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Volvo Tundra Concept, 1979

Posted by MammothAmbition8910@reddit | WeirdWheels | View on Reddit | 41 comments

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Sensitive_Cookie6188@reddit

This car looks way head of it's time.
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GiftedGeordie@reddit

Gives me Rover SD-1 vibes.
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Worldly_Let6134@reddit

It's the long bonnet, but the car as a whole to me looks far more like a Citroën BX.
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EmotionalWelcome5555@reddit

That's because Volvo scrapped the design and Citroën bought it
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stq66@reddit

Really?
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BansheeLabs@reddit

Yep, Gandini sold it to PSA.
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Dilligaf__@reddit

very cyberpunk-est
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rulio57@reddit

Bx sort de la .
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Savings-Bowl330@reddit

I love it
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herodesfalsk@reddit

Car design studio Bertone presented this design to Citroen, and they took it. 
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Starchaser_WoF@reddit

The screen display is the only thing I don't like
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buckyworld@reddit

Pontiac Aztec didn’t come from thin air.
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summertime_dream@reddit

i can see the c30 eventually came of this. only volvo could come up with something so simply sharp. i want this car today!!
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Diogenes256@reddit

The eventual 480 turned out nicely.
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Xinonix1@reddit

Citroën BX
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Token_Englishman@reddit

BX was the first thing I thought of as well. My dad had a BX TZD and did over 300,000 mile in it. Great car for its time if you had the sphere's replaced every now and again.
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x_shaolong_x@reddit

My dad too, we had 2 BX and the last one fulfilled it's 2 years of use.I wanted him to have the Xantia but one day he came back in a w123. I was so bitter about it lol
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mrtn17@reddit

My dad had one to, I fell in love with that car as a 8yo kid. I still have a photo posing next to the car, showing off my cool Casio watch *and* my snapback cap. The dashboard was highly futuristic, with a lot of blinking lights and digital meters. The car had hydraulics and lifted itself when it started. I felt like dad was the Nightrider himself, driving a Transformer. The coolest shit ever
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NaoPb@reddit

Yes, the suspension system wasn't free of maintenance but it made for a comfortable ride.
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Token_Englishman@reddit

100%, Citroen's suspension was game changing.
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OPGuest@reddit

Since Volvo declined doing anything with this design, it could be used for the BX.
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Coreysurfer@reddit

The Subaru ah what was it called..svx
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Warcheefin@reddit

Fuck YEAH we love ASYMMETRIC GRILLES fuck YEAH I'ma NUT HARDD
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mtnman336699@reddit

SO RAD!!!
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kestrelwrestler@reddit

It's so similar to the BX, Gandini obviously went down a rabbit hole after designing the Citroën.
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YalsonKSA@reddit

The Tundra came first. He based the BX on the Tundra, not the other way round.
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kestrelwrestler@reddit

Interesting, that makes more sense. I don't know why I assumed it was the other way round.
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Carbyne27@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/53kcqe57g7pg1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b4ed87bc0f9bfffeee318278cec7bb4c8067ae9b
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clarksworth@reddit

The Mazda version of this is even more fun IMO [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda\_MX-81](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_MX-81)
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L3sh1y@reddit

Love the asymmetric badge and radiator intake placement
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FortheloveofRC@reddit

It looks like a lego concept car
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MisterDings@reddit

I want to drive this through Utah
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thedudefromsweden@reddit

I’m a Volvo fan and never seen this, thanks for sharing!
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knowledgeable_diablo@reddit

Looks very “Tron-like” that’s for sure.
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lasskinn@reddit

that's a b440x motherboard
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Batman_wears_Crocs@reddit

/r/cassettefuturism Especially that interior, I love it
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Weird-one0926@reddit

Still had a manual choke, interesting build
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Mission-Crab-1381@reddit

Robocop ahh car
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Aromatic_Fail_1722@reddit

Funny, I watched JayEmm’s new video on the Citroen BX yesterday and fell into the Wikipedia rabbithole afterwards where I first saw this one. Very Gandini.
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Big__Meme@reddit

Grill looks like when you misclick in Automation
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MammothAmbition8910@reddit (OP)

Sauce: https://www.motor1.com/features/83856/concept-we-forgot-1979-volvo-tundra/
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