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    600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer

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    Image of Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
    05/06/09

    In reply to 600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer
    The love child of a 60's Ferrari and a DB5. The extended nose and the faired in lights pull the shape together well. Gotta agree on the wheels - something with a -40 to -45 sidewall and commensurately size wheel would be a better choice.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    05/06/09

    In reply to 600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer
    I'll echo the "those wheels are too damn big!" sentiment. I also don't like the dip in the front bumper- think it would look cleaner and better straight across. But I love the modern interpretations of the original styling cues, especially that character line that runs the front fenders and swoops up on the doors. Classic.


    They could shrink the front and dump in a 200HP I4, and I'd still buy it. Frankly, I'd be more likely to buy it!

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    Image of w1ngnut w1ngnut
    05/06/09

    In reply to 600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer
    Totally gorgeous! The only thing I'd request is that my wheels have more than a millimeter of clearance.
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    Image of DoctorNine's D9 Cat DoctorNine's D9 Cat
    05/06/09

    In reply to 600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer
    I am somewhat conflicted about this car. And here is the reason why. While I am all for driving cars that have a masculine emblem on the grille, like this:



    The problem is, driving down the street, one look at the thing is laughable. The hood is so long, it makes it look like this:


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    Image of Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master
    05/06/09

    @DoctorNeinUndAbermalsNein: What, it makes you look like a Turkey?


    Ohhhhhhh.....


    /really want to visit cappadoccia one day

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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    05/06/09

    In reply to 600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer
    If Volvo actually would make that (rather than a limited run by That Dude) FoMoCo would be bailing out the US government in a few years time.
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    Image of Andrew Ian Dodge Andrew Ian Dodge
    05/06/09

    In reply to 600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer
    Lovely looking but looks pretty big to me. The ole' car was a pretty sleek car...for some odd reason there are quite a few here in Maine.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    05/06/09

    @Andrew Ian Dodge: There does seem to be a rather large old-Volvo fanclub here (including me), I agree.. I don't see how this is an improvement over the original, except (arguably) the V8- but if the 4 is good enough for Irv Gordon, it's good enough for me.


    "A 1966 Volvo 1800S owned by Irvin Gordon of East Patchogue, New York, USA has the Guinness world record for highest mileage in the same vehicle he has been driving for more than 40 years. It had covered in excess of 3,572,342 km (2,219,751 miles) by March 2004, and passed the 4,184,294 kilometers (km) (2,600,000 mile) mark by October 2007. It is currently at 2.7 million miles and he is now targeting the three million mile mark.


    He has driven about 41,000 of those kilometers outside of the U.S., in Canada and Mexico, as well as abroad in Europe. "In Sweden, we drove to Volvo's global headquarters to see where the P1800 was born" Gordon had said.


    On April 2, 2002, Gordon and his 1800S were guests on The Tonight Show! with Jay Leno, after reaching the 2-million milestone.


    Four million kilometers, or 2,485,484 miles, is:


    Almost 100 times around the Earth (via the equator).
    Twice the diameter of the Sun.
    Nearly five round-trips to the Moon.
    1,111 completions of the Tour de France."

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    Image of WheatKing WheatKing
    05/06/09

    In reply to 600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer
    Seems the Koenigsegg engineer invented an A pillar that has the approximate dimensions of a buttfloss bikini and a c-pillar that is apparently 2 dimensional..


    Unless he's channeling some magical nano based timbrel vaulting that is unbeknownst to modern engineers, this is likely to remain in the photoshop realm.

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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    05/06/09

    In reply to 600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer
    What we have here is the difference between the Saint and Satan.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    05/06/09

    In reply to 600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer
    YUMPING YIMINY!!


    BORK-BORK-BORK!

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    05/06/09

    In reply to 600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer
    Saints Alive!
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    Image of Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master
    05/06/09

    In reply to 600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer
    Looks great. Suspension is a little too dumped for my tastes, and the wheels are hideous. But overall, awesome job on the rest.
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    Image of 1dollar93 1dollar93
    05/06/09

    @Ash78: You obviously aren't a fan of the stretch/poke look on the vortex, are ya?
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    Image of Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master
    05/06/09

    @1dollar93: The stretch/poke thing is the worst thing to come out of Europe since 1933.
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    Image of M3Fraz : The Stig's fat American cousin M3Fraz : The Stig's fat American cousin
    05/06/09

    In reply to 600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer
    How do you say Hell Yeah in Swedish?
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    05/06/09

    @M3Fraz : all your sign are belong to jalopnik: Heïl Yåh! At least that's my guess, my Swedish is rusty...
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    05/06/09

    @M3Fraz : all your sign are belong to jalopnik: IKEA!
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    05/06/09

    In reply to 600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer
    Flattening all the features, dechroming trims, and swoopifying everything isn't reimagining. I thought designers learned the mistake when everyone laughed at the mediocrity that was the Lamborghini Miura concept.


    Now, his other car, the 600hp Amazon, that's nigh close to perfection.

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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    05/06/09

    @Pessimipposaurus: Curse those image tags
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    05/06/09

    @Mad_Science: Very nice, sir.
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    Image of Joshuman Joshuman
    05/06/09

    @Pessimipposaurus: I am agog. Really. Apologies to Esquire but this is the sexiest thing I have seen on Jalopnik all week.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    05/06/09

    @joshman 'Stinky' jalopman has his ears on: I'll have to agree.
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    Image of BLS BLS
    05/06/09

    In reply to 600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer
    Needs more wagon
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    Image of .357 .357
    05/06/09

    @BLS: Wagons are great, but in this case it looks sexy enough as a coupe.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    05/06/09

    In reply to 600 HP V8-Powered Volvo P1800 Re-imagined By Koenigsegg Engineer
    I've always thought Volvos sucked, you know with their safety and all that, but I've always thought the P1800 coupes and wagons were beautiful cars.
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    05/06/09

    @Flathead Smith: Are you serious? Matt's gonna ban you in 3... 2... 1...
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