Volvo Tundra

The Volvo Tundra was a concept car which was built and designed by Bertone sometime in 1979. Bertone was told to do “something delicious”, based on the Volvo 343. The angular design was by Marcello Gandini, and continued the themes developed for the Lamborghini Silhouette and the Reliant (Anadol) FW11.[1] It was rejected by Volvo, who thought it was too modern and difficult to sell.

Volvo Tundra (May 2018)

Bertone instead sold a very similar design to Citroën, where it was produced as Citroën BX.[2]

The rear side window of the Tundra had a pulled down top edge, a theme which was continued on the C Pillar of the BX. The overall effect was of one “floating roof” the design idea which soon became popular, in the 2010s.[2] The car featured a digital speedometer and was powered by one 1.4 litre four cylinder engine, giving 70 PS (51 kW).

References

Perini, Giancarlo (18 October 1979). "Muotoilun kaunokkeja" [Design beauties]. Tekniikan Maailma (in Finnish). Vol. 35 no. 17/79. Helsinki: TM-Julkaisu. p. 62. ISSN 0355-4287.
Söderholm, Erik (5 July 2014). "Volvos konstiga konceptbil – som blev en Citroën" [Volvo's strange concept car - which became a Citroën]. Auto Motor & Sport (in Swedish). Egmont Publishing AB. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020.

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[TM1779-1] Perini, Giancarlo (18 October 1979). "Muotoilun kaunokkeja" [Design beauties]. Tekniikan Maailma (in Finnish). Vol. 35 no. 17/79. Helsinki: TM-Julkaisu. p. 62. ISSN 0355-4287.

[AS2014-2] Söderholm, Erik (5 July 2014). "Volvos konstiga konceptbil – som blev en Citroën" [Volvo's strange concept car - which became a Citroën]. Auto Motor & Sport (in Swedish). Egmont Publishing AB. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020.