The Volvo Concept Estate is a

concept car A concept car (also known as a concept vehicle, show vehicle or prototype) is a car made to showcase new styling and/or new technology. They are often exhibited at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or ...

which was first unveiled at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. The Volvo ''Concept Estate'' was the last of three concept cars designed by the head of design of Volvo,

Thomas Ingenlath Thomas Ingenlath is a German car designer and is currently CEO of Polestar and previously Senior Vice President Design at Volvo Cars. Education and career Ingenlath obtained an MA in Vehicle Design at the Royal College of Art in London following h ...

, which was intending to point the way for the future design direction of Volvo. The basic design was shared with the preceding

Volvo Concept Coupe The Volvo Concept Coupe is a concept car that was first revealed at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. The concept car was based on Volvo's new platform Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), designed to provide the technical foundation for future Volvo ...

and Volvo Concept XC Coupe, while the ''Concept Estate'' is a

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like the 1800 ES of the 1970s. The ''Concept Estate'' is based on the new

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by Volvo the Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) which currently provides the technical foundation for all future models of Volvo, which started with the second generation

XC90 The Volvo XC90 is a mid-size luxury SUV manufactured and marketed by Volvo Cars since 2002 and now in its second generation. The first generation was introduced at the 2002 North American International Auto Show and used the Volvo P2 platfor ...

in May 2014.

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* * {{Volvo cars Concept Estate Cars introduced in 2014