Bring Back Our Boxy Volvo Cars! (Op-Ed)
In this age of round, tiny, aero-dynamic autos I would find it refreshing to see a large square rolling down the street, with a smokey, guzzling V8 under its hood. Rolling Iron. The Volvo cars of yesterday are a far cry from Green Rides everyone is producing in this year of our lord Two-Thousand & Nine. Even as Volvo struggles, along with pretty much every other foreign and domestic car maker on Earth, it might be a refreshing take on the automobile to bring a little nostalgic-styling back to dealership lots.
You could still produce the 4-cyl Compacts, maybe even make a Ford Focus type ride (as Ford owns a large stake in Volvo) but keep that classic late-70’s to mid-80’s 90 degree angled look. How about a hybrid that looks like a Lego car? Volvo could pull it off. Wouldn’t be too much of a departure from their current lineup – even without the sharp corners Volvo is still making some of the boxiest automobiles on the road today.
Come on people – today, our cars look like Japanese imports…tomorrow, the terrorists win!
Amen. I even emailed Volvo a few years ago and asked for this a number of years ago. I think a retro, boxy Volvo would compete well against the VW Jetta, especially if they release a station wagon as well.
Volvo’s reply was that they weren’t interested in that market. Sad.
Aug 14th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
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