After acquiring trademark of Volvo from Ford in month of August of 2010, the newest owner Zhejiang Geely Holding Group is eager to develop Volvo cars like a tier-1 luxury auto maker along with BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
In their effort to be one of the finest luxury automobile manufacturers around the globe, Volvo has unveiled their Concept Universe in Auto Shanghai 2011.
This Concept Universe is actually a substantial style revelation of Volvo since it forecasts the style path method of Volvo in the near future under their new Chinese owner. Additionally, it clearly shows Volvo’s need to move to be a model of luxury cars as opposed to being recognized as a “near luxury” auto manufacturer. Formally this Concept Universe is intended as a design analysis for one of forthcoming luxury car, but there is certainly a powerful hint of the being the next generation luxury sedan from Volvo is S80.
This design of the car is taken from classic Volvo models that was soft and voluptuous but additionally offers a feeling of protection at the identical time. This new design has been conceived remembering the current tie of Volvo to China but additionally standardized to satisfy the flavors of users around the world. The bonnet is stirred from the previous 1950’s PV range along with the front grill can be referred to as a modernized version of an additional classic model from 1960 the “Volvo P1800”. Addition of an idealistic dimension to it the design director described the car being a automobile with the depth of the universe.
The inner is just as conceptual since the exterior, in the cabin to the spilt back seats. Though being inspired by classical design, the cabin is totally built with modern technologies as the knobs are replaced by touch screen; dash-mounted display that erupt automatically as the driver reached for it.
The chassis and engine details are not revealed yet, but Volvo announced all-new platform architecture referred to as Scalable Platform Architecture or SPA, and all upcoming cars will likely be built with this new SPA.
