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The Volvo C70 is a compact car built by the Ford Motor Company's Volvo subsidiary. The C70 is available in convertible and (originally) coupé versions with a choice of manual or automatic transmission. In the United States prices for the C70 convertible started at $38,710 for the 2006 model year. Automakers or automobile manufacturers are companies that design and manufacture automobiles. ...
Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar, is an automobile maker founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. ...
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world. ...
The Pininfarina badge See also Battista Pininfarina, founder of the company, and his son, Sergio Pininfarina Carrozzeria Pininfarina is an automobile coachbuilder and specialty vehicle maker in Turin, Italy. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Volvo 780 by Bertone The information in this article has been incorporated into the Volvo 700 series article. ...
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1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupé (from the French for cut) or coupe is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ...
Original meaning A cabriolet was a light, two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a folding calash top, seating two persons behind the drivers box. ...
AB Volvo (or Aktiebolaget Volvo) is a world-leading Swedish manufacturer of commercial vehicles, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and services. ...
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Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world. ...
Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible (sometimes called cabriolet in British English) is a car body style with a folding or retracting roof. ...
1995 Buick Riviera coupé 1990 Mercedes-Benz 560SEC coupé, noted for its large, angular design A coupé (from the French for cut) or coupe is a car body style with a close-coupled interior offering either two seats or 2+2 seating (space for two passengers up front and for...
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First Generation (1997-2005)
The Volvo C70 was available with both low-pressure and high-pressure, 5-cylinder, turbocharged petrol engines and manual and automatic transmissions. Although visually based on the 850, it was actually engineered by Tom Walkinshaw Racing and was a breakthrough design for Peter Horbury. Image File history File linksMetadata Volvo_c70_1999. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupé (from the French for cut) or coupe is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ...
Original meaning A cabriolet was a light, two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a folding calash top, seating two persons behind the drivers box. ...
An automobile platform is a shared set of components common to a number of different automobiles. ...
Front wheel drive is the most common form of engine/transmission layout used in modern passenger cars, where the engine drives the front wheels. ...
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The Volvo 850 was introduced worldwide as a 1992 model, except for the US where it arrived in the 1993 model year. ...
Tom Walkinshaw Racing, also known simply as TWR, was a racing team founded in 1976 by touring car racer Tom Walkinshaw. ...
Since the Volvo 780 coupe went out of production in 1990, Volvo lacked a true competitor to Saab's 900/9-3 coupe/convertible, and likely lost sales to Saab to customers desiring a Swedish sports car. The Volvo 700 and 900 series are two ranges of mid-size luxury cars / executive cars produced by Swedish automaker Volvo in the 1980s and 1990s. ...
The C70 was built in Uddevalla, Sweden in a facility separate from the 70-series sedan and wagon assembly line. The C70 also had more human involvement in assembly than the other 70-series cars since the C70 was the first modern convertible Volvo had constructed. Uddevalla is a city in Bohus County in western Sweden. ...
The car was introduced as a 1997 model in Europe, and as a 1998 model in North America, Volvo's largest market. This staggered launch was in part to ensure quality of a vehicle type that was very new to Volvo.
A series of special edition models was made in the beginning of the production run featuring a unique two-tone premium leather interior. Other optional equipment made standard in this special edition include the SC-900 (coupe) and SC-901 (convertible) Dolby Surround Sound stereo with 3-disc integrated changer unit (via a cartridge) and 12 Dynaudio speakers. Dynaudio is a Danish loudspeaker maker, founded in 1977. ...
The C70 met with limited success overall due to a limited demand for coupes in general and cost (roughly US$43,000 for convertible and US$39,000 for coupe). The coupe model has a smoother roof line than the convertible due to the ribs necessary in a soft top. The second generation C70 remedies this by using a three-piece retractable hard top. The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...
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The C70 has developed a cult following of Volvo enthusiasts due to its groundbreaking design and its touring car performance. The C70 is a heavy car for its size due to numerous safety features. The car performs best at high speeds, overtaking traffic with power bursts from its turbocharged engine. The manual transmission makes the most of the T5 engine, but is rare in North America.
The C70 was introduced to the press in saffron orange metallic paint. The 1997 movie The Saint featured a C70 finished in coral red metallic paint. As with most Volvo models, paint colors changed throughout the C70's years of production. The Saint is a 1997 film based on the character of Simon Templar created by Leslie Charteris in the 1920s for a series of books published as The Saint. ...
Production of the coupe ended in 2003 due to lack of demand, while the cabriolet/convertible continued until the introduction of the second generation C70. Several special edition colors and trim options were available to commemorate the end of the first generation C70.
Volvo and Tom Walkinshaw Racing have had a tumultuous relationship, with threatened shutdowns of the Uddevalla factory occurring during contract disputes. As a result, Volvo and TWR parted ways and TWR has no contribution to the second generation C70.
Second Generation (2006) The new C70 model was launched on 13 April 2006, sharing the Ford C1 plaform used in the S40. This vehicle, designed by John Kinsey and built by Pininfarina, is a coupé convertible which features a three piece retractable metal hardtop that can raise or lower in less than 30 seconds. The new C70 replaces both the current cabriolet/convertible and the coupé absent from Volvo's lineup since 2003. For the first time, the C70 will be offered with a normally-aspirated gasoline engine, as well as diesel engines with variable geometry turbocharger and common-rail direct injection. Image File history File linksMetadata VOLVO_C70(coupe_style). ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The coupé convertible (in French coupé cabriolet) or retractable hardtop (more common US usage) is an evolution of car body style that involves the flexibility of a mobile roof (from the convertible) and of the rigid roof of a coupé. In the first years of the 2000s, car manufacturers started...
An automobile platform is a shared set of components common to a number of different automobiles. ...
Front wheel drive is the most common form of engine/transmission layout used in modern passenger cars, where the engine drives the front wheels. ...
April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The S40 sedan (and V40 and V50 station wagons) is a compact car sold by Volvo Cars. ...
The Pininfarina badge See also Battista Pininfarina, founder of the company, and his son, Sergio Pininfarina Carrozzeria Pininfarina is an automobile coachbuilder and specialty vehicle maker in Turin, Italy. ...
The coupé convertible (in French coupé cabriolet) or retractable hardtop (more common US usage) is an evolution of car body style that involves the flexibility of a mobile roof (from the convertible) and of the rigid roof of a coupé. In the first years of the 2000s, car manufacturers started...
2003 Mercedes-Benz SL 500 A Retractable Hardtop (also known as a coupe convertible and coupe cabriolet) refers to a car with a movable roof for a convertible that is made of plastic or metal. ...
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