Volvo C70
| Volvo C70 Convertible | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer |
Volvo Cars Pininfarina Sverige AB |
| Production | 1996–2013 P80: 1996–2005 (1st generation) P1: 2006–2013 (2nd generation) |
| Assembly | Sweden: Uddevalla |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Sport compact (S) |
| Body style |
cabriolet coupé |
| Layout | FF layout |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Volvo 780 |
| First generation | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer |
Volvo Cars TWR |
| Production | 1997–2004 (76,809 units) 1996–2002 C70 coupé 1998–2005 C70 convertible |
| Model years | 1997–2002 C70 coupé 1998–2005 C70 convertible |
| Assembly | Sweden: Uddevalla |
| Designer |
Peter Horbury (exterior) José Luis Diaz de la Vega (interior) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 2-door cabriolet 2-door coupé |
| Layout | Front engine, front-wheel drive |
| Platform | Volvo P80 platform |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | Petrol: 2.0–2.5L I5 (125kW–184kW) |
| Transmission | 5-speed Volvo M56 manual 4-speed Aisin AW50-42LE automatic 5-speed Aisin AW55-50SN automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 1998–1999 Coupe: 104.7 in (2,659 mm) 1998–2002 Convertible & 2000–2002 Coupe: 2660 mm (104.9 in) 2003–2005: 105.0 in (2,667 mm) |
| Length | 1997–2002: 4720 mm (185.7 in) 2003–2005: 4,724 mm (186.0 in) |
| Width | 1,820 mm (71.7 in) |
| Height | 1998–1999 Coupe: 55.7 in (1,415 mm) 1430 mm (56.3 in) |
| Kerb weight | Coupé: 1,499–1,547 kg (3,305–3,411 lb) Convertible: 1,625–1,675 kg (3,583–3,693 lb) |
| Second generation | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer |
Volvo Cars Pininfarina Sverige AB |
| Production | 2006–2013 (89,074 units) |
| Model years | 2006–2013 |
| Designer |
Steve Mattin Senior Vice President of Design – Volvo Cars, Fedde Talsma design manager, John Kinsey designer, Tony Pettman (interior) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 2-door coupé convertible |
| Layout | Front engine, front-wheel drive |
| Platform | Volvo P1 platform |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 2.4L 125 kW (170 PS; 168 hp) I5 (2006–2009) 2.5L 162 kW (220 PS; 217 hp) I5 turbo charged petrol (2006–2007) 2.5L 223 hp (166 kW; 226 PS) I5 turbo charged petrol (2008–2009) 2.5L 230 hp (172 kW; 233 PS) I5 turbo charged petrol (2010) 2.4L 132.5 kW (180 PS; 178 hp) I5 turbo Diesel (in Europe) 2.0L 100 kW (136 PS; 134 hp) I4 turbo Diesel (in Europe) |
| Transmission | 5-speed Volvo M56 manual 6-speed Volvo M66 manual 5-speed Aisin AW55-50SN automatic 6-speed Aisin TF-80SC automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,640 mm (103.9 in) |
| Length | 2007–2010: 4,582 mm (180.4 in) 2011–2013: 4,613 mm (181.6 in) |
| Width | 2007–2010: 1,820 mm (71.7 in) 2011–2013: 1,834 mm (72.2 in) |
| Height | 1,400 mm (55.1 in) |
| Kerb weight | 1,685–1,745 kg (3,715–3,847 lb) |
The Volvo C70 is a two-door, four-passenger compact manufactured and marketed by Volvo Cars from 1996 to 2013 across two generations.
The first generation C70 was available as both a coupé (1996–2002) and softtop convertible (1997–2005). The second generation C70 was available as a retractable hardtop convertible (2006–2013).
Volvo unveiled the first generation C70 at the 1996 Paris Motor Show, followed by introducing it on the European market as a 1997 model, and a year later as a 1998 model in North America. — with 2.0 (sold mostly in Italy), a low-pressure turbo (2.4L) and a high-pressure turbo (2.0L and 2.3L), 5-cylinder, turbocharged petrol engines and manual and automatic transmissions. Peter Horbury designed the exterior and Mexican designer Jose Diaz de la Vega led the interior design team.
The C70 broke Volvo's decades-long styling tradition of boxy, rectilinear designs and was Volvo's first luxury coupe since the 780. According to Peter Horbury, Volvo's design chief from 1991 to 2002, with the C70, Volvo threw away the box, but "kept the toy inside!" "Our vision was to design a convertible that would meet the needs of a family of four looking for comfortable blue-sky motoring in a vehicle also providing stylish looks, performance and faultless driving and road-holding."
In a development program of 30 months and working with a Volvo 850-derived platform, Britain’s TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing) co-designed the car's basic design and suspension tuning with Volvo. Manufacture of the C70 was a joint venture until the two companies experienced disputes that threatened to interrupt production; TWR did not contribute to the second generation C70.
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