Volvo C70 Car Wallpapers
The Volvo C70 is a luxury automobile manufactured by Volvo Cars in two generations, the first from model years 1997-2002 as coupé and from 1999 to 2006 as a soft top convertible. The second generation C70 has been marketed since 2006 as a retractable hardtop convertible.
Volvo introduced the first generation C70 at the 1996 Paris Motor Show, following a European introduction as a 1997 model, and 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 second generation C70 model was debuted at the 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show, sharing the Volvo S40 platform, designed by John Kinsey and built by Pininfarina Sverige AB, a joint venture between Pininfarina and Volvo. It went on sale in the U.S. in spring 2006.The three-piece retractable hardtop raises or lowers in under 30 seconds and replaces both the convertible and the coupé, the latter which had been absent from Volvo’s lineup since 2003. The C70 is offered with a normally aspirated gasoline engine with variable geometry turbocharger and common-rail direct injection. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the United States recently conducted its first crash tests of several convertibles and designated the C70 a “Top Safety Pick”.The second generation C70 model was debuted at the 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show, sharing the Volvo S40 platform, designed by John Kinsey and built by Pininfarina Sverige AB, a joint venture between Pininfarina and Volvo. It went on sale in the U.S. in spring 2006.The three-piece retractable hardtop raises or lowers in under 30 seconds and replaces both the convertible and the coupé, the latter which had been absent from Volvo’s lineup since 2003. The C70 is offered with a normally aspirated gasoline engine with variable geometry turbocharger and common-rail direct injection. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the United States recently conducted its first crash tests of several convertibles and designated the C70 a “Top Safety Pick”.
Production 2006-present
Body style 2-door Coupé convertible
Platform Volvo P1
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)
Transmission 5-speed automatic / 6-speed manual