WIRED: If Volvo Made a Camaro, It’d Look Like This

GPS · Aug 30, 2013

Volvo is calling it the “next-generation P1800,” a nod to the automaker’s iconic coupe from the ’60s. But even a cursory glance of the Concept Coupe has us thinking muscle car, and since Volvo can’t come up with a more imaginative name, in the fine tradition of Swedish furniture, we’ll call it the KMARO.

Due to be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month, Volvo’s svelte coupe does have a hint of P1800 flavor in the form of raised ridges that flow from the door and over the two-door’s shoulders, but that’s where the similarities end. The rest of the design is an amalgamation of an Aston Martin greenhouse and hood combined with the automaker’s traditionally blocky front and rear ends.

Inside, there’s a hand-cut crystal shifter mounted beneath a large touchscreen that replaces all but a handful of the knobs and buttons on the dash. It should be interesting to how Volvo justifies that decision given the automaker’s safety-centric reputation.

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