| Volvo Tundra | |
| Manufacturer: | Bertone Volvo |
| Aka: | Bertone Tundra |
| Production: | 1979 (1 concept car) |
| Designer: | Marcello Gandini at Bertone[1] |
| Class: | Concept car |
| Body Style: | 2-door hatchback coupé |
| Related: | Volvo 343 |
| Engine: | inline-4 |
| Sp: | us |
The Volvo Tundra is a concept car built and designed by Bertone in 1979. Bertone's design prompt was to do "something delicious" based on the Volvo 343.[2] The angular design was by Marcello Gandini, and continued the themes developed for the Lamborghini Silhouette and the Reliant (Anadol) FW11.[3] It was rejected by Volvo, who considered the design too modern and deemed it difficult to market.
It is often misreported that Bertone instead sold a very similar design to Citroën, where it was produced as the Citroën BX from 1982 to 1994.[4] However, this would have meant Citroën turned a concept into a series production model in less than 18 months.[5] The relationship is simply that the two designs appeared from the same design house.[6]
The Tundra's rear-side window had a pulled-down top edge, an idea also seen on the BX C-pillar. The effect was of a floating roof, a design idea that would become popular in the 2010s.[4]
The car featured a digital speedometer and was powered by a 1.4-litre, four-cylinder engine, giving 700NaN0.