The Volvo Concept XC Coupé was a
concept car
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that was first revealed at the
2014 North American International Auto Show
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. The vehicle was the second of three planned concept cars designed by the head of design at 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 ...
intended to point the way for the firm's future design direction. The basic design is shared with the
Volvo Concept Coupé, which was introduced at the 2013
Frankfurt Motor Show
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.
The Concept XC Coupé was based on the then new
platform
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Technology
* Computing platform, a framework on which applications may be run
* Platform game, a genre of video games
* Car platform, a set of components shared by several vehicle models
* Weapons platform, a system or ...
Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), which was intended to provide the technical foundation for all future Volvo models, as revealed in December 2013.
See also
*
Volvo C30
The Volvo Group ( sv, Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distributio ...
References
External links
Volvocars.comVolvo Cars' Youtube channel.
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