Volvo Tundra

The Volvo Tundra was a concept car built and designed by Bertone in 1979. Bertone was told to do "something delicious" based on the Volvo 343. The angular design was by Marcello Gandini and continued the themes developed for the Lamborghini Silhouette and the Reliant (Anadol) FW11.[1] 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.[2] The Tundra's rear side window had a pulled down top edge, a theme which was continued on the BX' C-pillar. The overall effect was of a "floating roof," a design idea which has become popular in the 2010's.[2]

Volvo Tundra

The car featured a digital speedometer and was powered by a 1.4-litre four-cylinder engine giving 70 PS (51 kW).

References

Perini, Giancarlo (1979-10-18). "Muotoilun kaunokkeja" [Design beauties]. Tekniikan Maailma (in Finnish). Vol. 35 no. 17/79. Helsinki: TM-Julkaisu. p. 62. ISSN 0355-4287.
Söderholm, Erik (2014-07-05). "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 2020-02-15.

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[TM1779-1] Perini, Giancarlo (1979-10-18). "Muotoilun kaunokkeja" [Design beauties]. Tekniikan Maailma (in Finnish). Vol. 35 no. 17/79. Helsinki: TM-Julkaisu. p. 62. ISSN 0355-4287.

[AS2014-2] Söderholm, Erik (2014-07-05). "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 2020-02-15.