Thursday 2nd October 2003

Volvo's Italian Stallion

wedish manufacturer Volvo is teaming up with Italian design house Pininfarina to make a new convertible. The replacement for the C70 - due in 2005 - will be based on the platform of the new S40 and is expected to be smaller than the outgoing model. It will be built in Italy on the same production line as the Ford Streetka.

Comments: 0 Article from: Auto Express

Thursday 2nd October 2003

Volvo's Italian Stallion

wedish manufacturer Volvo is teaming up with Italian design house Pininfarina to make a new convertible. The replacement for the C70 - due in 2005 - will be based on the platform of the new S40 and is expected to be smaller than the outgoing model. It will be built in Italy on the same production line as the Ford Streetka.

Comments: 0 Article from: Auto Express

Non so quali fonti abbia AutoExpress, ma Pininfarina ha creato una JV con Volvo per produrre la S40 Cabrio in Svezia, non a Torino...

Io sapevo la stessa cosa di XJ-S, l'impianto ha come sede Uddevalla se non mi sbaglio...

cito dal sito Pininfarina

Pininfarina SpA and Volvo Car Corporation have signed an agreement with the aim to develop and manufacture Volvo's next generation convertible

A new company will be formed in the joint venture and the base will be in Uddevalla, Sweden, where the current Volvo convertible has been built since 1997. This new company, which will be called "Pininfarina Sverige AB," will be responsible for all operations at the Uddevalla plant, including project management, process engineering, prototyping and testing services.

Pininfarina will be the majority owner with 60 percent and Volvo Car Corporation will hold the remaining 40 percent. The top management structure, which has not yet been decided, will be a combination of Pininfarina and Volvo executives.

"We are happy to be able to continue to offer our customers cars such as the convertible, and to do so by a co-operation with such a well established and well respected partner as Pininfarina," said Hans-Olov Olsson, President and CEO of Volvo Car Corporation.

"This co-operation with Volvo Car Corporation is an outstanding example of our full service provider strategy," said Pininfarina CEO Andrea Pininfarina. "Besides handling the engineering development of a new Volvo convertible, we will also be responsible for its production in Sweden".

Further details on the co-operation will follow as the joint venture develops

è proprio quello che pensavo... Grazie per la conferma !

C'e' il comunicato anche in italiano Carrera4....comunque a volte Autoexpress scrive delle cose incredibili....si la Volvo C50 sara' prodotta dalla Pininfarina ma dalla nuova Pininfarina Sverige A.B.

C'e' il comunicato anche in italiano Carrera4....comunque a volte Autoexpress scrive delle cose incredibili....si la Volvo C50 sara' prodotta dalla Pininfarina ma dalla nuova Pininfarina Sverige A.B.

click sulla foto per il comunicato in italiano