Volvo Tundra concept.

[Jim Bell]

Tundra concept by Bert & Tone.

Possibly the most beautiful car I have ever seen. 343 crossed with a BX crossed with a 480?

I dont know the details, but I thought tbe pics were worth a fap.

[Jim Bell]

With added burd.

[Jim Bell]

Action slax.

[HMC]

Love looking at old concept cars, that random

Cinquecento plus bicycle is a fave of mine.

 

I deffo see a hint of alfa GTV in certain details, the rear light panel andthe bonnet shut line on the front wings hints at the Alfa's clamshell.

[Jim Bell]

Fwar

 

THE SEAT EVEN HAS A CUT AWAY FOR YOUR BONER.

[Jim Bell]

Lumpage.

[M'coli]

Volvo were sold the basic shape from Bertone, but it had first appeared in a Reliant prototype: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_FW11

 

[rantingYoof]

Holy Jesus I'm wobblin'.

 

What lump is in that?

 

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[Junkman]

Volvo were sold the basic shape from Bertone, but it had first appeared in a Reliant prototype: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_FW11

 

 

The Volvo Tundra and Reliant FW11 were both designed by Marcello Gandini at Gruppo Bertone.

Both manufacturers rejected it, so it was sold to the PSA Group, who used it on something based on the Peugeot 405 platform.

 

Gandini automobile designs include:

 

    Alfa Romeo Montreal

    Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo

    Bugatti EB110

    Citroën BX

    Cizeta-Moroder V16T

    De Tomaso Biguà (Qvale, Mangusta)

    De Tomaso Pantera

    Ferrari Dino 308

    Fiat 132

    Fiat X1/9

    Iso Lele

    Iso Grifo 90

    Iso Grifo 96

    Lamborghini Bravo

    Lamborghini Countach

    Lamborghini Diablo

    Lamborghini Espada

    Lamborghini Jarama

    Lamborghini Miura

    Lamborghini Urraco

    Lamborghini Marzal

    Lancia Stratos Zero

    Lancia Stratos

    Maserati Khamsin

    Maserati Ghibli II

    Maserati Quattroporte II (1974–1978) & IV (1994–2001)

    Maserati Shamal

    Maserati Chubasco

    1st and 2nd Maserati Biturbos facelift

    Renault 5 Turbo

    Renault 5 Supercinq

    Bertone Pirana

[Jim Bell]

How could anyone knock back that design?

Its such lovely.

[Slartibartfast]

[Junkman]

How could anyone knock back that design?

Its such lovely.

 

Well...

 

They rejected this:

 

 

 

in favour of this:

 

[Jim Bell]

That man should be fired.

 

From a cannon.

 

Into a wall.

 

Smeared with shit.

[Junkman]

That man should be fired.

 

From a cannon.

 

Into a wall.

 

Smeared with shit.

 

The last day when a man made such a decision was somewhen in 1986. If it were still men making such decisions, it wouldn't happen.

No man would browse a catalog of Swedish au pair girls and then say 'okay, we'll take a moose'.

 

These decisions are long since made by comittees consisting of dark suits carefully groomed in years of formal education* to have no balls whatsoever.

All they have ever learned is that creativity is punished, conformity is rewarded and intelligence is the ability to repeat what they were told by someone.

And they are meanwhile not only running car companies, but everything. Every single aspect of our lives is micro managed by them.

 

You should have seen the concepts for the replacement of the first 5 Series BMW, another Gandini design btw.

But the committee decided on the lame e28 facelift.

[martc]

Volvo were sold the basic shape from Bertone, but it had first appeared in a Reliant prototype: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_FW11

 

 

Did someone at FSO have a sneaky peak at this? It's almost 100% Polonez.

[Junkman]

Did someone at FSO have a sneaky peak at this? It's almost 100% Polonez.

 

The Polonez was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, who came from the same design background as Marcello Gandini. They both belong to an Italian design triumvirate, along with Leonardo Fioravanti, all born in 1938 within months of each other. Thus all three graduated at the same time and basically spent their entire working lives trying to one up each other. Giugiaro won in the end by being named Car Designer of the Century in 1999, most likely because of his legendary facelift of the Morris Marina.

[dave21478]

Star Trek digidash and a manual choke knob.....nice.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Holy Jesus I'm wobblin'.

 

What lump is in that?

 

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Renault 1.4........

 

You still wobblin?

[Jim Bell]

B14 renner. Just needs a turbo to have R5 matching performance.

[hpi_matrix]

I like how everything looks so futuristic and then you see the engine and its just the same old shit with wires hanging out all over the shop.

[rantingYoof]

Renault 1.4........

 

You still wobblin?

Well, a little slower.

 

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[fordperv]

its a lovely looking thing, i love the grille offset on the bumper

[dollywobbler]

I think that's the first time I've seen a dirty, under the bonnet shot. Does spoil the mood somewhat doesn't it?

[Shep Shepherd]

Too radical for Volvo back then, alas.

[Squire_Dawson]

Both are nice, but I like the Reliant better. The Volvo does look just a bit too similar to a Citroen, but which came first - the Ovlov prototype or the Citroen?

[r.welfare]

The Volvo. '79 plays '82 for the BX.

[inconsistant]

The future is bright, the future is beige

 

 

 

and solid and angular with grey wheels.

[UltraWomble]

The Anadol FW11 even made it into production - in Turkey

 

[AlabamaShrimp]

Do Volvo still have the car?

[PhilA]

Re the Ford that wasn't:

They must have taken some thoughts about it away with them though.

 

 

Phil