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Volvo 345 GLT prototype
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 09:33 pm
by trabitom99
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 09:46 pm
by Chris_C
And the mystical auto clutch that was never to debut it seems

Cheers for those pics mate, most interesting
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 10:12 pm
by trabitom99
What was that?

Enlighten me ...
Tom
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 11:13 pm
by hatch360
besides the door trims and steering wheel, the interior looks more modern in a good way. But whats with all them extra buttons some look as if they are duplicates

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Posted: 17 Nov 2008 11:38 pm
by MJ
I think he means that that prototype has a manual gearbox, but no clutch

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 11:44 pm
by Chris_C
MJ wrote:I think he means that that prototype has a manual gearbox, but no clutch

Our resident non driver spots the flaw

No clutch pedal Tom
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 11:53 pm
by MJ
I didn't spot it until until our resident kite flyer made a comment though

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 12:05 am
by shimon340
WOW!!!
Where did you get those pics?? I guess they are in Volvo's archive but where did you find copies etc?
very interesting to see the prototype ideas!
got any more?
thank you!
Shimon
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 12:07 am
by Fuse
Interior looks cheap I think.. Typical japanese car look.

No Volvo style at all.
Seats and armrest looks nice though.
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 02:55 am
by nomashedswede
Got to agree with Fuse on this one - seats look great and I like the door cards - but the dash URGHH ! Looks like an old Honda !
Very interesting pics though.
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 09:47 am
by trabitom99
Chris_C wrote:MJ wrote:I think he means that that prototype has a manual gearbox, but no clutch

Our resident non driver spots the flaw

No clutch pedal Tom
Oops!

I was too busy smirking at the spelling mistake in the same picture to notice
The VW Beetle had one of those "semi-automatics". The Trabant too ...
shimon340 wrote:WOW!!!
Where did you get those pics?? I guess they are in Volvo's archive but where did you find copies etc?
very interesting to see the prototype ideas!
got any more?

I stole into Volvo (NL)s secret archives and snapped away with my camera ...
Sorry - German Ebay ... There were two more pics in the set, but I didn't scan them as they just looked like normal press photos.
What do you make of the final pic? Compare it to the design of the standard 3 dr rear window, it's definitely different ...
Fuse wrote:Interior looks cheap I think.. Typical japanese car look.

No Volvo style at all.
The quality of the plastics is certainly bad - all shiny and cheap-looking. But I guess that's a common thing in prototypes ...
Tom
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 10:17 am
by pistonpen paultje
Where would this car be now? Wrecked?
Those Twingo's have a semi-automatic. Drove one @ my work. Verrrry weird! When I started driving the thing, I constantly pressed the brake in stead of the clutch (there isn't any;)).
But even worse: After driving it for 10 minutes, I drove my 360 to a parts-shop...I forgot to use the clutch.

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 02:37 pm
by shimon340
hi
they look like internal photos for assessing a design proposal. I wonder how the chap who sold them on ebay got them in the first place....
nice to see though!!
thanks
S
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 02:46 pm
by SteveP
Very interesting photo's! Thanks Tom
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 03:56 pm
by pistonpen paultje
Some of them were allready in the database of the V3C, but some arent...
Those rims are really special too. Only seen on 2 German GLT's yet.