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Volvo road inspectors haven’t tested the prototypes of the P1800 since the early 1960s, so we’re a little wordless through the photographs they send us through our spy photographers stationed in Sweden. Although unclear, the plans obviously show an absolutely camouflaged P1800 lurking in the streets around the company’s headquarters.
No amount of psychedelic camouflage can hide the fact that this coupe has undergone significant modifications. It has a complete frame kit that adds extensions at both ends and very giant wing extenders covering wide rims wrapped around five-ray wheels with central locking. It is also much smaller than the P1800 action.
We don’t think Volvo has had the hassle of redesigning the frame and suspension of the P1800 to leave the popular 1.8-liter four-cylinder in the engine compartment. Mammoth tires verify that this coupe comprises more than 100 horsepower. However, the company has been such a staunch and outspoken supporter of electrified propulsion systems that it is hard to believe that anyone would re-pronounce the word “carburetor”.
One theory is that this P1800 can be completely electric. Aston Martin, Jaguar and Volkswagen are among the corporations that have diversified into the box of drum classics and renovated in recent years; Volvo can also take this debatable train. You can use only portions of Polestar 2, for example, to build a P1800 that delivers 3 or 4 times the factory power without burning a drop of gasoline.
However, look at the back of the prototype. It’s hard to say with a significant degree of certainty, but we think we’ll see a couple of exhaust cuts under each component of the rear bumper. They weren’t there in 1961. If that’s what we’re looking for, then the frame of this P1800 probably hides an electrified powertrain, not completely electric.
Could engineers use the plug-in hybrid generation that powers Polestar 1 to a housing designed in the late 50s? It is not unsonable, wilder exchanges have been made around the world, however, it would not be simple because the four-cylinder 2.0-liter engine that drives the 1 is fixed in cross-section and spins the front wheels, while the P1800 had a longitudinal engine. fixed engine that sent its force to the rear wheels. A simpler option is that Volvo, Polestar and others involved in this task may have dropped a P1800 frame on a modified platform 1. Again, more crazy things have happened in the automotive industry.
This is where the plot takes an appealing turn: according to our spy photographers, this 1964 P1800 is recorded through Mattias Evensson, who leads the engine progression in Cyan Racing. The company known as Polestar Racing Team until 2015, when Volvo bought Polestar’s tuning arm and turned it into an independent brand. And Evensson bought his P1800 from Jonas Christian Dahl, who owned Polestar and lately owns Cyan Racing. In other words, this P1800 is well known for Volvo’s factory hot-rodders.
Volvo is silent about the prototype discovered in testing near its head office, but note that the P1800 will be 60 in 2021. You may only provide the montage to celebrate the style birthday. It’s too early to tell if it’ll arrive as a singles style designed just to like on Facebook, or generate a limited edition style.
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