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Volvo 345 GLT prototype

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 09:33 pm
by trabitom99
What might have been:

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Some potentially nice gadgets there which didn't make it over to the MkII / III unfortunately, including the digital clock, centre armrest, coin holder and lamp levell :D control ...

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Not sure what this one is. Has a nice pointy rear window though ...

Tom

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 09:46 pm
by Chris_C
And the mystical auto clutch that was never to debut it seems :D Cheers for those pics mate, most interesting

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 10:12 pm
by trabitom99
What was that? :shock: 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 :?.

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 :P

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! :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. :lol:

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.