad flawed already.


Kinja'd!!! Makoyouidiot > boxrocket
08/26/2013 at 13:47

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Wagon version or gtfo.


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08/26/2013 at 14:13

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I fully agree.

What I'm personally dismayed about is that it seems the gas tank is still on the wrong damn side of the car (fourth screen grab).


Kinja'd!!! boxrocket > boxrocket
08/26/2013 at 14:19

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The side looks like it may evoke the P1800's design:

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I'd love to see a new P1800ES.